Photo Story

What do you see?

The world beyond what we see is one with boundless possibilities.
The world beyond the lens may be more than what we see at first glance.
Capture the story with your imagination and tell us what you see through the lens and the possibilities beyond it.

Given the starting photograph, develop your story through a series of 2-5 photographs with your team. Will your story portray how photography impacts lives? Or will it show different perspectives or concepts? Or is there a tale behind the first frame? There are simply limitless possibilities in how you can interpret the photograph! Dare to go wild and let your imagination soar. Continue the story, make it grow. Invoke our senses and bring us into the story. After all, it’s your Photo Story!

Starting Photograph

Trying to get some inspiration? Cick here to view some photo story samples.

Eligibility

To be eligible in the competition, participants must be:

  • Residing in Singapore during the duration of Montage 2011
  • 25 years old and below (as of 1 Jan, 2011)

How to Submit

  1. Submission of photos must be done online. Upload your photos to Montage 2011 website.
  2. Deadline of submission is 15 May 2011, 2359hr.
  3. A confirmation email will be sent upon submission.
  4. After the submission deadline, the portal will be closed for judging. Late entries will not be accepted.

    5. Participants are highly encouraged to upload their photos early to avoid possible technical difficulties near the closing of the portal.

Submission Details

  1. Name the participating entries as followed:
    • (PS)_[team name]_[name of submission]_[sequence number], e.g. (PS)_Fantastic Four _ Fairytale_1.
  2. Photo submission will be opened until 15 May 2011 at the Montage 2011 website. Only online submission is accepted. Late submission will not be entertained.
  3. All submissions are final. Further changes are not allowed.
  4. NUSPS will not be liable to any errors or failures occurred during the submission of photos.

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Rules and Regulations

  • Participants are required to form a team of 2-4 members.
  • Each submission must contain between 2-5 photographs, excluding the starting photograph.
  • Participants can add caption with a maximum of 150 characters for each photograph.
  • Each submission can only contain unique photographs. Photograph that has been previously included in another submission cannot be featured in another submission.
  • Both colour and monochrome images are allowed.
  • Only digital images and scanned negatives/slides are accepted.
  • The given photograph (starting photograph) must form the first frame of the submission.
  • Photographs submitted must contain at least 2400 pixels on the longer side.
  • The maximum file size of each photograph is 6MB.
  • All images must be submitted as 8-bit JPEG files with minimal compression.
  • Minimal digital manipulation (i.e. only manipulations such as colour enhancement, cropping etc) is allowed. However, adding or removing key elements of the composition is strongly discouraged and may not be accepted for judging. Excessively manipulated photos will be disqualified.
  • The team must be the sole copyright owner and author of every photograph submitted.
  • Photographs submitted must not have won prizes in other competitions.
  • In order to uphold the fairness of the judging, there should be no watermark or any other form of addition to the photographs which will expose the identity of the photographers.
  • Every team is required to produce the original copy of the submission without any digital manipulation upon request.

Judging Criteria

  1. All entries will be judged based on creativity of the story, fluency between each photograph, photographic techniques and as well as originality.
  2. Judging will be done on an anonymous basis.
  3. Closed judging will be conducted for Photo Story Competition.
  4. The decisions of the judges are final. NUSPS and judges will not enter into correspondence regarding the result.

Terms and Conditions

  1. NUSPS reserves the rights to disqualify any entries at the discretion of the competition committee if
    • the content is deemed inappropriate and/or
    • the photographs fail to satisfy the Rules & Regulations and the law of Singapore.
  2. NUSPS will not be held legally responsible for any conflict with regard to copyrights of photographs submitted.
  3. Shortlisted participants may be called to attend interviews with the media and/or NUSPS Management Committee and Montage 2011 Prize Presentation.
  4. All prizes are stated in the website. In the event the original prize is unavailable, a prize of equivalent value will be used as a substitute.
  5. Should winners be unable to attend the prize presentation, prizes must be claimed within 3 months from the date of the prize presentation.
  6. NUSPS reserves the right to use/ reproduce/ display the images submitted for any artistic or non-commercial purposes.
  7. NUSPS reserves the right to amend the Rules & Regulations without prior notice.
  8. By submitting their photographs, the participants are deemed to have accepted the Rules & Regulations as stated by NUSPS.