Wednesday, December 5, 2012

2013 Grand Photo Contest:
The Curator's Game -- Starts Now!!!

Hola! Ready for a lot of words???

We asked on Facebook if y'alls wanted us to start up the 2013 Grand Photo Contest now and you said "yar."

This contest will be very different (sorta different, kinda different) than what we have done before.

There will be four winners.

Grand Prize Winner will receive an AG doll of their choice or an equivalent AG gift card.

Three runners-up will get $35 AG gift cards each.

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This idea is based loosely on the Flickr Monthly Scavenger Hunt.

We call it "The Curator's Game" because all of our terms are art-related as a nod to the 2013 AG GOTY Saige, who is interested in art. 

We have a pool of clues to choose from. Each entrant should choose 3 clues and then take 3 pics.
Each of those pics should represent a clue.

You do have to submit three photos in order to be in the running for prizes.


You need to use three different clues.
And you need to tell us what clues you used.
A textual explanation is sorta required for each photo.

What the clue means to an artist or art historian may be different than what it means to you.
That's fine and good and the point. This is a thinking exercise.

We want creativity and excellence.

Your photos should include at least one doll and no humans.

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DEADLINE for all THREE PHOTOS is MARCH 6th, 2013.

Yes, we know that is far away. But that gives you more time to work on your photos.

Feel free to send your photos to us ahead of time.
We'll be posting them as we get them on a new DW Grand Photo Contest Website.

And just because someone else uses a clue doesn't mean you can't too.
All of the clues are for everyone to choose from.
This isn't a case of "calling dibs."

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For this contest anybody can enter, you don't have to be a blog follower or even be in the USA -- 

But if you are younger than 18 please get your parent/guardian's permission to participate, and if you are younger than 13, please get your parent/guardian's help with participation.

Email us the photos at nora.demington@gmail.com. 
And include some info about the three pictures.

We'll have a month of voting after we have posted all of the photos and then Penny will pick 4 winners from the top 50%.

Then those 4 winners will compete in a Final Round for the Grand Prize.

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Things to Keep in Mind:




The picture can be any size, but 400 pixels wide or wider is recommended or else your pic will be very small on the blog and difficult to see. Almost every pic we post here is 500 pixels wide, so that is what you should be aiming for as well.


The best way send photos to us is as attachments. 
This gives us a better quality photo to post on the blog.

We prefer photographs to videos. But if you absolutely need to do a video, we will take it.

Using Photoshop and other photo editing programs is fine and recommended.

The photos must be taken by you. Don't steal other people's photos.




You can include more than one doll in your photos. Your dolls do not have to be AG dolls.


No human faces in the photos please -- remember: privacy is important! Hands are okay -- but no actually identifiable people.



If you are younger than 13 have your parent/guardian email the photos to us (remember: internet safety is important!).


We will be posting the photos at a new DW website - so make sure your photo is something that you don't mind if the whole world sees it. (Again, this is why you and/or your family shouldn't be in the photo.)


Readers will be asked to vote for their favorite photos. They can vote for more than one photo. You can vote for yourself. 


Voting will be done by email -- to vote you just email me at nora.demington@gmail.com and say something like "I vote for photos #8 and #15."


The Doll Wardrobe does not share or sell your email to anyone. Only Penny sees your emails. 


At the end of the contest we will email the winners for her/his shipping address. (This is why it is important you have a parent/guardian's permission to enter if you are under 18).


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Here is the pool of clues


Abstract
Acquisition
Action
Allegory
Art
Artist
Authentic

Blurred
Bright
Brushwork

Canvas
Carve
Chiaroscuro
Classic
Close-up
Collage
Collection
Color
Complementary
Composition
Contemporary
Creation
Culture
Cutout

Display
Dramatic
Drawing

Environment
Exhibition

Fake
Fame
Flat
Forgery
Foreshortening
Found Object
Fragment
Frame

Gallery
History

Icon
Illusion
Impression
Installation

Light
Luminous

Material
Model
Modern
Monochrome
Monumental
Mood
Motive
Movement
Multiples
Museum

Narrative
Nocturne
Object

Paint
Paintbrush
Painter
Painterly
Painting

Panorama
Perspective
Planes
Portrait
Primary
Process
Protest

Realism
Reflection
Replica
Romantic

Sculptor
Sculpture
Sepia
Sketch
Space
Still-life
Study
Style
Subject
Surreal
Symbol

Tactile
Tension
Theatrical
Torso
Triptych

Variations
Vision
Wall

Again, choose three different ones for your three pictures.


If you don't know what the word means, welcome to Wikipedia. ;-)



Learning is a beautiful thing!!!



If you want to suggest a clue for you to use, feel free to ask us.

And again, from above: "What the clue means to an artist or art historian may be different than what it means to you. That's fine and good and the point. This is a thinking exercise."



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Any questions? You probably have some.



Feel free to ask them here as comments or via email to nora.demington@gmail.com



Again, ALL THREE PHOTOS are due March 6th, 2013.



Thanks for reading through all of this!






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32 comments:

Aleia said...

Do the three photos have to be related to each other?

Anonymous said...

If someone gets Saige, can she be included; as she is an artist?
-Paige

Nora and Maple said...

The three photos do not have to be related to each other. They can be if you want them to be though.

Yep, if someone gets Saige they can use her as the "artist" clue if they like. She can be in all three photos if they want -- but the photos still have to represent three different clues.

Em said...

Can we use a photo editor?

Nora and Maple said...

Yes, you can use a photo editor.

AND we recommend that everyone use a photo editor.

Auto-fixing your exposure/levels, brightening your photos, and saturating colors are recommended. We do this on all of our photos.

You can also use a photo editor in different ways. Whatever you want to do. :-)

Paige said...

Yay! I've got a bunch of ideas now! =D

Thanks for releasing it early!


Anonymous said...

How do you enter? Do you just send it to you?

Nora and Maple said...

Yep, to enter you just send your 3 photos to us at nora.demington@gmail.com

You can send the photos one at a time if you like, as you complete them. Or all at once. :-)

Galaxy AG Dolls said...

I am confused on like what the clues are for. Like am I supposed to pick three of those words and you guess what each of the words are, or something else? I am really confused. Will you be guessing 3 things?

Nora and Maple said...

The clues are basically themes. You pick three themes from this list. We called them clues because it is like a Flickr scavenger hunt where people take photos that represent "clues."

But you can think of the clues as themes. Like "Celebration," "Winter Wonderland," "Being Charitable," etc. that we had before.

We don't guess what your clues are. You pick your 3 clues/themes. Make 3 pics. And then tell us what clues/themes you picked when you send them to us.

Let us know if you have more questions! :D

Smith Girls said...

For the artist clue, could you do a photo in the style of a famous artist?

Thanks!

Nora and Maple said...

Yes Smith Girls -that will work! :)

Anonymous said...

Can you post an example picture?
-Paige

Anonymous said...

when can you see other peoples photos?

Nora and Maple said...

As we load them onto the site. http://dw2013grandphotocontest.blogspot.com/

Nora and Maple said...

As they send them in.

Anonymous said...

so I should just take three photos pick three clues and email them in to you.

Nora and Maple said...

Well I would pick the clues first, then take the photos to match those themes and then email them to us. :-) You can email them to us anytime before March 7th.

Emily said...

The next contest you do, could we not vote,because I never get voted for :(

Nora and Maple said...

Aw, everyone gets votes. We get a lot of votes by email too -- so just because you don't see published votes on the pics doesn't mean you didn't get votes.

Nora and Maple said...

p.s. Penny uses the votes to help her judge -- but it isn't what makes a winner a winner.

Top # of votes doesn't necessarily equal a winner.

Anonymous said...

When do we vote? I think voting is a great idea!

Nora and Maple said...

Voting will start after March 6th --- after we have managed to load up all the photos.

Voting for will be for about a month, maybe 3 weeks.

Anonymous said...

When can we post comments for the pics?

Nora and Maple said...

Whenever you want to. :-)

They are moderated though -- so we will read them first and then post them.

So posting isn't instantaneous.

This way we avoid spam comments on hair growth products. ;-)

Anonymous said...

How do you vote?

Anonymous said...

Whats the point of voting if the votes do not count?

Galaxy AG Dolls said...

I am confused, can you post an example of what someone's entry might look like? Your last contest like this I couldn't enter because I was confused.

Nora and Maple said...

These are the current entries Katie: http://dw2013grandphotocontest.blogspot.com/

Alec said...

I'd like to suggest the word "Adventure" to be added to the list.

Thanks!

Nora and Maple said...

Surebee -- Adventure is a good theme to add -- Feel free to use it. :-)

Anonymous said...

THIS IS SO COOL!
Unfortunately, I didn't hear about it until today, and tomorrow's the deadline,so I probably won't be able to enter. :(
Thus, I am writing to ask/beg/beseech you to please, please, PLEASE do this again!
I also have two words to suggest, though I know it's rather late: "wonder" and "serenity."

Again, this is awesome!

--Anonymous :)

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