This has come in from one of our clients...
I am hoping that you can pass on to the photographers you represent that the Environmental Photographer of the Year 2011 competition is now open, and this year a new video category has been introduced to further raise awareness of environmental and social issues.
Organised by the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), the Environmental Photographer of the Year is an international showcase for the very best in amateur and professional environmental photography, and is one of the fastest growing photographic competitions in the world – receiving 4,500 entries from photographers in 97 countries in 2010.
EPOTY celebrates photographers who use their ability to raise awareness of environmental and social issues. It is open to professional and amateur photographers of any age from anywhere in the world, and encourages entries that are creative, resonant, original and beautiful. Subjects include wildlife and marine life, environmental degradation, street photography and urban lifestyles, technology, landscapes and portraiture.
As always, the competition is completely free to enter and is open to international amateur and professional photographers of any age, encouraging entries that are contemporary, creative, resonant, original and beautiful. The winning photographs come together to form the most outstanding collection of environmental, social and natural photographs in the world.
The 2011 competition categories are:
· Mott MacDonald’s Changing Climates
· The Natural World
· The Underwater World
· Quality of Life
· A View From the Western World
· Building Our Future (New for 2011)
· The Young Environmental Photographer of the Year (Under 16 & Under 21)
· Video (New for 2011)
Individual pieces are judged on impact, creativity, composition, originality and technical abilities. Winners receive cash prizes and all winning entries are displayed in the Environmental Photographer of the Year exhibition, launched in London. Copyright is retained by the photographer.
See past winning entries, competition details and news coverage from 2010 at www.epoty.org <http://www.epoty.org> . You can also watch a brief video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCj9Y_QiTe4> of the 2010 Awards Ceremony. You can also keep up to date with any new developments by joining our Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20793482240> group.
The competition will run until 31st July 2011, with judging taking place throughout August and September.
Many thanks and best wishes,
Emily Doyle
Marketing & Media Manager
Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM),
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Wednesday 22 December 2010
Wednesday 8 December 2010
Key-wording tips!
The one thing that stock photographers generally struggle with is keywords! The problem is that every photographer will do it slightly differently but there are some basic rules to follow. Follow them and you will get more customers viewing and hopefully buying your images, this is very important!
Below is an example and a breakdown on how I would key word this image.
Firstly the Description...
Four adults, one with a young child are walking down a snow covered street in rural Britain. They struggle through the snow with bags of grocery shopping, as the roads are impassable.
Now the keywords...
Step one: Take out all the key words from the description...
four, adults, young, child, walking, snow, covered, street, rural, britain, struggle, bags, grocery, shopping, roads, impassable.
Step two: Add similar key words that are in step one, including singular and plural versions...
4, men, women, female, male, toddler, baby, walks, snowy, snowing, snows, covering, streets, countryside, country, england, english, britains, struggling, bag, carrier, plastic, food, groceries, road,
Step three: Add new adjectives...
ice, icy, cold, coldest, freezing, frozen,
Step four: Put yourself in the position of someone searching that image and add any final words that represent the image and think big!
extreme, weather, conditions, winter, local, community, communities, help, helping, others, isolated, stocking, up, supplies, family, families,
You will then end up with the following keywords...
four, adults, young, child, walking, snow, covered, street, rural, britain, struggle, bags, grocery, shopping, roads, impassable, 4, men, women, female, male, toddler, baby, walks, snowy, snowing, snows, covering, streets, countryside, country, england, english, britains, struggling, bag, carrier, plastic, food, groceries, road, ice, icy, cold, coldest, freezing, frozen, extreme, weather, conditions, winter, local, community, communities, help, helping, others, isolated, stocking, up, supplies, family, families,
Remember this is how I would do it and I feel this image is now covered with most of the keywords that would be used to represent this image and used in a search. I'm sure some of you would find some other words? This is not a test!
Nick Fallowfield-Cooper
Below is an example and a breakdown on how I would key word this image.
Firstly the Description...
Four adults, one with a young child are walking down a snow covered street in rural Britain. They struggle through the snow with bags of grocery shopping, as the roads are impassable.
Now the keywords...
Step one: Take out all the key words from the description...
four, adults, young, child, walking, snow, covered, street, rural, britain, struggle, bags, grocery, shopping, roads, impassable.
Step two: Add similar key words that are in step one, including singular and plural versions...
4, men, women, female, male, toddler, baby, walks, snowy, snowing, snows, covering, streets, countryside, country, england, english, britains, struggling, bag, carrier, plastic, food, groceries, road,
Step three: Add new adjectives...
ice, icy, cold, coldest, freezing, frozen,
Step four: Put yourself in the position of someone searching that image and add any final words that represent the image and think big!
extreme, weather, conditions, winter, local, community, communities, help, helping, others, isolated, stocking, up, supplies, family, families,
You will then end up with the following keywords...
four, adults, young, child, walking, snow, covered, street, rural, britain, struggle, bags, grocery, shopping, roads, impassable, 4, men, women, female, male, toddler, baby, walks, snowy, snowing, snows, covering, streets, countryside, country, england, english, britains, struggling, bag, carrier, plastic, food, groceries, road, ice, icy, cold, coldest, freezing, frozen, extreme, weather, conditions, winter, local, community, communities, help, helping, others, isolated, stocking, up, supplies, family, families,
Remember this is how I would do it and I feel this image is now covered with most of the keywords that would be used to represent this image and used in a search. I'm sure some of you would find some other words? This is not a test!
Nick Fallowfield-Cooper
A nice little set of images
This has just come in from our photographer Simon, working hard! Click on the image to see the images plus a few more extra shots. Have a look at Simon's keywords and description, I think they are just about right.
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