Miller’s 2010 Baby & Child Contest Guidelines

Miller’s 2010 Baby & Child Contest will be held online, allowing you to help determine the winners by voting for your favorite portraits.

Categories for this year’s contest include: Color, Black & White/Sepia, Special Needs, and Humorous. The online contest will consist of four different qualifying rounds and one final round. Each round will last for one month. Posting and voting deadlines are listed:

• Round 1 (March): Post Entries – March 1 – 21. Vote on Entries – March 22 – 31.
• Round 2 (April): Post Entries – April 1 – 21. Vote on Entries – April 22 – 30.
• Round 3 (May): Post Entries – May 1 – 21. Vote on Entries – May 22 – 31.
• Round 4 (June): Post Entries – June 1 – 21. Vote on Entries – June 22 – 30.

For each qualifying round, the top five winners will be selected from the four categories and will receive a studio sample of their winning image. These winning portraits will be entered into the Final Round, which takes place during the month of July. The Final Round will be judged online by a panel of esteemed photographers. First, Second, and Third places, as well as two Honorable Mentions, will be announced for each category! Cash prizes for these winners include $2,000 for First, $1,000 for Second, $750 for Third, and $500 for each Honorable Mention. One portrait from the Final Round will also receive the highest of accolades -- Grand Prize Winner. The cash prize will be $5,000 for this lucky winner! All cash prizes will be given to the families of the winning portraits.

 

How to Enter Miller’s Baby & Child Contest

• Each participant entitled to a short 30 minute session. You will get one 5 by 7 of your favorite image. Entry fee is $50 per session.
• Please call 281-851-0288 or email (info@michaelgriderphotography.com) our studio for an appointment.
• Please bring any cute outfit or prop for your child and please discuss your idea(s) prior to the shoot with the photographer so we can set up properly.
• After the shoot, the photographer will retouch your pictures for free and sent your the digital proof and then submit your favorite to the contest.

 

Miller’s Baby & Child Contest Rules

• All portraits taken January 1- June 21, 2010 are eligible for entry into the 2010 Baby & Child Contest.
• Voters will have the ability to flag any image they feel does not meet the guidelines of the contest. Flagged images will be reviewed prior to the announcement of round winners to ensure the winning images do meet contest standards.
• Participants may post one image per child from each photography session. Miller’s reserves the right to delete multiple submissions from one session.
• It is the responsibility of the participant to format pictures correctly and according to the category prior to posting the image. Miller’s will not reformat images once submitted and reserves the right to delete any submission that fails to meet these requirements.
• Miller’s reserves the right to delete any submission that is inappropriate in nature.
• Miller’s will not use any participants’ images without prior consent.
• We ask that all images remain anonymous. Please refrain from placing studio logos or text on any images.
• Children age 12 and under can be entered into the contest.
• Maternity shots do not fall within any of the available categories.