Photography Show Prize List & Rules

Open for Entries January 4th - February 27th

Divisions:
Open classes- Open to all ages and abilities.
Junior Class- Anyone 18 years or under may enter this Division.

Classes:

Golden Hour- As everything in winter, sunrises and sunsets are magical. Try capturing your animals during this beautiful time of day! Open to any animal type.
Winter Wonderland- Do you want to build a snowman?!? Get outside with your pet and take some lovely scenes in the Wintery Landscape! Open to any animal type.
Through the Ears- A photo you took while riding your horse, as seen through the horses' ears.
Most Artistic- Get Creative! Think about composition, rule of thirds, filters, etc. Open to any animal type.
Holiday Photoshoot- Show off your Holiday Spirit by dressing up your pet in costume or other creative way! Winter Holidays themes such as: Christmas, New Years, and Valentine's Day! Open to any animal type.
Let it Snow!- Take Creative Snow Falling Photos to Make Playful Images with your animals! This idea is perfect for having fun and improving your action photography skills at the same time. Try to take sharp photos of falling snow while keeping your pet in focus. Tip: to make this process easier, take photos using burst mode. Burst mode is a feature that allows photographers to take multiple photos while holding the shutter. You can also play with shutter speed to blur the falling snow a little bit. You may also consider taking close up or macro photos of snowflakes on your animals! Open to any animal type.
Farm Friends- Donkeys, Pigs, Goats, Chickens, etc.- we needed another category for all our other cute friends!

What do Judges look for?
Here are some aspects we take into consideration while judging- Technical skills such as: composition, clarity of the photo and subject, color, lighting, contrast, depth of field, overall aesthetic quality. In addition to technical skills we considered: creative thought process, original ideas, creative risk taking, written and visual story telling, and titles.

Official Rules

Each participant may submit up to 2 photos per class.

Custom rosette ribbons will be awarded through 6th place for each class. Participation ribbons awarded if you don’t place- everyone will get something for participating! Best of Show, Reserve Champion, Honorable Mention, and People’s Choice will be awarded rosette ribbons. Additional awards may be added. Awards will be mailed to the winners.
Cost to enter each class- $10.00. Cost includes entering up to 2 images per class.
Registration fee -$10.00 per entrant to help cover prizes, processing fee, shipping, and additional costs.
Enter as many classes as you want to!
Juniors aged 17 and under must include parent/guardian permission signature- found on Entry Form.
Contest will begin Tuesday January 4th and run through Sunday February 27th at 11:59 pm EST.
Judging will begin Monday February 28th and will announce winners by Monday March 14th. Winners will be posted on both our Results Page and Facebook Page.
Must be a US resident to participate.
Photos must be taken by YOU. If you need assistance to take an action shot of you riding your horse we ask that the person submitting the photo make adjustments to enhance qualities with a photo editor app. Submitting a professional's photo to claim as your work will be disqualified. Do not enter a photo that has won in a previous photography show. Prefer photos taken within the past 2 years.
Unless stated by class description as otherwise- Photos should be of live animals- not toys or figures.
No Photo Collages will be accepted.
No Screenshots, no screenshots from a movie- these are not photos and the quality of a screenshot is poor.
Classes may be added, split, or combined due to participation.
You must follow your state guidelines and current barn rules pertaining to COVID-19 epidemic restrictions.
Exhibitors participate at their own risk, understanding the potential risks associated with all animals and equine activities. By entering, each participant who engages in an animal/equine activity expressly assumes the risks of engaging in and legal responsibility for injury, loss, or damage to person(s) or property resulting from the risk of animal/equine activities. By entering exhibitors agree to release and hold harmless Equisarte Shows, LLC its employees, contractors, and affiliates from any and all liability(ies).
Entrant's photos, name, age, city, state, may be used to promote the art show. This includes, but is not limited to, outreach via social media and websites.
10% of the proceeds to be donated to Best Friends Animal Society.

End of the Year Championship Awards

Overall High Point Awards Ribbons will be given out at the conclusion of our Summer, Fall, and Winter Show! You must enter a minimum of 8 classes from 2 different shows to qualify. (For example, 5 classes from the Summer show, and 3 classes from the Fall Show = 8 classes from 2 shows.) Additional Prizes may be added! Points from each winning entry will be tallied up from all shows see below. Points will be determined by the amount of entries in a class through 6th place. For example- if only 3 people enter a class the most points 1st place can earn is 3 points.

Best in Show, Reserve Best in Show, Honorable Mention, People’s Choice- 8 points
Best in Class- 7 points
1st- 6 points
2nd- 5 points
3rd- 4 points
4th- 3 points
5th- 2 points
6th- 1 point