Photograph courtesy of WIllow Woodwards
In association with Cottsway Housing and Joss Searchlight
Celebrating Spring and
The Coronation
Spring is an amazing time of the year for photographs. Everything is reborn and Summer is just around the corner.
Add in the Coronation and it’s certainly being a Spring to remember
We have some fantastic prizes up for grabs and we really hope you’ll grab your camera or smart phone and give it a go.
Photographs can be any format and be Black and White or Colour.
Even though a few Daffs in the garden can make a great photograph, it would be wonderful to see some imaginative and challenging photos that really show off the season to it’s best.
We would ask that all pictures submitted are new, not published, not previously used in photographic competitions and haven’t been made commercially available.
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First Prize £150
Cash Prize of £100 to the Photographer and £50 to our chosen charity
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Second Prize £75
Cash Prize of £50 to the Photographer and £25 to our chosen charity
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Third Prize £25
Cash Prize of £25 made to our chosen charity - Joss Searchlight
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Under 16's Special Prizes £40
We have two Under 16's prizes of £20 Amazon Gift Vouchers
Under 16's Special Prize
We really want to encourage young photographers to take part in our competitions and have created two special prizes of £20 Amazon Gift vouchers for the best pictures taken by people under 17.
As with all entries we hope people will be as imaginative as possible. We are not looking for technical excellence just a good eye or a wonderfully captured moment. Photos can be taken on mobile phones or cameras.
We need your details
Please Note. We need you to provide a bit of information – mainly your Full name, where the picture was taken, the date and rough time and what type of equipment was used.
You do not need to have great camera gear for a compelling photograph.
We would also like a brief description and to know what caught your eye for the particular shot.
Combined Spring and Coronation
We are combining The Coronation into our Spring Competition.
We would ask that all pictures submitted are new, not published, not previously used in photographic competitions and haven’t been made commercially available.
We will be showcasing all entries on the Gallery page which you can see by clicking the link opposite.
As we near the judging stage these will be sorted into separate galleries
How to Enter
You can enter up to four photographs on the theme of Spring and (or) the Coronation.
Ideally we would like you to challenge yourself if you can and to be as imaginative as possible. Maybe look for an interesting angle, unusual backgrounds or different ways of telling a story.
Small Print
Whilst there is no law preventing people from taking photographs in public, if you are taking photographs from private land, you need to have the land owner’s permission. Taking a photo of a person where they can expect privacy, such as inside their home or garden, is likely to cause a breach of privacy laws.
All photographers should obtain the necessary permissions before submitting the photograph
Sponsored Charity
Joss Searchlight is a UK registered charity close to our hearts at ILoveOxf.com. Along with funding vital research into rare and life limiting children’s brain tumours, they offer a complete support package to parents struggling to cope with their child’s brain tumour diagnosis.
Joss Searchlight is a national charity based in Witney and registered with the Charity Commision .
We need your details +
Please provide as much information as you can with each picture i.e. Your Full name, where the picture was taken, the date and rough time and what type of equipment was used.
We would also like a brief description and to know what caught your eye for each particular shot entered.
You can use our contact page to ask us any questions but please don’t submit photographs via the contact page as we have a 1.5mb limit on pictures submitted this way
All entries must be received by the 30th June 2023 with Winners being announced in late July
All winners will be announced on iloveoxfordshire.com.
Please note that entering this competition allows www.iloveoxfordshire.com to use your photograph(s) on the ‘I Love Oxfordshire sites’ and for it’s parent company Absolute Works Limited to use the image at it’s discretion and to publicise the photographic competitions however and wherever it sees fit.
I Love Oxfordshire reserves the right to cancel, change or materially alter competitions run in I Love Oxfordshire as it sees fit. I Love Oxfordshire can change the specifications, closing or judging dates at it’s discretion. I Love Oxfordshire or it’s parent company will not be liable or responsible for any loss incurred due to it’s running of any competition.
Photographs of people may require the photographer to get permission from the subject. If we feel that the picture is an invasion of privacy or in any way unpleasant we will not publish the photograph. I Love Oxfordshire will not be responsible if complaints are received from subjects and will pass these onto the photographer directly.
If you are a professional photographer please advise us when submitting your photograph. Also please note that photographs that have previously been used in competitions, or have been commercially available or published on websites are not permitted.
If you are one of the winners in our photography competitions we will / may request that you give us permission to use the photograph(s) for fundraising purposes for our chosen charity