Kodak Wedding & Portrait Awards 2008
Kodak Professional, in association with the Master Photographers Association are proud to be supporting this years awards.
Finalists announced in Kodak Wedding & Portrait Awards
| Overall Winners |
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 Lisa Visser |
 Royce Yeacoob |
Second Round Portrait Category Finalists |
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 Kris Dickson |
 Lisa Visser |
 Maria Murray |
 David MacDonald |
 Colin Jones |
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Second Round Wedding Category Finalists |
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 Claire Dalgarno-Todd |
 David Armour |
 Ivan Finch |
 Royce Yeacob |
 Kris Dickson |
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First Round Portrait Category Finalists |
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 Bella West (Dorset) |
 Lynne Brereton (Darlington, Co Durham) |
 Kevin Wilson (Dorset) |
 Sophocles Alexiou (London) |
 Paul Maddison (Sunderland, Co Durham) |
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First Round Wedding Category Finalists |
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 Paul Maddison (Sunderland, Co Durham) |
 Peter Trenchard (Jersey) |
 Hossain Mahdavi (Hertfordshire) |
 Karen Davies (Paisley, Scotland) |
 David McClean (Ballymena) |
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OPEN TO ALL PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
Consumers Prize Money £2000 & Kodak Digital Cameras
Enter your images for the MPA Kodak Wedding & Portrait Awards and your entry fee in its entirety funds very good work at the PACE Centre in Aylesbury. Each £1 entry fee is being donated by MPA/Kodak to PACE, see www.thepacecentre.org Please send £1 with each of your entries. Cheques payable to MPA.
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The MPA/Kodak Wedding & Portrait Awards 2008 Two Judgings: June and September 2008
Closing date(s) for entries: 31 May and 30 August 2008. Five finalists in each of the two categories.
The finalist consumers win a Kodak Digital Camera. The finalist photographer receives a certificate. The finalist laboratory (if applicable) receives a certificate. The finalists will go forward to the final judging in September 2008.
The overall winner prizes in the Wedding and Portrait categories are... The overall winning consumer(s) wins £1000. The overall winning photographer(s) receives the title of Kodak Wedding or Portrait Photographer of the Year 2008, a framed certificate and trophy.
Presentations will take place at the British Professional Photography Awards Dinner at Hilton Newcastle, Sunday 19 October 2008. The judging by an independent panel, comprising of expert judges, will be held in June and final Judging on 8 September 2008
TERMS & CONDITIONS
1. Photographs which have been taken by professional photographers between 1 September 2007 - 23 August 2008 are eligible for entry to the competition.
2. Entries must be professionally taken, UNMOUNTED, colour or black and white photographs and printed on *Kodak photographic, inkjet or thermal paper, between 1 September 2007 - 23 August 2008. Film if used must be Kodak Professional Film. There will be no limit on the number of entries per photographer. Print size minimum 5î x 4î (13 x 10cms), maximum 8î x 12î (20 x 30cms). Copyright therein must be vested in the entrant or the professional photographer signing the entry form.
3. Entries must have attached an official entry form which bears the name, address and signature of both the professional photographer and the customer. If the photographer is an employee, the employer consent must be obtained in order for the employee to enter the competition. This consent must be obtained in writing and signed. All entries will be deemed to be submitted with the full approval of the proprietor(s) of the business employing the photographer. The allocation of any photographersí prize will be at the discretion of such proprietor(s). Responsibility cannot be accepted for entries lost, damaged or delayed in transit. Proof of posting will not be accepted as proof of delivery.
4. Closing Dates for entries: 31 May and 30 August 2008 - Judged June 2008 and September 2008 where the winning entries will be selected. The judges reserve the right to withhold prizes on grounds of unsatisfactory quality of entries.
5. Finalists will be notified by 12 September 2008.
6. Winners will be announced at the British Professional Photography Awards 2008 on Sunday 19 October 2008 at Hilton Hotel Newcastle.
7. All prizes must be accepted as offered, there are no alternatives.
8. All entries will be held at the MPA head office. Whilst every care will be taken, the MPA and Kodak Limited cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage thereto, however caused.
9. Entry is open to residents of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland aged 18 or over except employees and their families of Kodak Limited, their advertising agencies, or anyone directly connected with the competition.
10. The judgesí decision will be final.
11. Kodak Limited and the MPA reserves the right to reproduce (cropped as necessary) any of the winning photographs for advertising or publicity purposes connected with the competition without payment. The entrant hereby agrees to such use and negatives/digital files of the winning entries must be made available to Kodak Limited and the MPA by the photographer for such purposes.
12. Please send £1 with each of your entries to: MPA/Kodak Awards 2008, PO Box 373, Darlington. DL1 5GS.
13. Closing date(s) for entries: 31 May and 30 August 2008.
14. Photographs entered for this competition are taken by independent professional photographers.
Promoters:
Kodak Limited in conjunction with the MPA, The Master Photographers Association, Jubilee House, 1 Chancery Lane, Darlington DL1 5QP.
Kodak House, P.O. Box 66, Station Road, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. HP1 1JU