Comments on: What You Give Away When Entering A Photo Contest

By: Scot

Scot — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:31:34 +0000

I have to agree with everything you’ve said here…

reading the fine print of some of these competitions makes you realise that they are taking all rights to a piece of work to enter a lottery of taste. lots of friends of mine suggest I should enter this or that competition, yet when I read the fine print I find I am not willing to give my work away that freely.

another thing to consider is how this free access to photographic images is affecting paid photographers. it seems yet another way that photography is being devalued as something that anyone can do.. when that is simply not the case

By: Craig Ferguson (@cfimages)

Craig Ferguson (@cfimages) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:02:35 +0000

I always read the fine print first. There are a few select competitions that I have entered, but in general I give them all a miss. I’d never give away my copyright or any kind of exclusivity.

By: Rachel Cotterill

Rachel Cotterill — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:35:04 +0000

I wouldn’t give up copyright, though I might consider giving up first publication rights (which is my current standard for selling with an article) if I didn’t think I was going to use the photo imminently.

I also won’t pay to enter contests – which rules me out of most of the top ones!