Student Photo Contest

2012 U of T Mississauga Student Photo Contest

 

And the winner of this year's contest is...Amarpreet Kaur, for this gorgeous photo of the bridge by Lislehurst! Congratulations!

Image of bridge over Lislehurst

 

The second and third place photos were both taken by: Rahul Mehta. 

river 1 river 2

A big thanks to our judges:
Amish Morrell, PhD, from the Department of Visual Studies
UofT Mississauga alumna Jackie Patrick, Specialist in Art & Art History Program, HBA 1986
Nicolle Wahl, assistant director, communications (digital)
 
 
 
THEME -- Winter Wonderland at U of T Mississauga

A U of T Mississauga campus photo for the 2012 holiday card distributed by U of T Vice-President and U of T Mississauga Principal Deep Saini and the Office of Advancement.  The card will feature a student photo with its theme “Winter Wonderland at U of T Mississauga.”


PRIZES

• 1st Place - $100 gift card to your choice of 1) Henry’s Camera Store OR 2) Campus Service – Bookstore, Food Services, etc., the use of your photo on Principal Deep Saini’s holiday card, bragging rights and a personally signed copy of Principal Saini’s holiday card featuring your photo.
• 2nd Place- $50 Starbucks gift card
• 3rd Place - $25 Starbucks gift card


ELIGIBILITY

The contest is open to all students currently enrolled at U of T Mississauga.


HOW TO ENTER

Deadline to enter: Friday, March 16, 2012 at midnight.
1) Go to: www.utm.utoronto.ca/student-photo-contest
2) Download and complete the digital entry form.
3) Email the entry form and your formatted image file(s) to news.utm@utoronto.ca with the subject line “Student Photo Contest” by midnight on Friday, March 16.  Images should be formatted as JPEGs no larger than 1 MB.


HOW TO WIN

A panel of judges will select three final images based on the following criteria: originality, relevance to contest theme, composition, lighting and technical quality.  The final three images will be posted on the official University of Toronto Mississauga Facebook page (www.facebook.com/UTMississauga) on Monday, March 26 to be voted on by the general public.  The photo with the most “likes” by 9 a.m. on Friday, March 30, 2012 will be declared the winner.  The winner will be notified by e-mail.


RULES & REGULATIONS

• Entries must be an original work taken by the student submitting the photo.
• Photos must be taken on the U of T Mississauga campus.
• Each student can submit up to a maximum of three photos.  If more than three photos are submitted only the first three entries will be accepted.
• Colour or black and white photos are allowed.  Digital photo editing is also permitted. 
• Landscape and portrait layout are both acceptable.
• The winner will be required to provide a high-resolution version (maximum quality JPG, 8 inches on the longest side at 300 dpi) for printing.  Failure to provide a high resolution version will disqualify the entry.
• Photo entries with visibly identifiable persons will be required to submit a model release form available on the photo contest website.  Photos with visibly identifiable persons that are not accompanied by a model release will not be considered.


CONTACT

Questions? Please contact news.utm@utoronto.ca.