Prizes 1st Place - Pair of Flexi Tripod worth £100 2nd Place - Muslin Backdrop worth £50

Terms and Policies
Copyrights of all images received for this competition remains with the respective participants. However, in consideration of their participating the Competition, each entrant grants a worldwide, irrevocable, Lasting for eternity license to backdropsource to feature any or all of the submitted/received images in any of our publications, our websites and/or in any promotional material related to this competition.

Image Submission
The images can be submitted in either two ways

Via Facebook

• Join Backdropsource Facebook Fan Page.
• Submit your photo to our Facebook Wall.
• Use of our products will be an added advantage
• Describe your photo for our customers and judges.

Via Email

• The images should be sent to the mail id support@backdropsource.com as an attachment.
• The subject line should be "Christmas Contest -2011".
• The body line should be with your Full Name and other contact details & describe your photo for our customers and judges.

Image Size Images must be under 5MB in size in order to be accepted. We prefer images be no larger than 1000 pixels on the longest side because we have many readers with dial up internet service. No frames or borders may be added to images. The only text that can be added to your images are copyright notices. Digital Manipulation Images can be cropped, sharpened, color adjusted, and other minor adjustments.Spot color and other manipulations that can not be accomplished through the use of a filter are not allowed.Items may not be cloned out nor may backgrounds be changed. Images may not be collages or blends of more than one image.

Copyright
By entering a photo in an assignment you certify that the image is yours and that you own the copyright of the photos. You further give permission for all photos entered to be used in accordance with the terms of service.

Model Release
If any identifiable people are in your photograph you must have a model release on file that can be emailed / faxed / mailed to Backdropsource.com, Inc. at any time upon request.

Image Content
All images must be work safe and comply with the terms of service. Any image that does not meet this guideline will be deleted.

Winners Selection
Contest consists of two rounds of evaluation. In round one, each judge in a panel of photographic experts will select ten entries among all eligible entries based on the following criteria

1. Creativity 50%
   
2. Photographic quality 50%

Winners will be chosen on or around 30th January - 2012, and notified by email. Decisions of the judges are final and binding. Winner’s photographers will be displayed in our Facebook Wall.

Right to Cancel or Suspend Contest
If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, due to infection by computer virus, bugs, worms, trojan horses, denial of service attacks, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control BDS has the all rights to cancel/terminate the Contest without any prior notice.