Last year’s winning photographers Te Awamutu’s Pam Thompson (Open category winner) and Cambridge student Sylvie Davis Colley (Youth category winner) with their winning photographs. Photo by Michael Jeans
A free photography workshop being run on October 28 by Cambridge’s best known lensman Michael Jeans is part of several community collaborations aimed at inspiring shutterbugs to enter the Cambridge Autumn Festival’s annual photo competition.
Organisers of next year’s Autumn Festival say the annual photo competition is officially underway with the theme ‘Capture your Waipā adventure’. Photographers of all ages are being invited to capture images of the region’s attractions and activities before the cut-off date of February 22, 2024.
The competition is being sponsored by PAUA Architects, with PAUA’s Antanas Procuta taking on the dual role of competition sponsor and judge.
“There are plentiful opportunities for adventure in every corner of our district, and we look forward to a range of photographs that together will create a shapshot in time of Waipā, its places and people,” he said.
The competition’s two categories are Open (all ages) and Youth (under 19 years), with first prizes $250 and $150 respectively. There is a second and third prize of $100 and $50 in the Open category.
Cambridge Autumn Festival chairperson Alana MacKay said the decision was made to built on the success of last year’s competition by organising special community collaborations for the 2024 one.
The October 28 photography workshop for beginners with Michael Jeans is one of those, but booking ahead is essential ([email protected]).
Through its community links with the competition, Cambridge i-SITE has pledged to collaborate with photographers after the competition for permission to use any stand-out images of the district as promotional material.
The competition is free to enter and is open to all New Zealand permanent residents. The entry form is on the Cambridge Autumn Festival website.
Winners will be announced during the festival, which runs from March 15-24 next year. The top 25 entries will be exhibited during the first weekend of the festival, when viewers can vote for the People’s Choice Award.
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