Photography Competition

Welcome to Deeside Against Pylons Summer 2024 Photography Competition.

To celebrate the beauty of Deeside and the North East of Scotland we are launching this FREE to enter photo competition. The competition is open to anyone who loves our magnificent countryside, including residents current and past, friends and family, tourists etc. We are particularly looking for photographs taken within the Kintore to Tealing area (TKUP) These inland areas of Aberdeenshire and down through Angus will be hugely affected by SSEN’s plans to erect monstrously high pylons along the route.

The theme of the competition is “Our Countryside.” The theme is open to your personal interpretation but we’re looking for photographs that show of our rural landscape at its best. This competition will run for the rest of the Summer but hopefully there will be opportunities for some stunning Winter photographs in a future competition.

There are 2 categories:

• Adults.

• Children of primary school age.

There will be a top and runner up prize in each category.

Adults top prize will be a gift voucher to the value of £100. Runner up prize of £50.

Children’s top prize will be a gift voucher to the value of £50. Runner up prize of £25.

Closing date for the competition is 14th September 2024.

We aim to create a compilation of photographs for permanent display in local areas and to use photos for possible fundraising activities including marketing and merchandise. In this event permission will be sought from entrants for inclusion in these activities.

General Rules

Photographs should have been taken by you and should be submitted in jpeg format.

Ideally photographs should be of the present Spring and Summer period but recent years will not be excluded.

Please don’t send photographs that include children.

Images that include pets and wildlife are perfectly acceptable, as this is an amateur event please stay faithful to the spirit of the competition by keeping image enhancement to a minimum.

We are limiting the number of images you can enter to a maximum of 5. If you have already sent photos to DAP, a big thank you but please resend if you wish them to be considered for the competition.

Please submit your photographs providing your name and email address and details of where and the rough date when the picture was taken.

In the children’s category, additionally parents or guardians should submit their contact details as well as the name of the child and include under additional comments “I give permission for my child to enter the competition.”

By entering the competition all entrants (or if relevant, children’s parents/guardian) grant the right to Deeside Against Pylons to exhibit their photographs on social media or any other media.

GOOD LUCK and get snapping!! Get your entries in soon!