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2007 PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
Eyes Down for a £500 prize at the Tattoo
If you fancy you are more proficient with your camera than the average happy snapper then a cash prize of £500 awaits if, in the opinion of the judges, you submit the winning photograph taken while at a performance of this year's Tattoo.
Those taking second and third places will win £250 and £150 respectively and all who reach the final will receive a souvenir certificate.
- The competition is open to all amateur photographers (except employees of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, their agents or anyone connected with the event).
- Only prints, colour or monochrome and taken this year will be judged. Entrants may submit only one enhanced print from film or transparencies, or digital equipment. The latter may be sent as a high resolution email attachment to: administration@edintattoo.co.uk
- The use of 'flash' equipment is expressly forbidden.
- The Edinburgh Military Tattoo reserves the right to use any entry for promotional purposes without incurring a fee.
- Only entries which reach us by midnight on September 30 2007 will be judged.
Mark your entry with name, address and telephone number and send to:
Photographic Competition
The Edinburgh Military Tattoo
32 Market Street
Edinburgh EH1 1QB
PS We are unable to return your entry so do please keep your negatives, discs, etc, unless we ask.
The 2007 Tattoo
Photographic Competition
The use of flash equipment during the show is forbidden and it is also ineffective in a large arena such as the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle.
Patrons are also not allowed to move around the stands during the show or use tripods.
However, using an appropriate camera and film will allow satisfactory results from the stands and these guidelines may be helpful.
- The floodlighting used during a Tattoo performance can produce satisfactory photographic results when using a suitable camera with appropriate shutter and lens aperture adjustments.
- Any auto-flash settings should be switched off.
- An ISO speed setting of 400 or 800 ISO is recommended on digital or film cameras with the colour balance set for artificial lighting if possible.
The alternative to a shot of the show is to capture some other aspect of the Tattoo such as performers awaiting the start. For such a photograph regular cameras are perfectly adequate and it could be one of these shots that wins the competition.
The best of luck
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