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• The selected 50 images will comprise a variety of photography & digitial art, from existing Genius Printing clients and the general public
• All images are judged blind. This means that no names, locations or identifying elements are shown during the judging process. Judges do not know who submitted the image they are judging
• Each image will be scored out of 10 by 4 separate judges
• The 4 scores will be totalled to produce a final score out of 40
• The highest 50 scoring images will win the main prize and be exhibited in the exhibition. The next 5 high scores will win the 'Encouragement Award'
• In the case of tied positions the judges we judge the tied images again in a second round of judging
• You can enter as many times as you like however Genius Printing reserves the right to award no more than two winning entries per person
• The judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into

		David Hugh Evans AAIPP, Epson AIPP South Australian Professional Photographer of the Year 2006, 2009 David is a multi award-winning photographer, with a professional career spanning more than a decade. He is a specialist in the panoramic format and his accolades include The AIPP Epson South Australian Professional Photographer of the Year in 2006 and 2009, AIPP SA Landscape Photographer of the Year in 2006, 2008 and 2009, AIPP SA Illustrative Photographer of the Year 2009, and runner-up AIPP Australian Landscape Photographer of the Year in 2008 He is proudly supported by Epson Australia and represented by Lonely Planet Images, and his work has appeared in many publications including a series of his own landscape photography books. David is an Associate of The Australian Institute of Professional Photography. He is the Curator of The EPSON International Photographic Pano Awards. David Hugh Evans believes landscape photography is the art of painting with light to create an image, not merely to capture it. David has a distinctive style, one he calls 'slow photography'. His images frequently have an ethereal and painterly quality, a result of slow film and long shutter speeds ranging from seconds to hours. Moving into the realm of image creation from image capture is the fine art of a good landscape photographer. Evans has well and truly earned his reputation as one of the finest image-makers in Australia. David's motivation is to remind us that fun and wild, untamed places are critical elixirs in life. http://www.davidevansphoto.com/
		Nick Rains M. Photog., Editor Better Digital Camera, landscape photographer Nick Rains loves being a landscape photographer because it gets him out and about. "This is one of the reasons I love this job - I get to go the some of the remotest places in this huge country, far away from the busy cities and into a place where you can quite literally roll out a swag, light a fire and sleep under the stars." Nick is widely published which is very satisfying, but he says having your work appreciated for its own qualities is probably the ultimate goal for any serious photographer. "I started off in photography almost straight out of Swansea University in South Wales where I studied Zoology. I picked up the basics by going out and using film, oh, and reading photography books as well. I didn't do any formal training until a few years later when I did a two year tech course on studio and commercial photography. Commercial photography was well paid and reasonably interesting but I soon got more interested in travel photography so, like many others were starting to do, I shouldered a backpack and headed off into Asia and Australia. "I ended up in Australia and was soon working for Canon during the 1986 America's Cup in Fremantle. This was where I met all the top international photographers and magazine editors who were all very helpful to a young photographer starting out in serious international work. I had a ball during the 12 months I spent in Perth, my work was published in Sports Illustrated, London Times, Paris Match, Stern and many other well known publications. I worked for Time Magazine for a while as an assistant and learned a whole load of stuff about what professional photography is all about. "Of course my Visa finally ran out and I headed back to England. My new contacts stood me in good stead and this period was when I fully developed my landscape photography by undertaking extended trips into Germany, Turkey, Italy, France, and Spain shooting for the stock photography market. Finally I decided to move back to Australia for good in 1990 and have been shooting this fabulous country ever since. I have travelled almost half a million kilometers in that time and have been to just about every major place on interest. In fact the only major places I have yet to visit are Cape York and the central deserts of WA. " Nick is a Master of Photography with the AIPP and the editor of Better Digital Camera magazine. http://www.nickrains.com/
		Peter Eastway G.M. Photog., Hon. FAIPP, Hon FNZIPP, FAIPP Having worked in most areas of professional photography, Peter Eastway's passion is for landscapes, portraiture and the printed page. He is the publisher of Better Photography and co-publisher of Better Digital and Better Photoshop Techniques, Australia's three leading photography magazines. Peter's work is so respected that Lonely Planet chose him to write their international photography guide book on landscape photography. He is also a Grand Master of Photography, one of only eight in the world and earned from a career spanning nearly 30 years. Peter has won many awards for his photography. In 1996 and 1998 he was the AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year. He was Australian Landscape Photographer of the Year in 1995, 1996 and 1998, Australian Illustrative Photographer of the Year in 2004, and NSW Professional Photographer of the Year in 1995, 1996 and 2004. He has also won the Grand Award for the Commercial Category at the 2005 and 2008 WPPI Exhibition in Las Vegas. Peter is well-known as a photography judge both in Australia and overseas and has shared his experience with amateur and professional photography organisations around the world. He is currently the Chairman of the AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards. http://www.petereastway.com/
		Samuel Edward Burns Primarily self taught, Samuel Burns chooses to shoot on traditional film based large format 4x5 and panoramic cameras which offer a slow contemplative method towards his photography. Samuel has been awarded six Honourable Mentions in the 2009 International Photography Awards amongst approx 20,000 entries from photographers worldwide. Samuel recently received seven silver awards in the 2009 NSW Australian Institute of Professional Photography Awards and one silver with distiction in the 2009 (national) Australian Institute of Professional Photography Awards. Initially drawn to landscape photography for its contemplative nature, he travelled extensively around Australia and North America on solo journeys, allowing him to delve into the emotion of place and time. His work has developed into an exploration of conceptual ideas and an underlying urge to portray human emotions whilst also staying close to his love of the introspective nature the landscape allows. Sam currently resides in Sydney as a commercial photographer specialising in location and architectural photography. http://www.samburns.com.au/