Are you a budding photographer and reptile keeper? As I scour the pages of Facebook, Twitter and Flickr I see plenty of high quality pictures of people’s pets. Reptiles make excellent photographic subjects, so we thought why not have a competition to find some of the best?
If your Bearded Dragons or Corn Snakes are photogenic stars. Or if your Chile Rose knows how to strike a pose, now is the time for you to show off your reptile, amphibian, arachnid or insect in all their glory.
The Prizes
It wouldn’t be much of a competition without prizes! As a lot of people will enter this competition, it’s only right that we have a lot of prizes. First prize will be a £50 voucher that can be used to buy anything from our website. There will also be 20 runner up prizes of £10 to spend with us online.
The Judges
I have assembled a panel of expert judges, and myself, who will be trawling through all the entrants to choose the deserving winners. They are;
Lois Hook
Steve Carlin
Sam Shapter
Gary Rolfe
Lois owns Northampton Reptile Centre and is a keen amateur photographer, she’ll be looking for innovation and imagination in the photographs.
Steve from Steve Carlin Photography is a master with a camera. He will be looking at the technical aspects from the entries and judging on photographic quality.
Sam manages the shop and has over 400 reptiles at home. She’ll be looking at the quality of the photographic subjects, the animals!
Gary (me) is a judge purely because it was myself who chose the judges. I’ll be generally bowing down to the experts and throwing my two pence worth in from time to time.
How to Enter
- Email your chosen photograph to sales@reptilecentre.com.
- Include the words ‘photo competition’ in the subject line.
- Include your full name and contact details.
- Include some information about your pet.
- Results will be announced via the blog so make sure you are subscribed to receive the news!
The Rules
Sorry, but when we’re dishing out ‘money’, there does unfortunately have to be a few ground rules!
- It must be your own photograph.
- It must be your own pet (reptile, arachnid, insect or amphibian).
- Only one entry per person, so choose wisely.
- Edited or doctored photos not allowed.
- Only UK entrants are eligible to claim prize.
- Closing date is 30th April.
- My decision is final, no quibbles.
- Winners will be announced on blog shortly after.
As the competition progresses I’ll be posting the entries on our Facebook Page and our Fickr profile for everybody to enjoy.
I have put some pictures below I like that I hope will inspire you to get the camera out and get your entry in. Good luck everybody!
there are some great photos of really nice reptiles been entered so i thought i would enter one of my geckos, hope he can win something he is a great guy…….