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What is Australia Shutterbug Photo Award?

The vision behind The Shutterbug Award is to give all photographers an opportunity to show some of their best work via this competition platform.

As well as a prize pool of over $20 000, 25 Finalists will have their winning images published in the annual Shutterbug Award book and exhibited via a projection on the Big Screen to a packed audience at The Shutterbug Award night and Wrap-up party at The Palace Cinema, Sydney, Oct 2012.

Any photographer entering Shutterbug has a unique opportunity to have career building exposure. Our judges are at the top of their chosen fields which creates an unparalleled chance to have your work seen by these photo-industry and media professionals.

Previous finalists have been invited to exhibit in some prestigious galleries based on their exposure from this competition. Other winners have been given front page shoots with Sydney street press.

'Our vision is for all photographers at all levels to have their work seen and appreciated' Marc Burlace - Shutterbug Founder and Coordinator.

Entry closes 30th July 2012.
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Australia Shutterbug Photo Award Prizes

Of course, the main prize for any aspiring photographer is to have their work seen and appreciated. Shutterbug gives all photographers, at any level, the opportunity to gain career building exposure within the industry. We believe we are unique in the exposure we deliver for aspiring photographers.

What makes The Shutterbug Award so unique to most photography competitions?

We have judges from The Photographic Industry at the very top of their chosen fields seeing your work.

Your work is shown on the Big Screen to a packed cinema full of photography lovers, VIP guests from the photographic industry and associated media.

The 25 Finalists have their work published in a 120 page, professionally designed, hardcover book.

Each Finalist recieves one book to keep. The International winner receives two books.

Copies of the Book are presented to Sponsors, Judges and Media Outlets.

One mounted print from each of the top ten overall winners is put on display at The Archetype Gallery @ The Chauvel Cinema and then at a busy cafe in Sydney for even more exposure.

We also negotiate to have the winner’s images in the major photography magazines around Australia.

Every photographer that enters has at least one of their images shown on the big screen at the huge Shutterbug Award night @ The Palace Cinema and on The Shutterbug Award website.

We constantly approach new sponsors as the competition continues, which means there are always updates of prizes on offer.

These are the Sponsors of Shutterbug and some of the prizes on offer:
These are the prizes that Olympus presented in 2011 and will be updated shortly with the current models for 2012.

First Place Finalist - Olympus PEN E-P2 with Electronic Viewfinder, 17mm Pancake Lens and the Brand New 9 - 18mm wide angle lens.
This package is ideal for street shooting, and with the new 9 - 18mm lens its perfect for landscape and other wide aspect shots.
RRP: $2797.00

Second Place Finalist - Olympus PEN E-P2 with Electronic Viewfinder and standard wide angle 14 - 42mm lens
This is a great alternative to your main SLR, offering something small, light and portable but with a full 4/3 sized sensor and DSLR quality images.
RRP: $1499.00

Third Place Finalist - Olympus PEN Lite E-PL1 with 14 - 42mm lens.
Another great alternative to an SLR. This is their new mainstream PEN.
RRP: $799.00

The International Category Winner – The amazing new Olympus XZ-1 ( released in Feb 2011) with the f1.8 Zuiko lens. RRP: $499.00 + Plus the new PT-050 Underwater Housing to fit your new camera valued at RRP: $399.00. Total prize package including the 2 Shutterbug Books exceeds $1300.00

>> Australia's premier online book publishers, Momento, will be presenting each of the 24 Finalists a 100 page, professionally designed, Shutterbug Award Book with their work included in it.

The International Winner will be sent two books. The book will also be highlighted on Momento's website.

Momento has kindly provided Shutterbug with a further 30 Photobooks for this year's event valued at $5000.

Alternative Media Group are the publishers of these Street Papers, which are a Sydney-sider’s link to what’s happening in their city. From political updates to what’s on in the Music and Art scene of this beautiful and vibrant city, most of us have seen these papers wherever we are or go online to get it.

>> Chris Peken from Alternative Media has been one of our judges since 2007 and on the Shutterbug Award night he presents two Finalists with the chance to shoot a front cover for one of their newspapers. With a combined monthly circulation of 200,000, that can be a huge opportunity for two lucky photographers.

>> Buy-n-shoot.com will run a feature article on all the 10 Shutterbug finalists with a short description on the photographers and links back to their folios/websites.

In addition we will also run a feature article for each of the 3 winners that will include a short interview, publish the video of their winning series of work and also include links back to their folios/websites.

>> Editor and publisher of this up market photography magazine is Peter Eastway. He is one of only five Grand Masters of Photography in the world and has won the AIPP Canon Professional Photographer of the Year Award on numerous occasions.

To help photographers reach their full potential Peter has produced video tutorials on the art of Photoshop. We have 10 disks to give to our Finalists this year valued at over $1000.

>> The Archetype Gallery 'Concept Spaces' are pop-up style galleries that promote the professional exhibition of art in alternate venues, or venues that are outside of the standard gallery, and expose everyday people to professionally presented contemporary art.

There are several locations in Sydney and each space is linked via a central theme to provide a wider experience. The artists are local and internationally based and The Archetype Gallery ensure the works are interesting, collectable and affordable. Look out for The Archetype Gallery via their signature gold frames and check out their website for details on exhibiting and purchasing art.

>> Head On Photo Festival is Sydney’s major innovative showcase for Australian and international photography, reflecting a vibrant, diverse cross-section of new and traditional photographic practices covering all genres. Head On aims to present good photography regardless of the celebrity of either the subject or photographer.

Events for 2012 will include indoor and outdoor exhibitions, screenings, workshops, a seminar as well as some special events. Venues include public and commercial galleries, cafes, parklands and the streets of Sydney itself.

Australia Shutterbug Photo Award website: http://www.shutterbug.org.au/about.php