Click Central

THE NEXT CLICK EDITION (January 2010) WILL BE ANNOUNCED END-DECEMBER.

This event does not require a recipe or a blog. All you need is a picture. Non-bloggers are encouraged to participate. The focus will be on items used or encountered daily in our surroundings.

A working camera (or cameraphone) and computer.

A perspective that can tease the marvellous out of the mundane. A sense of humour is an advantage.

We’re not professionals or experts, nor are many of the judges we plan to invite. This is intended to be a forum for amateurs to interact with and learn from each other.

** A new theme will be announced around the first of each month.

** Unless otherwise specified, entries will be due at midnight Eastern Standard Time on the 30th of the month (28th for February).

** A panel of judges will score the entries. Winners will be announced in four categories:

(The Best Capture - Three winners)

(The Most Original)

(The Most Drool-worthy)

One of us (Bee or Jai) picks our ten favourite entries. Readers vote for their favourites among them. The winner is the entry with the most votes that has not won in any other category.

Results in all categories will be announced on or before the 10th of the month. Winners in all the categories get badges to display on their sites. The first place winner of CLICK Spectra will be invited to judge in the next edition.

If you are a blogger, your picture must be part of a post that links to the CLICK event.

Do you have a picture already posted on your site?: We will accept already posted pictures if you add the link to the CLICK event announcement to your post.

Please make sure the picture is 550 pixels wide (height does not matter).

Please use the ENTRY FORM to send it in.

The last date for entries is usually the 30th of each month, midnight, Eastern Standard Time (28th for February). This date may vary, so please check the individual event announcement.

PLEASE NOTE:
If you send us an entry with more than one picture, or multiple entries, we will use the first one.

Once a picture has been posted in the image gallery, it cannot be changed or swapped out.

If your picture is at Flickr or some other site and not on your blog, it will feature as a non-blogger entry.

Along with the link to the event announcement, please feel free to use one of these logos.

(White Background)

We need an image 550 pixels wide (height does not matter). You can resize it

** Through Photoshop

** There are sites online that will do it for you, such as shrinkpictures.com

Choose ‘Custom‘ size and enter 550.

** If you have Windows, you probably have a program called Microsoft Paint.

Resizing an image using MS Paint

** Or get GIMP. it’s a free software that works like Photoshop. It’s useful for a lot of image editing purposes.

Resizing images with GIMP.

** You can also resize images using Picasa web albums.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How do I know if my entry reached you?

You will receive an automated response confirming receipt of your entry if your completed form was sent to us.

Your entry will be posted on the Entries page under the CLICK logo in the right sidebar within 3 days of submission.

I sent a complete entry, but received no e-mail confirmation.

It is likely that your e-mail address was mis-spelt and the confirmation went to the wrong place. Wait for three days and see if your entry shows up. If it doesn’t, send us an e-mail @ clickcapture AT gmail DOT com.

I sent a complete entry and got an e-mail confirmation, but my entry didn’t show up within 3 days.

It could be one of many reasons.
** CLICK is a food photography contest. If your picture does not fit the CULINARY THEME it will not show up.
** Your picture was larger than 1 megabyte. If that is the case, the entry will not come to our inbox. Please resize your entry to 550 pixels wide and send it again.
** You are a blogger, and your post did not link to the CLICK event.
** You wrote your blog URL instead of blog name.
**Your entry URL was incorrect.
** We could not access your site.
** If for some reason we are unable to update correctly sent entries, please check for any notices on the Entries page.

Please RESUBMIT your entry through the form and contact us @ clickcapture AT gmail DOT com.