posted 12-11-2001 07:41 PM            

Get out your photo albums and cameras. Here's a chance to win a 2002 Harbour Lights Limited Edition Lighthouse or one of several 2002 Little Lights of Mine. Deadline for entries to be received is January 31, 2002. Judging will take place during the first week of February by Harbour Lights and winners will be announced by February 15, 2002.

1. Each person may submit up to two entries in each of the two categories:

a. Lighthouse images and lighthouse related images.
b. Any other images - people, landscapes, cityscapes, etc.

2. Lighthouse images are those taken of a lighthouse or at a lighthouse where any
part of a lighthouse or related items shows -- a Fresnel lens, lighthouse
staircase, etc.

3. Photos of a non-lighthouse nature. This category was established for those who
do not live near a lighthouse.

4. We will divide those submitting photos for the contest into one of two groups:

a. Those with personal photo gallery at HarbourLights.com
b. All other registered members of the Collector Forums as of 1/31/02

5. All entries must be received by January 31, 2002.

6. Only photos taken by the person submitting them are eligible.

7. The judges reserve the right to recategorize an entry.

8. Entrants agree to grant Harbour Lights the right to publish their entries at
HarbourLights.com and/or in other publications. Entries will be displayed at
HarbourLights.com starting on February 4. The photographer will not be identified
in this display until after judging has been completed.

9. Entries may be in color or black and white. Submissions may be made as
photographic prints, digital prints or either scanned or original digital images.
All images will be judged as digital images of approximately the same size.

10. Entries may be submitted by email or by regular mail. With each submission
include your full name, complete mailing address, and email address.

· Send digital images electronically by email to:
Webmaster@HarbourLights.com If scanning print images,
set the resolution to 72 or 100 dpi.

· If you do not have a scanner, send photographic prints by mail to: John
Chidester, PO Box 4742, Scottsdale, AZ 85259-4742. Include a self-addressed,
stamped envelope if you want the print returned. Do not submit prints larger
than 8x10"; prints 5 x 7" or smaller are preferred.

11. Decisions of the judges will be final.

12. Prizes will be awarded in both photographic categories and to both groups of
photographers. A total of 4 First Place awards will be presented. Judges may
award any number Honorable Mentions they feel have extra merit.

· First Place each category - A 2002 Harbour Lights Limited Edition lighthouse
selected by Harbour Lights.

· Honorable Mention(s) in each category - A 2002 Harbour Lights Little Light Of
Mine selected by Harbour Lights.

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posted 12-12-2001 12:11 AM            

If I read the rules correctly you won't have to compete against the creme de la creme.

Just against people like yourself. Of course some of those who don't have galleries, probably should.

posted 12-13-2001 04:19 PM            

Take some time this weekend to go through and pick out 2 lighthouse and 2 non-lighthouse photos for the contest.

posted 12-20-2001 08:29 AM            

Tim - Keeping the flame lit...

posted 12-26-2001 07:21 PM            

Looking forward to either receiving an e-mail or seeing something posted on the forum in response.

posted 12-26-2001 07:43 PM            

72 dpi and the longest dimension about 450-500 pixels would be great.

posted 01-08-2002 08:51 PM            

How about YOU!? Check the rules and directions at the top of this post. If you've got some good photos of lighthouses or whatever, we'd all like to see them.

posted 01-14-2002 11:55 AM            

ATTN: Jimmy Troutt - received your package by mail. Need an email address and description of the two non-lighthouse photos.

posted 01-22-2002 11:07 PM            

Joel Horace of WA - got yours, but I don't have an email address to acknowledge receipt.

Others who submitted by email or mail (except for those sent in last 4 days) should have now received an email acknowledgement from me. If not, email me

posted 01-26-2002 07:15 AM            

Looking forward to starting to see some of what everyone has been sending in up on the HL webpage soon!!! Should be very interesting!

posted 01-26-2002 10:12 AM            

It's not too late for everyone else to send in your shots. Thanks again for everyone who has participated so far, and good luck!

posted 01-26-2002 03:57 PM            

Not a problem with the photos arriving at a different time, as long as John Chidester receives them no later than January 31, 2002. Thanks again for your participation in the contest!

posted 01-26-2002 06:46 PM            

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Any other images - people, landscapes, cityscapes, etc.

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posted 01-29-2002 11:47 PM            

Looking forward to seeing everyone's submissions next week!

posted 01-30-2002 07:52 AM            

Entries are rolling in now that the deadline is one day away.

All entries must be received by me by midnight Thursday, Jan 31 I will be posting them over the weekend. Good luck everyone!

Again a reminder to all entrants. You MUST be a member of the Collector Forums to enter the contest. If you are not yet a member, please sign up today or tomorrow. Just click on that 'register' link in the upper right-hand corner of the page.

36 Entrants so far.

posted 01-30-2002 08:39 AM            

Tim Lovegrove - your pictures are here.

posted 01-31-2002 11:15 AM            

Chuck

posted 01-31-2002 07:34 PM            

Come on everyone who hasn't submitted... fire up those scanners!!! There are almost 900 people registered on here and the last I heard, John hadn't had submissions from most of them. What's the tally of submitters up to, John - broken 50?

posted 02-01-2002 12:38 AM            

What was the final tally, John. I managed to drum up a couple of friends who shoot the Michigan lights with me to register and submit. Wish I could have gotten more for the contest, but I tried.

posted 02-01-2002 07:17 AM            

There are a LOT of wonderful pictures among the entrants.

posted 02-01-2002 01:33 PM            

Chuck

posted 02-01-2002 07:30 PM            

One arrived by Express Mail; several others priority mail.

posted 02-01-2002 07:49 PM            

Glad the suggestions on the night photography are helping some. Keep at it and by all means, let me know if you have any questions.

If you want some suggestions on photographing Pigeon Point, let me know either on one of the forums or by e-mail. I shoot it several times a year, along with Pt Bonita, Pt Montara, Santa Cruz, Pt Pinos, and Big Sur when I'm out in the Bay area on business. To whet your appetite a little for photographing on the left coast, the shot below is a sunrise shot at Pigeon Point in November of 2000.

For those of you have commented on the other thread I posted for Suzanne here on the General Forum, thanks for the compliments on my photography. If you're curious, this one didn't make my final cut either although it came close.

posted 02-01-2002 08:41 PM            

BTW, I only use Teresa in my signature so people won't think I'm a male named Terrence with a nickname of Terry but a female named Teresa with a nickname of Terry!

posted 02-02-2002 08:06 PM            

I think I scanned and resized about 80 pictures today.

Looks like we'll end up with 199 photos in all.

I still hope to have the pages open tomorrow. But there is still maybe 6-7 hours of work to go. Looks like a late night tonight.

posted 02-02-2002 10:05 PM            

Chuck

posted 02-02-2002 10:48 PM            

Thanks, John!!!!!