Intent:  
The contest is to capture some sort of humanity. Obviously this means that at least one person must be the subject of your piece. I don't care what emotion you're trying to show, as long as you get one. Albeit, I don't want to see 500 pictures of smiling faces. That's not what I'm looking for.  

Rules:  

• Due to the rules of LiveWire, you MAY NOT submit photos of people under the age of 13. HOWEVER, thanks to the graciousness of Allie, aka DoveLove, you may PM the entries to me and they will be considered in the contest. IF YOU DO NOT ABIDE BY THIS RULE AND PLACE PICTURES NOT PERTAINING TO LIVEWIRE'S GUIDELINES IN THIS THREAD, OR CAUSE A FUSS OVER THIS RULE, YOU'RE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
  
• Obviously, if there's no human in your piece, it is not acceptable.
  
• Any visualmedium is accepted. I have nothing against poetry, but sorting through the tons of horrible poems that may be entered is not worth the few good ones.
  
• I DO NOT CONSIDER PHOTOSHOP OR ANY OTHER PHOTO-ALTERING PROGRAMS AS A MEDIUM, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE USED.  
  
• There are 4 exceptions to the photoshop rule where photoshop may be used: 1) To turn the picture into black and white. 2) To change the OVERALL contrast of a picture. 3) To change the OVERALL saturation of color. 4) You may also crop pictures if necessary.

 
Entrance:  

• There is no entrance fee.
  
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please alter the emotions. I don't want to see 3 entries of your kissy-faced boyfriend.
  
• When entering a piece, be sure to add which medium you used.

Judging:  

• Each piece will be judged on two qualities; the difficulty of making the piece, and most importantly, the strength of the emotion shown.  
  
• I often like to judge myself, but I will accept 1-3 others who would like to help judge this contest.

Prizes:  

• There will be 3 places, and possibly honorable mentions.
  
• For now, the prizes stand as 150 for first, 100 for second, 50 for third. But, I plan on giving away all the reward points I have over 2,000. For instance, when this contest ends, if I have 2,642 reward points, I will distribute 642 points to the winners.

THE END OF THIS CONTEST IS SET AT JULY 10TH
I will talk to Audrey and get this up on the contest page.  

ONE HUGE THING I MISSED, THE PIECE MUST BE YOUR OWN WORK.
The following would constitute as your own work:
For Photos-
1) You have taken the photo.
2) You are the subject of the photo.
For All Other Mediums-
You are the one who has produced the piece. You may reproduce a famous artwork, or use a photograph taken by somebody else.

If you reproduce a work or use another's photograph, you must cite it using the same format as one of the following:

• Original (painting) done by (Andrew Wyeth.)
  
• Original (photo) by (Andy Warhol.)
  
• Original photo by (my friend.)

Since I never bothered to make this clear; when I say a human must be present in the photos, that does not necessarily mean their face.  

(Edited by Porcelina at 9:27 pm on June 5, 2006)

(Edited by Porcelina at 10:30 pm on June 25, 2006)

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your whole life is leading up to this
last.fm

these aren't mine but i found them very inspiring.
http://www.pbase.com/clickaway/candids

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"I started revving my Sentra to 6000rpms in neutral, and then
I dumped it in "Drive", it made a really nice burnout.." lol

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are we allowed to do linear modifications, like a crop?

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Ah, yes, I"ll edit that into the rules. I just kind of figured cropping was implied.

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your whole life is leading up to this
last.fm

wishful, dreamer, whimsical:

thoughtful, mellow, pre-occupied:

Fear, adrenaline:

sorrow, lonesomeness, reflection:

Thoughtful, wonderous, inspired:


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Forget regret or life is yours to miss
www.LookingThroughYou.deviantart.com

Edit: Pictures of children under 13 are not allowed; it goes against LW's guidelines. Your entries have been PMed to Porcelina.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

(Edited by dovelove at 12:37 pm on June 5, 2006)

(Edited by mooble at 12:14 am on June 2, 2006)

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"I started revving my Sentra to 6000rpms in neutral, and then
I dumped it in "Drive", it made a really nice burnout.." lol

Rememberance


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"I started revving my Sentra to 6000rpms in neutral, and then
I dumped it in "Drive", it made a really nice burnout.." lol

-A pic at the moving wall.  Very emotional because my dad was a vet.  he was crying, looking at the names of friends he lost.

-Yeah, I guess lonely.

-Same thing, different view.

Edit: Pictures of children under 13 are not allowed; it goes against LW's guidelines. Your entries have been PMed to Porcelina.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

(Edited by dovelove at 12:38 pm on June 5, 2006)

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kid, I wrote back,
all lovers betray.

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Interesting, but this is might postpone my own intended contest for another month since I hate fighting for attention.

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Sorry about that, Nick.

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your whole life is leading up to this
last.fm

Expect entries in a week or so, I should guess.

For now, there are some points headed your way.

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now lookee baby,
you're just nineteen.

(Edited by frank112916 at 10:04 pm on June 3, 2006)

Edit: Pictures of children under 13 are not allowed; it goes against LW's guidelines. Your entries have been PMed to Porcelina.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

(Edited by frank112916 at 10:09 pm on June 3, 2006)

(Edited by dovelove at 12:40 pm on June 5, 2006)