1st Place – Polar Bear – 2022 – Stephen Mount – Great Ice Bear – Dymond Lake Ecolodge
The 12th Annual Churchill Wild Guest Photo Contest is now open for entries!
Our annual photo contest allows us to recognize and showcase the talented photographers who join us on our polar bear safaris each year and is open to all guests who visited the Churchill Wild polar bear lodges in 2023. You’ve shared your photographs with family and friends and we now invite you to share them with us. Whether you’re a hobbyist or a pro, we welcome your entries!
We’ve set up six different categories and prizes include a gift certificate towards a Churchill Wild safari and a P&H Photo gift card.
As Ansel Adams once said, “There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” We couldn’t agree more, but there are a few rules for this contest below. Need inspiration? Check out last years winners here.
1st Place – Other Wildlife – 2022 – Peter Balunek – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Seal River Heritage Lodge
HOW TO ENTER
Please read through our rules and guidelines below and submit your photo(s) to contest@churchillwild.com by February 16th, 2024 to be eligible for judging.
CATEGORIES
- Polar Bear
- Other Wildlife
- Landscape
- People
- Lodge Interior or Exterior
- Amateur
1st Place – Landscapes – 2022 – Christoph Jansen – Nanuk Emergence Quest – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
PRIZES (to be awarded in each category)
- First Place | $1,500.00 CAD Gift Certificate* plus a $100 B&H Photo gift card.
- Second Place | $1,000.00 CAD Gift Certificate* plus a $50 B&H Photo gift card.
- Third Place | $750.00 CAD Gift Certificate* plus a $25 B&H Photo gift card.
1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes will be awarded in each category. *Towards a Churchill Wild Safari
Honourable Mention – 2022 – Gabriele Perl – Fall Dual Lodge Safari – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
REDEEMING PRIZES
- Winners may transfer their gift certificate to a family member or friend if they wish.
- Prizes cannot be redeemed for cash.
- Usage of gift certificates subject to availability.
- Cannot be combined with any other discount and no commissions will apply.
- Must be applied to a 2024 or 2025 trip.
- Remaining balance is due 90 days prior to departure and will be invoiced by Churchill Wild in due course.
1st Place – People – 2022 – Steve Pressman – Cloud Wolves of the Kaska Coast – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
RULES and GUIDELINES for ENTRIES
- Only guests who visited a Churchill Wild lodge in 2023 are eligible to enter the contest.
- All photos submitted must have been taken on a Churchill Wild safari during the 2023 season.
- All entries must be labelled with the photographer’s NAME and the CATEGORY into which it is being entered.
- Contest entries will be accepted until February, 16th 2024.
- You may submit ONE photo per category. If more than one photo is submitted for a category, the first one received will be the one entered for that category.
- The Amateur category has been set up to recognize point-and-shoot cameras and smartphone photography. Only photos taken with these devices are eligible for judging in the Amateur category. Other categories are for “big body” DSLRs or similar.
- By entering this contest, you are acknowledging that Churchill Wild reserves the right to use your images for promotional purposes. Photo credit will be given whenever your photos are used.
1st Place – Amateur – 2022 – Jim Gable – Hudson Bay Odyssey – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
PHOTO SPECIFICATIONS
- Photos may not be cropped (zoomed in) by more than 10% to give a fair indication of what the original shot looked like.
- Photos will be judged on the basis of composition, light, color, sharpness, creativity and human interest. Post-processing is expected from DSLR entries but photos should not be over-processed.
- Do not add text to photos. Failure to comply will exclude your submission from the contest.
- Submitted images should be at least 1500 pixels (on the long side) at 72 dpi to allow for a fair comparison between images, with the exception of photos submitted in the “Amateur” category.
- All files should be in .JPG format.
2nd Place – Amateur – 2022 – Cathy Honke – Arctic Safari – Tundra Camp – Seal River Heritage Lodge
ATTN: GROUP LEADERS
If you were the leader for a group of guests in 2023, please forward this notice to them to ensure they have the opportunity to enter the contest.
Contest closes February 16th, 2024. Winners will be announced by February 29th, 2024.
