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Photo Contest

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  • Tell us about your photo submissions. Once you submit this form you will be taken to the photo upload page. The deadline to enter is Monday, Dec. 30.

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Renaming Files

File Renaming Instructions

Please rename your files to include the authors name, category and subcategory numbers, and for sets of multiple photos, the number within the sequence.

Example 1

A single photo in JPEG format, is being submitted to the Construction Blasting category. Construction Blasting is category 2, and because this is a single photo the subcategory is a. The photo should be named as follows:

photographerslastname_2a.jpg

Example 2

Three photos in TIF format are being submitted as a series to the Specialty Blasting category. Because this is a series, the subcategory is b and each file should include a sequence number, as follows:

photographerslastname_5b-1.tif
photographerslastname_5b-2.tif
photographerslastname_5b-3.tif
Photographers Last Name
Categories of Entry
  1. Blasters and Drillers at Work
  2. Construction Blasting
  3. Quarrying and Mining
  4. Demolition Blasting
  5. Specialty Blasting
Subcategories
  • a) Individual Photo
  • b) Series of Photos (Limit of 5 photos)
Format
Acceptable files include tif, jpg, or eps at a minimum of 300 DPI and 9x12 inches in size.

Rules of Entry

A. Submission: Entries should be submitted at https://isee.org/photo-contest. Entries should include an entry title, photographer, blaster-in-charge, and a detailed description of the project. After agreeing to the rules of entry and submitting photos, entries will be reviewed for safety issues by a panel of experts. Photos that display unsafe blasting operations will be rejected.  B. Format: Acceptable files include tif, jpg, or eps at a minimum of 300 DPI and 8x10 inches in size.   C. License: Photographers retain ownership and all other rights to future use of the photograph(s) they enter except for the following: By submitting photo(s) to this contest, photographers grant the International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE) the absolute and irrevocable right and permission, to use, reuse, publish and republish, and otherwise reproduce, modify, change or alter, and display submitted photograph(s) in any and all print, electronic, digital, social media and other media now or hereafter known, for distribution, advertisement, training, publication, and promotion in connection with ISEE’s association services. Owners of the photos waive any right that they may have to inspect or approve any uses made in accordance with the rules of entry.   D. Presentation: Qualifying entries will be displayed through ISEE’s social media channels and on-site at the annual conference in Cherokee. Select entries will be displayed in the Journal of Explosives Engineering.