Highgate East – Calming Nature Photography Competition | News

The deadline for entering our photography competition has been extended - you can now submit your photographs by 11pm on Friday 1 March!

Help create a calming environment at our new flagship hospital

It will be important for the visuals in our new Highgate East hospital to support a calming environment. We are therefore launching the Calming Nature photography competition, encouraging staff and service users to showcase their photography talents and help bring peace and tranquillity to our state-of-the-art facility.

Competition themes

There will be four themes to choose from:

• Majestic Landscapes - Capture the awe-inspiring beauty of vast landscapes, forest scenes, majestic mountains or serene seascapes.
• Wildlife Wonders - Focus in on the world of flora and fauna to capture the remarkable life that inhabits our natural surroundings.
• Tranquil Waters - Let the soothing ripples and peaceful reflections of lakes, rivers, and oceans inspire your photographs. Calm waters create the perfect setting for peaceful compositions.
• Macros of Nature - Explore the intricate details of small-scale beauty. From dew-kissed spider webs to delicate flowers, reveal the enchanting world hidden within.

Prizes

Winning photographs will be displayed on the ground floor of Highgate East where they will be enjoyed by staff, service users and visitors.

The overall competition winner will receive a £1,000.00 Amazon Gift Card and a professionally printed and framed copy of their photo and be named as the Overall Winner of the NLMHP Calming Nature Photography Competition 2024.

There will also be three prizes under each of the 4 themes:

• 1st place - £500 and a professionally printed and framed copy of the photo
• 2nd place - £200 plus a certificate of recognition
• 3rd place - £100 plus a certificate of recognition
• 32 runners-up prizes of £25.00 amazon vouchers with a certificate of recognition.

The judges

• Adele McKay, Managing Director, Hospital Division
• Gerd Sortland, Lead OT, Hospital Division
• Harpreet Gill, Head of Psychology, Hospital Division
• Elizabeth Adegbenro, Matron Older Adults Wards
• Mark Lister, Senior Procurement Business Partner – Mark has been a photographer for over 20 years and been published in magazines and attained several photography awards.

How to enter

• Entries via email to hephotocomp@candi.nhs.uk
• Entries must follow one of the four themes. Any images deemed to be inappropriate will be excluded in the due diligence stage before being submitted to the judging panel.
• Photographs must be submitted in the highest resolution JPEG format possible. RAW images and other file formats will not be accepted.
• Entrants may submit up to 3 images per theme.
• File name should include the name of the artist and title of the photograph. For example, Jane Smith – Sunset on the lake.jpg

Competition rules

1.       Eligibility:

1.1.     The competition is open to professional and amateur photographers alike. Entrants must be over the age of 18.
1.2.     The competition is open to all substantive, temporary and bank staff of NLMHP.
1.3.     The competition is open to current service users of NLMHP.

2.       Entry Deadline:

2.1.     Photographs must be submitted by 23:00 GMT on Friday 1 March   2024.

3.       Themes and Categories:

3.1.     Entries must follow one of the four themes. Any images deemed to be inappropriate will be excluded in the due diligence stage before being submitted to the judging panel.

4.       Submission Requirements:

4.1.     Photographs must be submitted in the highest resolution JPEG format possible. RAW images and other file formats will not be accepted.
4.2.     Entrants may submit up to 3 images per theme.
4.3.     File name should include the name of the artist and title of the photograph. For example, Jane Smith – Sunset on the lake.jpg

5.       Image Enhancements:

5.1.     Responsible and ethical editing practices should be used: Minor postproduction may be used in the photographs, for example, colour corrections, stitching of panoramic photographs, spot removal and cropping. Artificial Intelligence (AI) should not be used to create an image or add elements to a photograph.

6.       Award of prizes:

6.1.     Successful entrants will be notified via email and further instruction will be included on how you will receive your prize. 

7.       Originality and Copyright:

7.1.     NLMHP require that all submitted photographs are the original work of the participant. By submitting photographs in this competition, the creator will retain copyright but grant NLMHP permission to reproduce the images in print and in digital format for marketing and advertisement and display purposes.

8.       Judging Criteria:

8.1.     The judging panel will assess the images based on the alignment to the theme that has been set as well as the creativity, composition, technical skill used in the creation of the image as well as the overall aesthetic of the photograph.

9.       Disqualification:

9.1.     Submissions may be disqualified if an image is deemed to have been plagiarised, contains inappropriate content or is in any other way deemed to be non-compliant with the rules.

Good luck!