DJI and SkyPixel Open Submissions for eighth Annual Aerial Picture and Video Contest
by DRONELIFE Workers Author Ian M. Crosby
At present, DJI and SkyPixel introduced that the eighth Annual SkyPixel Picture & Video Contest can have a concentrate on storytelling, in addition to its largest prize pool but, with a complete prize worth of roughly $143,00.
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Accepting submissions from November 9, 2022, to January 30, 2023, this 12 months’s SkyPixel contest seeks for photograph and video creators to encourage the aerial images group via the exploration of “The Story Behind” their aerial and handheld works. With the expansion of the artistic imaging group, DJI and SkyPixel hope that the wealth of beautiful aerial tales produced by way of drone expertise will encourage extra folks to seize artistic works of their very own.
With a central theme of “The Story Behind,” this 12 months’s contest can have an emphasis on storytelling, seeing members convey a message and that means via their submission. There are a complete of ten classes, with Nature, Metropolis, Journey, Sports activities, Story and Vertical classes within the video contest, and Nature, Structure, Portrait and Sports activities classes within the photograph contest. There are not any restrictions on the kind or model of drones used, and members are free to submit as many images or movies as they need. Video submissions are required to be between 30 seconds and 5 minutes lengthy.
The competition’s Judging Panel will encompass a variety of trade professionals, together with Claudio Miranda (Academy Award-winning cinematographer), Anne Farrar (Assistant Managing Editor of Images for Nationwide Geographic Journal), Phil Pastuhov (Director of Cinematography for movies corresponding to The Lord of the Rings), Hasselblad Grasp Benjamin Everett, Air Pixels founder Tobias Hägg, photographer George Steinmetz, Director of Images Toby Sturdy, cinematographer Yu Jingping, and photographer Wang Ning.
For this 12 months’s contest, SkyPixel and DJI will give away over 42 awards with a mixed worth of almost $143,000. One Greatest Work winner in each the video and photograph contest will obtain the Hasselblad 907X Anniversary Version Equipment, alongside a trophy and award certificates. Winners in different classes will obtain prizes such because the DJI Mavic 3, Osmo Motion 3, and $13,700 in DJI Credit score. The Award Announcement will happen on March 3, 2023.
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Ian attended Dominican College of California, the place he obtained a BA in English in 2019. With a lifelong ardour for writing and storytelling and a eager curiosity in expertise, he’s now contributing to DroneLife as a employees author.
Miriam McNabb is the Editor-in-Chief of DRONELIFE and CEO of JobForDrones, knowledgeable drone companies market, and a fascinated observer of the rising drone trade and the regulatory surroundings for drones. Miriam has penned over 3,000 articles targeted on the industrial drone area and is a world speaker and acknowledged determine within the trade. Miriam has a level from the College of Chicago and over 20 years of expertise in excessive tech gross sales and advertising and marketing for brand spanking new applied sciences.
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