VSBC Photo Contest Rules

Here’s a chance to express your inner photographer spirit by participating in a new fun club photo contest! 

The rules are pretty simple: submit up to one photo per day to vsbc_photo@valleyspokesmen.org that you took while out on your bike.  All types of (tasteful) themes are fine but it must be related to cycling.  Note that higher resolution photos are preferred (e.g. greater than 1 MB overall size).  Also, when you submit your photos, in addition to providing your name, please inform us where it was taken as the location will be used for the second part of the contest.  To keep it fair and impartial, try to name the photo file without including information that could give away your name or the location. 

Your submitted photos will be moved regularly to a new photo gallery on the VSBC website where you and your fellow members can see them associated with a number (but your name will be hidden). In early August, all members will be asked to (1) vote on their favorite photo for those that were posted during the remainder of June and through July, and (2) guess the locations of where the photos were taken.  Based on this poll, the winning photographers will receive $15, $10 and $5 credit toward VS clothing for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place photos, respectively. 

Also, those members who are able to guess the most correct locations will similarly receive $15, $10 and $5 credit toward VS clothing for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, respectively.  Any ties for guessing correct photo locations will be broken by favoring who submitted their correct location earliest once the poll is open in August. If you happen to be in a photo then you will need to recuse yourself from “guessing” the location.