NUPG announce Splash-In and Print Competitions

Published 7 years agoon July 22, 2019

The Northern Underwater Photography Group (NUPG) have announced the dates for their annual Splash-In & Print Competitions.

To take part in the Splash-In competition, underwater photographers need to register now!

Splash-In

The 2019 annual NUPG splash-in will take place on Saturday 3rd August.

Images must have been taken in the sea around North Wales & entries should be submitted between 18:00 and 19:00 at the Belle Vue Hotel in Bangor (Belle Vue Hotel, Holyhead Road, Bangor, North Wales, LL57 2EU)

Voting will take place on 12th August at our monthly meeting.

Full rules can be found here: www.nupg.org.uk/2019-splash-in-competition-rules

Winners of the Splash-In competition get trophies to keep and these have kindly been sponsored by: Scubaverse, Mares, Dive Safari Asia & Frogfish Photography.

Registration

You must register to enter the Splash-In before the event. You can do this by emailing competition@nupg.org.uk. The closing date for registration is 7pm on Friday 2nd August.
You will then be sent a registration form that you should photograph before taking any other photographs for the Splash-In.

Entry Fee

The entry fee will be £4 for NUPG members, £5 for non-members; this fee is payable when you submit your entries (cash only).

Categories

The categories this year will be:
– Wide Angle
– Close-Up
– Newcomer

Any images taken by a Newcomer will automatically be eligible for the Newcomer category. A Newcomer in this case is any non-professional photographer who has not won a prize for underwater photography, this includes NUPG Splash-in or Print Competitions but not the NUPG monthly competition.

Print Competition

The print competition is also running (with Shark Trust adoptions for the category winners) and, again, voting taking place on 12th August at our monthly meeting.

The closing date for postal entries is Wednesday 7th August, but entries can also be brought to the meeting itself on 12th August. If you are bringing entries to the meeting, please ensure you arrive early so the meeting can start at 8pm.

Rules can be found here: www.nupg.org.uk/2019-print-competition-rules

Nick and Caroline Robertson-Brown

Nick and Caroline (Frogfish Photography) are a married couple of conservation driven underwater photo-journalists and authors. Both have honours degrees from Manchester University, in Environmental Biology and Biology respectively, with Nick being a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, a former high school science teacher with a DipEd in Teaching Studies. Caroline has an MSc in Animal Behaviour specializing in Caribbean Ecology. They are multiple award-winning photographers and along with 4 published books, feature regularly in the diving, wildlife and international press They are the Underwater Photography and Deputy Editors at Scubaverse and Dive Travel Adventures. Winners of the Caribbean Tourism Organization Photo-journalist of the Year for a feature on Shark Diving in The Bahamas, and they have been placed in every year they have entered. Nick and Caroline regularly use their free time to visit schools, both in the UK and on their travels, to discuss the important issues of marine conservation, sharks and plastic pollution. They are ambassadors for Sharks4Kids and founders of SeaStraw. They are Dive Ambassadors for The Islands of The Bahamas and are supported by Mares, Paralenz, Nauticam and Olympus. To find out more visit www.frogfishphotography.com