Pretty bad when Apple displays the photo upside-down. Somebody aught to correct it for them.
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Apple Announces Winners of Shot on iPhone Challenge
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I entered a shot in this contest and now I realize I didn't have a chance: I didn't have $2000 of editing software to make it more than it was in a way.
imo, entrants should follow the rules of the contest.
But feel free to hold your own contest and set whatever conditions suit your fancy. You could even ban post-processing altogether.
Hahaha. You don't need $2,000 worth of editing software for these. A $0-5 app will suffice.
While I have no problem with edited photos (so long as they were taken with actual iPhones), it would be interesting to see what each photo looked like before taking it to editing.
Everyone should learn to read contracts and rules of engagement if they want to work professionally with others.
iPhone is not a camera platform, it's an app store platform. Not including works created using software and editing in a digital art contest or exhibition in this day and age is pointless.
Yes, if true. But hey nobody is forcing you to submit your photos if you don’t like the rules of the contest. Correct?
"Apple throws out submissions by photographers demanding to be paid for VOLUNTARILY entering their photos into its contest" would have been a much better move by Apple and a much better headline...
Wow. I didn't realize you could post produce the hell out of them to win. I thought it was supposed to be a natural shot without any gimmicks.
EVERY digitally taken picture is post produced. In this case they just didn't use the standard settings but rather adjusted them individually to their respective pictures.
I didn't take a photo of a puddle, I took a water of a giant inland water basin. Oh well.
Then you obviously didn't read the Shot on iPhone Challenge Official Rules, did you?
Photos can come straight from your iPhone or edited through Apple’s editing tools in the Photos app, or with third-party software. If edited, you must state what apps or filters you used in the image comment. No hardware other than your iPhone may be used for taking the picture. All entry information and Photos shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Submissions” or each as a “Submission.” Submissions must comply with the Content Restrictions defined below. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify this Contest in the event an insufficient number of entries are received that meet the minimum judging criteria. [Emphasis mine]
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/iPhoneChallengeRules_012419.pdf
So Apple has excluded older phones from winning the prize. Like iPhones 6, 5, 4, never existed. Shameful.
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It was correct in the beginning though.
First of all, "shameful" seems an odd choice here.
More importantly though, it says ZERO about limiting iPhone models in the contest's rules. Not sure your source on that one, but you're incorrect. Shameful.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/iPhoneChallengeRules_012419.pdf
Do you state any actual facts when you respond on here? Or just throw **** at the wall and see what sticks?
The prizes were awarded to phone models 7 up, or the current Apple line up.
Apple used the filename, which included the contestant name and phone model number, to exclude older phones from participating.
How can ten entries fail to include winners from at least any one of iPhone models 6, 5, 4?
Complete marketing exercise for Apple who had a tough end to 2018.
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It’s a little curious that Apple never explained what the license fee is. You’d agree.
More ****. Still no substantiation.
I don’t know what the licensing fee is, so I haven’t made statements postulating that I do. If I had a working idea based on evidence and logical inferences, I’d state it with my reasoning and support.
To sum up, I’d agree that neither of us knows, but one of us is full of it. Shameful.