Jaidah Group, organisers of the ‘SeeMyDoha’ photography competition, expects to receive even more astonishing pictures after a record of over 19,000 photos have been submitted so far since the contest began on the April 7.
The ‘SeeMyDoha’ photography competition is an offshoot of ‘SeeMyCity’ and has been adopted by Jaidah Group as the way forward to what is now its annual photography contest. It is a new concept that uses camera-enabled smartphones and the social media platform Instagram, and runs up to September 30.
As of July 31 , a total of 19,289 entries have been received, with nine entries – three each from every month’s varying themes – having been initially chosen by the competition’s expert panel of judges as ‘Winners of the Month’ for April, May and June. Nine more monthly winners are to be selected for the months of July, August and September before the top five entries throughout the competition are to be announced by Jaidah Group and through Instagram and social media at an Exhibition and Award Ceremony scheduled in November. Uop prize winner receiving a surprise trip to a mystery destination.
Under the competition’s rules, entries are to be submitted only via Instagram using the hashtag #seemydoha, with only images that clearly reflect Qatar will be considered for the competition. Full details of the terms and conditions of the competition can be found on www.seemydoha.com.
“We are very pleased and amazed at the huge response and amazing artistic quality of images that this competition has generated so far,” said Mohamad Jaidah, Group Executive Director of Jaidah Group. “Undoubtedly, the innate artistic skills of contestants were also further enhanced by the workshop organized also by Jaidah Group which additionally taught them how to take photographs with maximum impact using a smartphone, as well as the simple and effective procedures for uploading and showcasing them via Instagram.
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