By Phillip Weiss
You love Buffalo. Now frame it.
Let the world see Buffalo through your eyes by capturing the city's people, places and things with your camera and submitting them to the "Say Cheese, Buffalo!" photo contest. The contest was created by the Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau to capture the essence and beautiful sights of the Buffalo Niagara region. If you love Buffalo and like taking pictures, then this is the contest for you.
"We are always looking for fresh images to sell Buffalo to the world. Who better to help us than our own residents? By recruiting local ambassadors we are actively getting them involved in helping market Buffalo with their creative images," said Drew Cerza, interim president of the Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau.
"Say Cheese, Buffalo!" is open to photographers of all ages. It's an on-going contest that has four periods of entry that correlate with the change of season. Each of the four periods comes with a 1st place $100 prize that will be given to the photographer who can best capture the beauty of the Buffalo Niagara region.
Each photo submitted has the chance to be used in various CVB publications and on its website, to promote the area as a fun and exciting place for out-of-town visitors and locals. Judging will take place shortly after the ending date of each contest period.
Contest dates run from July 1, 2009 - September 30, 2009 (summer), October 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009 (autumn), January 1, 2010 - March 31, 2010 (winter) and April 1, 2010 - June 30, 2010 (spring).
Dust off your tripods and use your imagination to help capture the beauty of the region and let others know how wonderful the Buffalo Niagara area is. For more information about the contest visit buffaloniagara.com and look for the "Say Cheese, Buffalo!" logo. and look for the "Say Cheese, Buffalo!" logo.
WOW! 100 whole dollars if I win??? And even if I don't win, they can still use my copyrighted imagery for all eternity without any further compensation to me?? What a deal!! This is a sleazy way for them to build up a catalog of usable art w/o having to pay for it. An uncompensated rights grab at best.
from the entry form...
"By signing below I, the entrant of this contest and photographer of the submitted photo, allow the Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau to reprint the photo(s), which I have entered into this contest, in various media formats for an unlimited amount of time and at no cost to the Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau"
"By signing below I, the entrant of this contest and the photographer of the submitted photo, indemnify the Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau, and hold this party harmless from and against any and all claims, actions, proceedings, judgment, damages, injuries, orders, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees), arising from or related to the entrant’s infringement of the intellectual property rights, or other rights of third parties by the entrant."