A cosplay photo competition is also a must at Hanami, and this year we would like to invite you to send in your creative submissions under the motto “Delicate and fine – the gentle moments”!
Whether it’s a gentle play of colors, light so soft it makes you dream, or interactions so fluffy they rival cotton candy, life is hard enough so let’s celebrate the tender side of life!
Categories/rating:
- Less is more (or, the 5 minute edit)
Your photo is almost perfect out of cam, but just today you had a pimple that couldn’t be covered with any make-up in the world?
Don’t stress, go away.
You took the perfect photo, everything fits, the location, the pose, the facial expressions, the light, it’s gorgeous…but in this one photo Grandma Hildegard is taking her evening walk in the background? The grandma becomes the mending tool’s undoing. The picture has become slightly too bright in the rush? We won’t eat you up for the one slider that is pushed into Photoshop.
We have found that some pictures often don’t make it to Out of Cam competitions because the photographer and cosplayer are not happy with them due to such small details, so instead of an Out of Cam category we prefer to make a Minimal Edit category, we don’t want to see wild edits here, a touch up here and there is absolutely okay, but basically it should be close to an Out of Cam category, just with the freedom to fix small flaws. - More is more
Do we need to say much more? Whatever is fun is allowed, 10 tons of Photoshop are no problem, push your programs to their limits, unpack the overlays and brushes, work for hours on the most beautiful gradient conversions, just show us your great editing skills! - Beginners
You would love to take part, but you know that with your equipment you can’t compete with the big boys anyway? Maybe you haven’t been taking photos for very long and just want to take part so that your picture is presented and gets the attention it deserves? Then this is your category!
Old hands with professional equipment have no place here, while we still pay attention to image quality, we do so at a level that allows creativity to come to the fore, so don’t be afraid if you only have a smartphone to take pictures, as long as what it captures is great there is a chance of a placement!
General rules:
- The photo must show at least one cosplayer. OC’s are permitted as long as
the person is clearly recognizable as being in costume. - Keep it nice. Photos that glorify violence, are discriminatory,
contain overly sexualized or otherwise questionable elements
are excluded from the competition. - Please submit the image as a JPG, there are no size requirements
, but everyone should be aware that the better the quality, the higher
the chances of being placed. - By submitting the photo, the participant agrees that
HanamiCon may use the image for the event as well as on social media and publish
. - The rights of any material used must be owned by the creator
or be royalty-free, i.e. stock material is allowed as long as you have created it or legally acquired it
or it is available royalty-free. - In addition to the submitted image, the original is also requested (JPG or RAW),
this also helps us to see the extent of your editing and to appreciate
. - Both photographers and cosplayers may participate, by submitting
the image you confirm that you have obtained permission from the other party to
.
If we subsequently learn that images have been submitted without the consent of one party
, the placement will be revoked and the sender will be banned from the HAYUKO cosplay photo competitions until
the end of the following year. - Each participant may submit 1 picture per category.
- Please use a permanent upload and not a temporary one. Our judges
will access the pictures
on the day of the evaluation via the link you have provided, if your link has already expired they will not have access to your
picture.
Please also make sure that the access is permitted, i.e. public, so that we can access the pictures
without having to wait for confirmation of any access requests
.
Prices:
- “more is more” 1st place – 3 non-cash prizes
- “less is more” 1st place – 3 non-cash prizes
- “Beginners” 1st place – 3 non-cash prizes
- 1 Audience Award
