Contest
2020-12-22
TTArtisan 1st Photo Contest has officially come to an end. Thank you very much for your active participation and contribution!
We initially set up five prizes and fifteen quotas for this contest. Due to the large number of excellent entries received(more than 10,000 works from all over the world), we added the awards and quotas. After half a month of nominations and voting, we can finally announced the 24 winners.
Special Prize :
TTArtisan 50mm f0.95 M Red limited edition
(1 winner)
Landscape Photo Prize:
TTArtisan 21mm f1.5 M or 11mm f2.8 M
(1 winner for TTArtisan lens category, 3 winners for non-TTArtisan lens category)
Documentary Photo Prize :
TTArtisan 35mm f1.4 M or 21mm f1.5 M
(1 winner for TTArtisan lens category, 2 winners for non-TTArtisan lens category)
Creativity Photo Prize :
TTArtisan 50mm f1.4 M or 11mm f2.8 M
(4 winners for TTArtisan lens category, 1 winner for non-TTArtisan lens category)
Nice Photo Prize :
TTArtisan 50mm f1.4 M or 11mm f2.8 M
(2 winners for TTArtisan lens category, 3 winners for non-TTArtisan lens category)
The Most Popular Prize :
TTArtisan 35mm f1.4 APS-C or 50mm f1.2 APS-C
(4 winners for TTArtisan lens category, 2 winners for non-TTArtisan lens category)
Let's take a moment to appreciate the amazing winning photos!
# This list is in no particular order #
Special Prize :
郑培军 | 父爱如山 | Cannon EOS 5D +EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Description：
那是一个飘着雪花的冬天，当我看到这个情景时一股暖流涌上心头，并迅速抓拍下来。每每打开文件夹再次观看这幅作品是，我便会深深的体会到，在我登过的所以山峰中，这是最温暖，最安全的一座。
Comments：
冷冽的寒风飘雪和小朋友温暖顽皮的笑容形成强烈对比，纪实佳作。
Landscape Photo Prize:
Anatolii Brohovskyi | Troll's fingers | Sony a7s2 + samyang 35mm f1.4 (f5.6)
Description：
This photo was taken on my trip to Iceland on the most dangerous beach (Reynisfjara Beach) in Iceland, the waves here are so insidious that you just have to look away and at the same moment you can be under water. Behind these two rocks there are 3 more rocks sticking out of the water. According to legend, "Troll Fingers" formed when two trolls tried to pull the three-masted ship to the ground. They played too much and did not notice how the sun rose, which turned them into stone rocks.
Peng | 长安街周末的早晨 | NIKON D850 + 尼康AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8E FL VR
Description：
2020年9月20日秋分拍摄于北京木樨地天桥，太阳从地平线缓缓升起至长安街的中间，此刻温暖而和谐。
Comments：
Amazing play on the light and the colors of the image, very interesting choice of focal length.
刘白 | 沙漠之眼 | NIKON D810 + NIKON 70-200 1:4G ED
Description：
巴丹吉林的植被是一绝，有时会成片地长在山坡处，密密麻麻，并不美观，但有时也会在某个曲线之上，突发奇想地长出一颗，如同点缀在眼睛上的睫毛，精致而神奇，值得我们为之喝彩。
Comments：
照片初看起来好像展现线条，仔细看并非空无一物，远处的树作为闪光点配合光影交替极具美感。
小泼墨 | 云海为床，星空为被 | Sony a7r2 + TTArtisan 11mm/2.8 Fisheye
Description：
夏日的星空格外诱人，抵达拍摄点时，整个地方都是笼罩在云雾中的，还好没有放弃，等了一会后云雾散开，银河升起，山下还出现了云海。立刻调整好相机，用11mm鱼眼将银河，风车，云海一同拍入。
Comments：
随风转动的风车，流动的云海，和天空之中的银河动静结合，银河清晰，星空色彩还原，远处的光恰到好处的将画面照亮，将鱼眼镜头的特性很好的发挥出来。
Documentary Photo Prize :
刘力 | 记 疫 | Sony a7r3 + Sony 24-105 f4
Description：
6月28日，重庆大学，天下起雨，参加毕业典礼的学生们戴上口罩穿起雨衣，齐唱国歌祝福伟大的祖国。歌声结束后，一名学生紧闭双眼久久不愿睁开，眼镜上的水滴已经发分不清是雨水还是难舍的泪水。
Comments：
画面整体色调和内容较为震撼，可遇不可求的纪实佳作，展现出了万众一心战胜疫情的决心
Kyle-Cassidy | Between Us and Catastrophe-Carla | Leica M10 + TTArtisan 35mm F1.4
Description：
Starting in March of 2020 I began doing portraits of healthcare and essential workers who were working on the front lines. Carla is an ICU nurse treating COVID-19 patients in the greater Philadelphia Area.
“I work in an inner-city hospital that I love, working with Black and brown communities and this was something that happened in other parts of the world, but now it was happening everywhere and it was coming to our doorstep and we just lost control of it. We lost control of it. It was on our watch. It was something that we were supposed to do as leaders, whether it's of nations, of states, of cities, of hospitals. And I feel like we we let people down.... These are things that aren't supposed to happen here.”
Comments：
A striking black and white environmental portrait that is almost ghostly in it's appearance which, considering the subject matter, makes a lot of sense. The incredible contrast between the dark background and the white clothing of the subject really makes them stand out.
Kyle-Cassidy | Between Us and Catastrophe-Alexandra | Leica M10 + 7artisans 35mm F2
Description：
Starting in March of 2020 I began doing portraits of healthcare and essential workers who were working on the front lines. Alexandra is an Emergency Room nurse treating COVID-19 patients in the greater Philadelphia Area.
“The E.R. is one of those places in our society where people come to die. We all knew that before the pandemic – that was something we were used to. People die in the E.R. a lot. But what I think is very sad is that a lot of times before COVID we would send someone up to the ICU who was very critical and later you think ‘I wonder what happened to that person?’ And it used to be that you’d look them up, and see ‘going to rehab’ or ‘getting better’ and you’d think ‘Oh, that’s good!’ Now you look them up and it’s just like dead, dead, dead, dead – everyone that you took care of that you set up to the ICU ends up dead.”
Comments：
A striking black and white environmental portrait that is almost ghostly in it's appearance which, considering the subject matter, makes a lot of sense. The incredible contrast between the dark background and the white clothing of the subject really makes them stand out.
Creativity Photo Prize :
Kyle-Cassidy | Untitled Trillian Stars | Leica M10 + TTArtisan 50mm F1.4
Description：
Veil by Kambriel Couture
Comments：
作者用了模拟湿版摄影手法，人物神态和整体色调比较契合。
Alex | 活在“裆”下 | Sony a7r2 + TTArtisan 11mm f2.8 Fisheyes
Description：
拍摄当天在东方之门喝完咖啡，准备去取车路上，天空下起小雨，抬头正好在东门正下方。东方之门被戏称为“大秋裤”，脑海里就有了人在“裆下”的灵感，得益于铭匠11mm超广的视角和鱼眼镜头特殊的成像效果，于是拍下了这张照片。
Comments：
The extreme wide and negative space. While the translation of the caption seems a bit cheeky, the photo is still very interesting in it's minimalism.
Eduardo Ortiz Gomez | Fragments of a dream between Asia and Europe | Fujifilm x-pro2 + TTArtisan 50mm F1.2
Description：
Living in Istanbul sometimes feels like living borrowed time from another life. Within the walls of the City of the World's Desire, I am wandering fragments of a dream.Istanbul, 2021
Comments：
I love the silhouette and texture that adds to the intrigue.
Kin、wOng | 大佬让我再想想 | Sony A7M3 + TTArtisan 11mm F2.8 Fisheye
Description：
疫情刚来，想去明星村拍飞机，遇上封村不给进入翻墙倒地到达目的起一堆打卡，累了刚好在篮球场休息，在这个满天飞机经过的篮球场等不到飞机但拍下了这张照片，也从此爱上铭匠光学！希望铭匠能出更多更好的镜头，让更多人爱上手动镜头爱上摄影排出更多更好的作品！
Comments：
Great use of a Fisheye lens in an urban environment.
MIK·米克 | 柔美 | SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SIGMA 50mm F1.4 DG HSM I Art 018
Nice Photo Prize :
豆豆先森ONE | 现实版纪念碑谷 | Sony a72 + Sony FE28-70
Description：
拍摄于漳州火山岛纪念碑谷，粉色的建筑好像海上的梦幻楼阁。
Comments：
现场色彩元素比较饱满，作者加上一些人文创作进行点缀。
Eduardo Ortiz Gomez | Fragments of a dream between Asia and Europe | Fujifilm x-e3 + TTArtisan 50mm F1.2
Description：
Living in Istanbul sometimes feels like living borrowed time from another life. Within the walls of the City of the World's Desire, I am wandering fragments of a dream.
Istanbul, 2021
karasy影雀 | 夕凪 花火 | Sony a7m3 + samyang FE50 1.4AF
Description：
摄于大连夕阳时分的海湾，风声静止，火光闪烁。
Comments：
Very nice use of the low light capacities of the lens. A very organic bokeh for this elegant image.
MIK·米克 | 守候 | Sony a7r3 + Sony 70-200mm
Description：
拍摄于平遥古城，日落时刻偶遇一只静静守候的小猫，可能是在等待主人回来也可能是在等它的同伴，阳光撒在它的身上散发出金色的光芒十分的耀眼。
Anatolii Brohovskyi | A red light | Fuji x-t4 + TTArtisan 50mm F1.2 (f4)
Description：
This photo was taken at home during quarantine, my wife and I sat at home and photographed each other with artificial lighting
Comments：
It has incredible intensity and intimacy. A very very very good portrait.
The Most Popular Prize :
Anatolii Brohovskyi | Troll's fingers | Sony a7s2 + samyang 35mm f1.4 (f5.6)
Description：
This photo was taken on my trip to Iceland on the most dangerous beach (Reynisfjara Beach) in Iceland, the waves here are so insidious that you just have to look away and at the same moment you can be under water. Behind these two rocks there are 3 more rocks sticking out of the water. According to legend, "Troll Fingers" formed when two trolls tried to pull the three-masted ship to the ground. They played too much and did not notice how the sun rose, which turned them into stone rocks.
Comments：
现场色彩元素比较饱满，作者加上一些人文创作进行点缀。
阮湘 | 古宅迎新 | LEICA M-P + TTArtisan 11mm F2.8
Maryna Brohovska | Man and in coat | Fujifilm x-s10 + TTartisan 35mm F1.4
Kin、wOng | 大佬让我再想想 | Sony A7M3 + TTArtisan 11mm F2.8 Fisheye
Description：
疫情刚来，想去明星村拍飞机，遇上封村不给进入翻墙倒地到达目的起一堆打卡，累了刚好在篮球场休息，在这个满天飞机经过的篮球场等不到飞机但拍下了这张照片，也从此爱上铭匠光学！希望铭匠能出更多更好的镜头，让更多人爱上手动镜头爱上摄影排出更多更好的作品！
Comments：
Great use of a Fisheye lens in an urban environment.
Alwin Kok | Waiting for your return | Fuji X-T3 + TTartisan 35mm F1.4
Jason Cheng | 无题 | SONY ILCE-7RM4 + DT 40mm F2.8 SAM
2020 is a uneasy year and we suffer a lot, COVID-19 pandemic, bushfires in Australia, locust infestation in Africa, Beirut Explosion...
This year has seen so many seismic events that Oxford Dictionaries has expanded its word of the year to encompass several "Words of an Unprecedented Year".
But this difficult year is finally coming to an end. In less than ten days, we will usher in a brand new year. We also hope that we will embark on a peaceful and vibrant 2021.
The background of the first TTArtisan Photography Contest is special, contradictory and integrated, which is similar to the characteristics of photography. We long for stability and vitality in turbulent times, and record or create extraordinary in ordinary and trivial lives.
Now,let’s Turn on 2021
Contest content
1. Submit 5 pieces of your best photos.No limitation of object and camera.
2. Among the 5 photos, one is allowed to be taken with NON-TTArtisan lenses, and the other 4 are required to be taken with TTArtisan lens.
Contest schedule(UTC+8）
1. Submission Period: Dec 23,2020 - Feb 28,2021
2.Netizens voting time: Mar 6, 2021-Mar 10, 2021
The judges group will post some selected photos on Facebook and accept votes from netizens,Please follow @TTArtisan on Facebook so that you can get the voting link in time.
3. Winner Announcement: March 2021(Time may be adjusted）
Prizes
▲Landscape Photo Prize: TTArtisan 21mm f1.5 M or 11mm f2.8 M （3 people）
▲Documentary Photo Prize: TTArtisan 35mm f1.4 M or 21mm f1.5 M（3 people）
▲Creativity Photo Prize: TTArtisan 50mm f1.4 M or 11mm f2.8 M（3 people）
▲Nice Photo Prize: TTArtisan 50mm f1.4 M or 11mm f2.8 M（3 people）
▲The most popular prize(get most like on Facebook): TTArtisan 35mm f1.4 APS-C or 50mm f1.2 APS-C(3 people)
Judging method
1. Landscape type Prize,Documentary type Prize,Creativity Prize,Nice Photo Prize will be selected by the judges.
2.The most popular prize will be won by the top three in facebook voting.
3. Vacancies allowed for awards if the judges agree.
How to submit?
1. Submission email: photo@ttartisan.com
2. Please pack the photos and the competitor Information form into the same folder and send them to photo@ttartisan.com in the form of compressed package. It will be ignored if photos sent individually one by one.
3. The folder should be named in author's name.
ClickTTArtisan 1st photo contest competitor information.xlsx
Download：TTArtisan 1st photo contest competitor information.xlsx
Submission rules and Copyright information
1. By submitting an entry, you agree to the rules listed here and our terms & conditions.
2. Submitted photos can be edited for simple post-editing, such as adjusting exposure and contrast, but operations such as adding or subtracting the original picture, or compositing are not allowed;
3. Please do not add watermarks to the image submission works. The original EXIF information and the original RAW format of the work must be retained. If there is a dispute over intellectual property rights such as copyright, the original document that retains the original EXIF information cannot be provided for proof. The organizer has the right Cancellation of qualifications for winning works.
4. Participants should ensure that they have independent, complete, clear and undisputed copyright rights (including personal rights and property rights) for their submitted works, and are the only legal copyright holders of their submitted works. Users should ensure that their submitted works do not infringe any legal rights and interests of any third party including copyright, portrait rights, reputation rights, privacy rights, trademark rights, etc. For disputes caused by the contestants' breach of the foregoing guarantees, the contestants themselves shall bear all the consequences of the infringement and the liability for compensation.
Terms and Conditions
1. Any conduct of plagiarism is not allowed. Do not submit photos repeatedly under different names. Once the above behaviors are discovered, entries will be removed from the contest and the author will be blacklisted for long-term suspension.
2. TTArtisan reserves the right of final interpretation. By submitting an entry, you agree to the contest rules and our terms & conditions. Any participants and photos violent the rules will be disqualified.
3. Winners need to submit the product model application by themselves. Products models and coupon value references are only based on the price announced by Laowa’s official store.
