Fantastic photography competition!


July is World Moto Guzzi Month!

I have declared the month of July to be International Moto Guzzi month.

To celebrate, the 2010 Squadra Calendar will be based upon this glorious month. The 12 winning entries will be glorified in next year's calendar.

Those of you who have obtained one will already know what a nice looking thing it is.

As you all know, each year we have a photography competition to find images for our calendar. We started doing this in 2007 to find images for the 2008 calendar and it was so successful we did it again last year.

This is now the third year of the competition, so get out with your Guzzi in July and send in your image, you could be one of the lucky winners!

Squadra Guzzista Calendar 2010 winning entries!

The Squadra Guzzista 2010 calendar Order your copy of the calendar here

Introducing the winners of this year's competition:

Nigel Morris (Cover), Deggie (January), Don West (February), Greg Jarvis (March), Ian Bucknell (April), Joao Vidal (May), Keith Bradley (June), Rodney Yeomans (July), Paul Kazzi (August), Steve Adams (September), Stefan van Deventer (October), Rob La Grand (November), Salli Griffith (December). Congratulations to the winners who will shortly receive their calendar in the post! Comiserations if you did not win this year...be sure to enter next year's competition!


Rules are as follows:

This year's theme is "Your Guzzi...Your Town" What is it that makes your home town or city famous or well known?

1:- Between 01 to 31 July, ride your Guzzi to whatever it is that makes your home town famous or well known. It could be anything, a work of art, a building, a pub, a monument, an unusual tree or even a cheese.

2:- Photograph your Guzzi with your town's defining feature. The photo must be "landscape" and minimum 1600x1200 pixels

3:- Send your photo to me at info@guzzista.com

4:- Important: Please include a photo of yourself with your Guzzi for identification and indexing purposes, and explain what your town's feature is.

5:- Entries must have been submitted by 23:59 GMT on 31st July 2009.

6:- The 12 winning images will be featured in the Squadra Guzzista 2010 calendar and the winners will receive a free copy of the calendar!

7:- There is no rule 7...enjoy and good luck!

Joe

Below you will see the winners of the 2009 and 2008 calendars.

2009 Squadra Guzzista calendar winning entries!

Order your copy of the beautiful 2009 calendar here!

Congratulations to the winners, your complimentary of the stunning 2009 calendar will be sent direct to your home address! Thank you to everyone who entered. There were enough excellent ptographs to fill 6 calendars but, alas, there can only be 12! Please take part again next year!

Squadra Guzzista Photography Competition 2008

The theme of the competition is "On the road". It is up to you how you interpret this theme, but the image should show Moto Guzzi on the road. The idea is once again that we find 13 images for our 2009 calendar. One for each of the twelve months and one for the cover.

Last year's competition was our first one and we have learned a lot from it that's why this year we are starting it in May, to allow you to take full advantage of the summer months and of the time of year when most motorcycling events are held. The competition will end on 1st September which, will allow us plenty of time to print the calendar and to post it out so that you have it in your hands before the start of 2009.

One very important request from us...please read the rules carefully. We receive very large numbers of images and any that don't meet the criteria must be rejected. Last year many entrants were submitting links to their online albums. Please do not do this as the hosted images are not large enough. In the last competition this led to us rejecting some magnificent photographs because of this.

If there is anything you do not understand please contact us at info@guzzista.com and we will do what we can to help you. The video on the left is to show you the images that made this year's calendar!

The Rules

The image shows the 2008 Calendar being presented to Mr Toresan of Moto Guzzi at Mandello

General Information

Closing Date:

The closing date is given above. Photographs must be in by the specified time on that day; any later and they will not be allowed to take part due to strict timing requirements for printing.

Theme:

The images should illustrate and bring together the theme as oputlined at the top of this page.

Format:

Images should be digital. It is up to you if you choose to submit colour and/or monochrome, but they should be a minimum of 1600 pixels (wide) x1200 pixels (high) in a landscape orientation. We will accept the following formats only: png, jpeg, jpg.

You must submit 2 images:

• The first will be the competition entry.

• The second image will be of the photographer with his Guzzi. This allows us to index the images.

Please remember to include your full name with your images and your Squadra Guzzista member tag name.


Judging:

The images will be judged, and the winners will be selected by, a panel of Squadra Guzzista staff members. Persons connected to Squadra Guzzista in a management and/or organisational role or with any direct involvement in the running of this community, will not be taking part...so fairness is assured.

The competition is open to all...members and non-members. Preferential treatment will not be given to any members of this site or of the associated forum and each image will be judged on its own merits, bearing in mind the specified requirements under "theme", and "format" sections. The judges' decision is final.

Prize:

...well it's what a competition's all about isn't it? The winners will all be immortalised in the Squadra Guzzista 2010 calendar. Each of the winners will, of course, receive a complementary copy of the calendar!

Submitting:

Please send your photos to info@guzzista.com ...and have fun!

Thank you and good luck!