Terms & Conditions for
Uploading Photos to BetterPhoto

Before uploading a photo to our site, carefully read the following terms and conditions of use. If you agree to the terms as they have been written, click on the "I accept" button to continue.

The purpose of this site and gallery is primarily educational. Image upload is allowed and encouraged if the user's motives are in accord with this purpose. Acceptable uses of the image uploader include:

• To illustrate questions and answers
• To enter the photo contest
• To share your work
• To request critique
• To teach a technique or principle.

Since BetterPhoto is a family-friendly site, we reserve the right to reject unsuitable or pornographic images. Unsuitable images for this family friendly site include most nude photos as well as photos of a sexually suggestive or overly violent content.

Photos acceptable to BetterPhoto can be of practically any subject - we welcome landscape photos, portraits of children, pictures of your pet, and much more. As long as the photo shows technical excellence, originality, artistic creativity, and a mastery of the tools, it may be selected as a winner.

Public Viewing & Granting of Limited Rights
Be aware that, if approved for publication, your photo will be displayed to the public. Your image may be included in the BetterPhoto Q&A, in the Gallery, or in other areas of the Web site.

By uploading, you are allowing BetterPhoto to publish the photo on our Web site. If we ever consider publishing your photo in any print media or on another Web site owned by BetterPhoto, we will contact you first for permission.

Public Critique
Once posted, the image will be open to public comment and critique. Although we monitor all comments for appropriateness, negative comments - as long as they are not abusive or otherwise ill-natured - may be posted along with your photo. Most comments at BetterPhoto, however, tend to be constructive and motivated by an honest desire to help the photographer become a better image maker.

To more easily follow any discussion of your photo, you will be given an opportunity to receive email notifications when a visitor comments on it.

Copyright
Copyright of the image remains the property of the photographer. A photo credit with copyright symbol will be provided under your image.

All images must be originals and must belong to the person uploading; all rights in the photo must be the property of the person uploading the photo.

Model Release
Uploader acknowledges that they have sufficient written permission of any recognizable models or other persons appearing in the photograph to be able to grant to BetterPhoto.com the right to publish their photographic submission online, and hereby grant to BetterPhoto.com such right.

Privacy Policy
BetterPhoto.com does not sell our Members' email addresses or personal information. All information submitted to BetterPhoto.com is not to be sold or used in any way that violates your right to privacy. Upon registration as a BetterPhoto member, email addresses are collected for the purpose of answering questions and responding to visitors. In the BetterPhoto Q&A, authorship is attributed to a member by displaying their name; if that is not available, we display their locale, as in "A visitor from Oklahoma." Only if neither are available, we display the email address of the member. Visitors can request that their questions/comments be removed from the site.

Spam is never endorsed at BetterPhoto.com. Our weekly and monthly email newsletters - SnapShot, PhotoFlash, and the Digital Darkroom are sent to those who subscribe on a volunteer basis. We also provide numerous opportunities to unsubscribe from these emails, including opt-out links at the bottom of each newsletter.

BetterPhoto.com does not endorse or tolerate unsolicited sales emails through our automated contact forms. Individuals or companies may not email BetterPhoto members through our contact forms, Q&A, or any BetterPhoto Discussions.

When BetterPhoto contacts our own BetterPhoto customer base, it will not be considered unsolicited email.

Advertising
BetterPhoto may advertise anywhere on our site, but will not advertise on our member's Deluxe BetterPholios™ without their permission. BetterPhoto does not allow intrusive advertising such as pop-ups or pop-unders. Advertising may be found to match specific images, titles, or descriptions. BetterPhoto reserves the right to change advertising on the site at any time.

Additional Contest Rules
In addition to the terms and conditions above, contest entries must abide by the following rules.

All entries must be received at the BetterPhoto Web site by the date and time as stated at http://www.betterphoto.com/contest.asp. Entries must be submitted in digital form via the Web site; you can submit images taken with a digital camera or images taken with a film-based camera and scanned into a digital format. Mailed and emailed entries are not accepted. BetterPhoto will not be held responsible for mailed slides, negatives, or prints. Entrants are allowed to enter only one photo into the contest per day. A BetterPhoto day is considered 12:01am to 12 midnight, Pacific time. If more than one entry is entered in one day, all but the first entry will be disqualified. You may only enter a given photo once per the contest month. You may only enter each given photo into a single category during the contest month. No purchase is required but you must be a BetterPhoto member to enter (it's free to be a member).

Winning photos will be posted on the Web site shortly after the end of each monthly contest. Although exceptions can be made to this rule, only one photo per participant can place as a winner in each monthly contest category. All decisions of the judges are final. We will attempt to contact prize winners by email. If the winner does not respond to our email and claim the prize within 10 days, the prize will be forfeited. Winners are responsible for all applicable federal, state or local taxes, tariffs or import duty fees.

BetterPhoto reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal value to the advertised prize should it become unavailable due to circumstances beyond our control. If a member who already subscribed to a Basic BetterPholio™ wins Second Place, original Basic Gallery fees will not be refunded. All prizes are not redeemable for cash value.

Shipping costs are included with Tamrac prizes only to U.S. addresses. Non-U.S. residents are responsible for international shipping costs.

This contest is governed by the laws of the State of Washington, USA. Additionally, if local laws in your place of residence make this contest illegal, do not enter the contest.

If you agree to the terms above and would like to upload a photo, click on the "I Accept" button continue. If not, click on the "I Do Not Accept" button and you will be taken to the BetterPhoto home page.