PhotoDASH!

The PhotoDash is a photo marathon that will see you exploring Sydney’s CBD. Teams of four members will follow clues and themes at various checkpoints as they race to capture the day’s best photos.

Photographers of all levels are welcomed to participate – Amateurs to Professionals, phone cameras to DSLRs.

How to sign up?

If you are keen to take on this challenge you can register HERE!

Registration Deadline: Thursday 4PM 19th May

You can sign up in a few different ways:

*If you and three friends have a team – Awesome! Make sure everyone in your team registers with the same name, so we know you are together.
*If you don’t have a team – Don’t worry! You will be allocated a team by 4PM on Friday, 20th May. This gives you a chance to meet your team members at our Friday tutorial!
*If you register without a team, but then find one – Please update us with your new team name by emailing us at events@unswphoto.com. Also, don’t forget to let us know who else is in your team.

Rules and Regulations

1. **Participants must be members of the UNSW Photoclub**
2. Members wishing to participate must register by the 19th of May.
3. Due to the nature of the event, only digital photographs will be judged. No film will be accepted.
4. Memory cards used on the day must be empty and may be checked by Photoclub executives prior to beginning the PhotoDash to ensure there is no cheating.
5. While a sense of urgency and competition is encouraged, you must ensure that you behave in a sensible and safe manner.
6. Participants be tracked and/or make and receive phone calls to and from executives to update them on their positions and status.
7. Pictures taken on the day have to be submitted at the last Pit Stop – In other words there will be no allowance for post processing.
8. To speed up the judging process,
   • We will only be receiving the best photos selected by the teams.
   • We will only accept JPEG files!
9. The Photoclub will provide SD card and CF card readers for downloading submissions. If members are using a camera that does not use these memory storage formats; i.e. Camera phones, members are expected to provide their own cables/methods of file transfer.
10. Teams will be disqualified or awarded demerits if they are discovered to be cheating. This may include, but is not limited to:
    • submitting photos taken before the start of the race
    • attempting to skip checkpoints
    • completing the checkpoints in the wrong order
    • taking excessive amounts of time to reach the next checkpoint.
11. Photos will be judged after the event by the executive committee and prizes will be given out in subsequent weeks.
12. Prizes will be awarded for:
    • The team that completes all checkpoints and challenges first
    • The team that submits the best photo