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The Sweet Critique Contest

"Critique can empower your work by identifying the successes worth replicating, but also by providing guidance on the adjustments an artist can make to produce a stronger image the next time." -Click Magazine

Contest Rules

All good artists continually strive to improve their art.  Critique Contest entry fee is $25 CAD. Enter one or multiple images and receive a full critique from one of our panellists. Panellists will evaluate images on first impression, technique, use of light, composition, and overall feeling/ emotion. All comments will be released to photographers. Each image will also receive a score and top 15 images will be featured on Canadian Birth Photographers Blog and BabyCenter Blog, with a possibility of additional media interest. 

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Hit "Submit" and entry will be complete once payment is received. $20/ image entry is required. 

Rules and Terms Of Contest:
You must be a current member of Canadian Birth Photographers. Entering multiple images is permitted. Each image has an entry fee of $20 CAD. Pay by Paypall or Etransfer (password: critique) Once your image has been submitted, that submission is final. Images must be sized with the longest side 2480px and 72 dpi. Photo may be taken within any calendar year. The photo must be original work taken and edited by photographer entering. By entering, photographer agrees that image is their original work and they own all copyright to image. Small watermarks are acceptable.  Photographer must have a signed model release from all persons included in image and must provide release upon request. All person's must approve use of their image on multiple media platforms. Every photograph will be thoroughly critiqued by 1 panellist and scored by all 3 panellists. Comments from the critique will be released to each participant. Top 15 scoring images will be featured on Canadian Birth Photographers Blog, BabyCenter Blog and possibly additional media outlets. No prizes are distributed from this contest in additional to the critique one receives. ​

Critique Panelists

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Jaydene Freund- Cradled Creations Birth Photography

Co-founder of Canadian Birth Photographers, Jaydene has been photographing births since 2009. With nearly 100 births photographed, Jaydene has seen her fair share of birth photography challenges and victories. She has been featured on CBC, Global News, Globe and Mail, Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, Elle, Canadian Families, and was recently published. She will be teaching a course on natural light vs. flash at the upcoming Off-Call Conference in Florida, Feb. 2017. 
Website: www.CradledCreations.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/cradledcreations
​Instagram: www.instagram.com/cradledcreations

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Morag Hastings

Co-founder of Canadian Birth Photographers, Morag has been photographing births in Vancouver since 2011. Considered one of the industry's finest, Morag balances a love for birth photography with a successful doula practice. 
Website: 
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Emily Robinson

Emily is an award-winning birth and family photographer in South Florida.  She has been a newspaper reported on the crime beat, a high school journalism teacher, graphic artist, product designer and now feels at home behind the camera, telling stories.  In the last five years since she began documenting families and births, she has been on CNN and the Today Show, published in magazines and blogs all over the world and recently a lecturer at a photography conference in Mexico.  
A winning image, in her mind, is one that is honest and makes you feel something.  Recently, Emily began a storytelling project about her mother, who has suffered from schizophrenia her entire adult life. Using film clips, photographs and writing, she seeks to reveal mental illness through a compassionate, honest and heartbreakingly honest look at her mother's life.  Emily lives in Hollywood, Florida with her husband, two daughters and two dogs.  She aims her camera at anything and everything that moves her- seagulls over the ocean, her clients, her kids, her family, her dogs- all of it- the whole story.
Photojournalist, Activist, & Storyteller
Website: http://emily-robinson.format.com
Facebook @emilyrobinsonphoto
Mom Project: http://youareinthisworld.com
Canadian Birth Photographers was founded in 2012  and serves to connect parents to professional birth photographers across Canada. 
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