Calling all amateur adventure photographers

The Sheffield Adventure Film Festival's annual Arc’Teryx Photo Shot photography competition returns. One wild card entry chosen by the ShAFF judges gets the chance to go head to head with four of the best professional adventure photographers selected by documentary outdoor, adventure photographer Alex Ekins and photographer, Climb magazine editor and climber Ian Parnell.

The high-octane, audience-driven event is compered by comedian, climber and author Niall Grimes. Sponsored by outdoor performance clothing manufacturer Arc-teryx, it’s a chance for amateurs and pros to vie with the best adventure photographers in the business for a £500 cash prize and a whole heap of Arc’Teryx kit. Each has to create and present a 5 minute audio-visual presentation at the film festival.

Judge, documentary outdoor, adventure photographer Alex Ekins said: "Adventure photography is all about people; the subjects of a photograph doing something physically and mentally challenging. In the Arc'teryx Adventure Shot Competition I will be looking for photographs that capture the joy, the danger, the suffering, the dedication and the exhilaration of engaging in an extraordinary adventure."

The 2012 pro photographers
• Biking - Cheryl King
• Climbing - Lukasz Warzecha
• Caving - Gavin Newman
• Parkour/Freerunning - Andy Day

The 2012 Wild Card entries
Pictures submitted by wild card entrants will be uploaded to this public, online photo gallery?.

The Prizes (supplied by Arc’teryx):
• First Prize: £500 in cash?
• Second Prize: Arc’Teryx Goretex Jacket
• Third Prize: Arc’Teryx Softshell
• ?Fourth Prize: Arc’Teryx Pack up to 40 litres of choice?
• Fifth Prize: Arc’Teryx Technical Long Sleeved Baselayer??

All 2011 entries can be viewed here and 2011 finalists’ audio-visual presentations can be viewed here.

For moreinformation, go to ShAFF's website

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