PHOTO COMPETITION FOR SEAFARERS

• All seafarers onboard Danish-flagged ships.
• Max 15 photos per person per year.
• The photos shall be no older than two years.
• The photo must be submitted in the best possible resolution, preferably 1 MB or more.
• The photo may be published on the photographer’s own social media, but may not have been submitted to other competitions or published in a commercial context prior to the end of the competition.

Use the upload button and fill in the required information. You will receive an email once the photos have been received.

Please note:

By submitting photos to the photo competition, you confirm that any recognizable individuals have consented to the photos being used in the competition and published on our website and social media, and potentially in publications.

The shipping company’s safety rules must always be followed, including when taking photos.

We award winners in four categories and award a special photo. 

• Photo of the year (simply the best picture of the year)
• Nature (Storms, sun and clouds, sea, animals, and birds)
• The maritime environment (The ship, the port, wind turbines, etc.)
• Life on board (Both leisure and working time). 
• The special photo that, in the judge’s opinion, stands out but isn't one of the winning photos. 

One winner will be selected in each category, and the Photo of the Year will be chosen from among them. 

You are welcome to write which category your photo belongs to when you send it to us, but the judges make the final decision. 

The prizes are:

DKK 4,000 to the winner of the Photo of the Year.
DKK 1,000 to the winner of the Nature category.
DKK 1,000 to the winner of the Maritime Environment category.
DKK 1,000 to the winner of the Life on board category.
DKK 500 for the photo that stands out in the judges' opinion. 

The photo competition ends every year on December 31st.

Please note that we share all photos with our sponsors, who use them on their homepages and other social media.

The winning photos and runners-up will enter the Nordic Photo Competition for Seafarers, held in collaboration with Iceland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.

The winners are contacted at the beginning of February.

All photos submitted to the competition will be published on our website in February.

Send your photos to foto@shw.dk with the following information:

• Title of the photo.
• Where the picture was taken.
• Your name.
• Your job/your title.
• The ship you are signed on to.
• The pictures must be sent as attachments, not directly in the email.

Pay attention to the subject's focus, colors, depth, foreground, and background.

We love seeing people in your photos, but please make sure they agree to have their photo published on shw.dk and on our social media.

What you can edit:

• Straighten your horizon if it's crooked.
• It's okay to change the colors a bit.
• You can crop your image. 

What you can't edit:

• Panoramic photos are discarded; use a "regular" format.
• Submitted photos must be free of text or tags.
• You may not add any new elements to your photo. 

Please note that the shipping company's safety rules must always be respected, even when taking photos.

By submitting photos to the competition, the photographer agrees that identifiable persons have agreed that the photo is a part of a competition and will be made public on our webpage for as long as the competition exists.

Contestants may only participate with photos to which they own the copyrights. The copyright holder is the same as the person pushing the shutter release button.

When submitting photos to the photo competition you permit SHW and sponsors to publish your photos, free of charge, in original or cropped version, in SHW’s/sponsors' own media, printed as well as electronic.

When participating, you can be sure that SHW handles your data according to GDPR*

• The photo competition for seafarers shows pictures of aspects of life – work and leisure time – submitted by anyone who is an active part of Blue Denmark
• The pictures are selected based on: composition, motif, storytelling, and technique
• The pictures are selected based on the above – no account is taken of any performers’ behavior in e.g., dealing with security measures.

If you have questions or if you want to send us your photos use the email foto@shw.dk.

*The General Data Protection Regulation which applies throughout the EU and its purpose is to create a uniform and harmonized level for the protection of personal data.