Each spring, the board of FTLF will announce the amount of money available, make a call for entries, and make an application and application guidelines available.
The following application rules constitute the full requirements of eligibility:
For consideration, completed application, submission requirements and entry fee must be received no later than 12pm Monday, June 15th, 2015.
Follow the Light Foundation is granting $9000 this year. This grant is awarded in the spirit and memory of Larry “Flame” Moore who was Surfing Magazines Photo Editor for more than 30 years. Follow the Light Foundation reserves the right to grant that money in whole or in part to single or multiple award recipients. This year the Winner will receive $5,000 and the runners-up $1,000 each. In order to receive the grant, winner must be present at the awards ceremony.
Applicants must apply as individuals – collaboration and business entities are not permitted.
The cash grant is considered compensation and may be subject to withholding tax. Grant recipients should be prepared to provide a U.S. Taxpayer Identification Number shortly after their grant is awarded in order that the grant can be presented to them in a timely manner, if it is deemed necessary. Grant recipients are responsible for determining their own tax consequences. Recipients will be asked to provide an accounting for how the grant money is spent.
To ensure qualification of your application please adhere to all of the guidelines, procedures, rules and regulations.
An esteemed panel of judges chosen by the Follow the Light Foundation will conduct the judging. The panel will consist of world-renowned photographers such as Aaron Chang, Leo Hetzel, Chris Burkard, Todd Glasser, Morgan Maassen, Ray Collins, Pete Taras, Jeff Hall, Jeremiah Klein, Matt Clark, Russ Hennings and Sam Olson. After an initial screening the Judges will look over the applications and score the work as follows:
Follow the Light Foundation will not be responsible for loss of submissions. As submissions will not be returned, applicants are urged to keep duplicates for their records.
If you have any questions please contact: Pete Taras @ [email protected] or Jeremiah Klein @ [email protected]
Follow the Light Foundation assures applicants that all materials within the application will not be used by the Foundation or grant judges for any commercial purpose other than the grant review and selection process. However, finalist’s submitted photographs may be used in and on affiliate media outlets including but not limited to website, magazine, catalog and television stations such as Fuel TV.
Grants will be selected by the Follow the Light Foundation for his or her talent. Selection will be based on judges’ determination of applicant’s ability, desire and character; all three qualities that defined Larry Moore’s life. The panel will take into account the caliber of portfolio, professional ability and the answers to the application questions.
Finalists for the grants will be notified in the month of June. A list of finalists and the grant recipients will be published at www.followthelightfoundation.org
Each grant recipient allows Follow the Light Foundation the right to use his or her name, likeness, biographical information, and grant project images in connection with but not limited to any and all promotion and publicity, including exhibitions of the Follow the Light Foundation Grants for Photography and televised media.
Submissions Deadline: For consideration, completed application, submission requirements and entry fee must be received no later than 12pm Monday, June 15th, 2015.
Important: (All file names must include your first and last name)
Once everything has been received and verified, you will receive a confirmation email.
If any part of the submission is missing or fails to follow the guidelines listed in the Entry Procedures or Rules and Regulations Section, the submission will be invalid.
All Interested surf photographers are asked to submit a QuickTime Movie (.MOV) containing a 5 minute slide show of your images set to music. Your Slideshow should offer a broad scope of your action sport/lifestyle photography portfolio.
Photographers must submit a slideshow in the QuickTime file format in the following size; Medium resolution (640x360) from iMovie (best app).
Photographers are welcome to use any software platform for preparing their show:
(Keynote, Power Point, Final Cut Pro, etc.), however slide shows MUST be rendered in
QUICKTIME FORMAT (.MOV) saved in a medium size (640x480). If you do not have QuickTime on your computer you can download it at www.apple.com/quicktime/download Slideshows submitted in any format other than QuickTime will be automatically disqualified.
Important. Please note: To be considered, your final QuickTime files should be no larger than 300MB.
Tip: Build your iMovie with Jpegs sized to a minimum size of 1280 pixels x 683 pixels
Tip: If you’re building your slideshow in PowerPoint or KeyNote, the frame size is 1024 (width) x 768 (height) pixels. All files should be JPG format. 1024 x 768 pixels is not a native proportion to most digital cameras. Most Canon cameras shoot 1024 x 683 proportioned frames. Our suggestion is to reformat the image canvas using a black background to 1024 x 768. You may also choose to crop your images.
Tip: If you are selected as a finalist, you should be prepared to export a higher resolution version of your slideshow with a file size of 1280 x 683.
Additionally, all of the following information and images must be included with your submission:
Submissions Deadline: For consideration, completed application, submission requirements and entry fee must be received no later than 12pm Monday, June 15th, 2015.
Submissions Deadline: For consideration, completed application, submission requirements and entry fee must be received no later than 12pm Monday, June 15th, 2015.
Important: (All file names must include your first and last name)
Once everything has been received and verified, you will receive a confirmation email.
If any part of the submission is missing or fails to follow the guidelines listed in the Entry Procedures or Rules and Regulations Section, the submission will be invalid.
Submissions Deadline: For consideration, completed application, submission requirements and entry fee must be received no later than 12pm Monday, June 15th, 2015.
Important: (All file names must include your first and last name)
Once everything has been received and verified, you will receive a confirmation email.
If any part of the submission is missing or fails to follow the guidelines listed in the Entry Procedures or Rules and Regulations Section, the submission will be invalid.
All photographers are reminded that the FTLF Awards presentation is a celebration of still images and that judging is based on overall impression.
The judges will be looking at the contestants’ ability to present outstanding photography combined with a soundtrack in order to create a stunning and compelling show.
This show is to be about the single image: the “decisive moment” if you will. The show that is deemed by the judges to be the best overall presentation of decisive moments will be chosen as the winner. That stated, the following guidelines and restrictions have been created to guide you In this process:
*Please Note: Judges have the right to automatically disqualify a photographer from the competition if any of the above rules have been violated. We remind you again that blatant over manipulation, rapid-fire sequencing and overproduced shows may work against you in the judging process. Please also keep in mind that the entire slideshow must be the sole work of the creator of the images.
Submissions Deadline: For consideration, completed application, submission requirements and entry fee must be received no later than 12pm Monday, June 15th, 2015.
Important: (All file names must include your first and last name)
Once everything has been received and verified, you will receive a confirmation email.
If any part of the submission is missing or fails to follow the guidelines listed in the Entry Procedures or Rules and Regulations Section, the submission will be invalid.
The Follow the Light 2014 Awards Ceremony was a memorable occasion without a doubt. Don’t worry if you missed out, you can see the goodies here. View the photo slideshow
Or, check out the Past Recipients Update Video Here.
Trevor Moran speaks on his travels and accomplishments since winning the Grant in 2013, watch the video here.
See the article here.