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Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Winners Emerge in NX300 Guerrilla Photo Challenge


Director, Hand Held Products, Samsung Electronics West Africa (SEWA), Emmanouil Revmatas with winners of Samsung NX300 Guerrilla Photo Challenge, Joseph Olayinka Elliot, Mbiedabasi Ekpo and Ademola Ajayi (first, second and third prize winners respectively) after the prize presentation ceremony at SEWA Office, Lagos on Wednesday 28, 2013
Samsung Electronics West Africa has presented prizes to three lucky winners of the Samsung NX300 Guerrilla Photo Challenge, a photographic competition designed for amateur and professional photographers who told the “Lagos Story” with their camera lens.

Joseph Olayinka Elliot who emerged the first prize winner with his entry, a panoramic capture of the National Theatre, Lagos, received a Samsung NX300 Camera. Mbiedabasi Ekpo Etim, winner of the second prize received Samsung NX1000 Camera while Ademola Ajayi got NX30 Camera as the third place winner.

Director, Hand Held Products, Samsung Electronics West Africa (SEWA), Emmanouil Revmatas presenting NX300 Camera to the first prize winner of Samsung NX300 Guerrilla Photo Challenge, Joseph Olayinka Elliot during the prize presentation ceremony at SEWA Office in Lagos on Wednesday 28, 2013.

Online call for entry in the Samsung NX300 Guerrilla Photo Challenge opened in June 8, 2013 and climaxed with online voting which started Tuesday, 6th August and closed on Friday, 16th August, 2013. Joseph Olayinka Elliot garnered 1,404, Mbiedabasi Ekpo Etim received 1,250 votes and Ademola Ajayi came third in the voting exercise.



Speaking at the prize presentation held at SEWA office in Lagos on Wednesday August 28, 2013, Emmanouil Revmatas, Director, Hand Held Devices, Samsung Electronics West Africa, said Samsung NX300 Guerrilla Photo Challenge is an initiative designed to jazz up creative-photographic lifestyle of photographers in Nigeria. According to him, “Samsung NX300 Guerrilla Photo Challenge received overwhelming response from both amateur and professional photographers during the competition which is a demonstration of Samsung NX300 brand love due to its super-fast ability to capture life’s most fleeting moments as well as share them instantaneously”.



Over 300 contestants submitted their best shots for the Samsung NX300 Guerrilla Photo Challenge via www.samsungcamerang.com/nx300 microsite. Judge photographer, Azu Nwagbogbu of Lagos Photo fame selected top 20 photos of the 37 entries that were considered worthy for the competition. The 20 selected contestants were screened by another team led by Sola Aromokun and Samsung NX300 team where 10 finalists made it to the final photo challenge.



After undergoing smart camera training clinic, the 10 finalists were broken into three groups and given the NX300 with various lens to tell the Lagos Story. After the shooting, photos were selected and uploaded unto the microsite for voting. 15 pictures were screened and selected for each contestant and were uploaded on the microsite.



Voting was promoted on social media platforms; facebook, twitter, Nairaland and instagram. Contestants also added to the increased awareness for the competition by canvassing for votes on several social media platforms and online sites which went viral.



With NX300, users can achieve the most precise, high quality pictures possible with the push of a button. NX300 can shoot up to 8.6 continuous frames per second with its super-fast 1/6000 sec shutter speed that ensures all details are captured even if the subject of your shot is moving at Bolt's record breaking pace.

20 comments:

  1. Linda .. Long Boring story.. No comments.. lol

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  2. Congratulations

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  3. Congratulations Demola Ajayi!

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  4. yeyyy see demola, i saw his pic nd was like hmm dat luks like demola nd den i read d caption...lol.....good job cuz...greater heights :*

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  5. Congrats Demola Ajayi!!!!!!!!....Yayyy!!!!!!!

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  6. Eliot! Congrats... So you have abandoned auditing for photography...You are doing well! Nicely done :)

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  7. This is sad... After the almighty photo contest, the winner was given a Samsung NX300 Camera worth ₦85,995 on Jumia. Did Samsung ever consider what it took to get over 1000 to vote (the voting process was even cumbersome cos you need to check your mail and click on a link for confirmation) and for a non lagosian, how much it takes to travel to Lagos. I don't think this is worth being talked about.

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  8. Congratulations Mbiedabasi Ekpo!

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  9. Lol @ angry fanboy...congrats Demola Ajayi...the best Photography I know

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  10. Congratulations Mbiedabasi Ekpo!

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  11. Congratulations Mbiedabasi Ekpo!

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  12. Congrats to Mbiedabasi Ekpo AKA Carrot #CarrotPhotography

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  13. Congrats to Mbiedabasi Ekpo AKA Carrot #CarrotPhotography

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  14. That's my carrot baby. I'm proud of you son

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  15. Carrot,Rabbit is soooooo proud of you

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  16. Congrats Mbiedabasi Ekpo aka (Carrot)!!!

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  17. congratulaitons for all winnerd of camera photo challenge

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