Terms and conditions

Camera lens

Please read the following terms and conditions before submitting your entry.

Who can enter

1. Entrants must be Affinity Sutton residents. Employees of Affinity Sutton, or any of its subsidiary companies, their families, agents or anyone else connected with this promotion are not eligible to enter. No third party entries or entries submitted by agents will be accepted.

Submitting your entry

2. The entrants must only submit pictures along the theme of 'My Community', and each entry must fit into one of the three competition categories. By entering into the competition the entrant agrees that they are the photographer and they are not infringing any copyright laws by posing as the photographer for their entry. In the 'Past' category we understand that it may not have been possible for the entrant to have taken the photograph so for this category only, the entrant is just required to have permission to use the photograph for the purposes of this competition.

3. To enter the competition entrants must send an email to bigpicture@affinitysutton.com attaching their photo entry in the appropriate format (see point 5). Each entrant must state their full name, contact number, address and postcode (for validity and delivery requirements) in the email. They must also specify which of the three categories they are submitting their photo for. If the entrant does not supply this information in the email with their attached photo they may not be considered. If you do not have access to email, please call Emily Day on 0300 100 0303 so we can arrange to receive your photo/s on CD or a hard copy.

4. All competition entries must be received by email by 5pm, Friday 24 February 2012, to be considered in the competition. If you cannot send by email and you are sending by post, the date on the postmark must be on or before 24 February 2012.

5. Only one entry must be submitted per email and the entry must only be in the following formats: JPEG, GIF, PNG or TIFF and must not exceed 10MB.

6. Each entrant can submit up to five entries but they must all be sent in separate emails.

Lost or delayed entries

7. We accept no responsibility for lost or delayed entries due to technical problems or if our mailbox/firewall rejects the email or its attachments.

Abusive or offensive entries

8. We have the right to report any abusive or offensive entries.

The prizes

9. The top prize is a digital SLR Nikon D3100 camera and Starter Kit worth £518.00 and The Digital Photography Book: The Step-by-step Secrets for How to Make Your Photos Look Like the Pros! Volume one worth £6.90. Runners up will receive a £50 Jessops Gift Card. Cash or credit alternatives to the prizes will not be offered. The prize is not transferable.

Winners

10. The winner and runners up of the competition will be contacted by email and we will announce this on the Affinity Sutton website along with their winning entry.

11. Winners will be notified and announced by 16 March 2012.

12. The winners may be asked to participate in non-paid publicity accompanying or resulting from this draw.

Customer service issues

13. This competition should not be used to report any housing issues or our services. If the entrant wishes to report such issues, they must contact us on 0300 100 0303 or email their issue to customerservice@affinitysutton.com.

Using the Big Picture Facebook page

14. Entrants cannot enter the competition by posting their entry to the Big Picture Photography Facebook page or sending it onto any other Affinity Sutton email address or by post.

15. The Facebook page ‘Big Picture Photography’ will be used to direct people to further information about the competition and tips on photography and photography courses on our site. It will also be used to showcase some entries for the photography competition. Its ongoing purpose is to promote improving photography skills amongst Affinity Sutton residents and the wider community, directing people to training courses and helpful photography advice. It is not intended to be used to collect entries. People who ‘like’ the Facebook page will not be automatically entered into the competition.

16. By entering the competition, entrants agree that Affinity Sutton has the right to upload their photo to the Big Picture Photography Facebook page.

Further information

17. By entering the competition, entrants agree to be bound by the rules and by any other requirements set out in promotional material.

18. Affinity Sutton’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

19. The promoter is Affinity Sutton, Level 6, 6 More London Place, Tooley Street, London, SE1 2DA

Free photography courses

Improve your photography skills at one of our free photography courses! Call Esther Longe in our Neighbourhood Investment Team on:

T: 0300 100 0303