Lux Awards

[carloscast79]

Is anybody going to enter into the Lux awards? I saw a link on this website and I am interested. Is it all legit?

[epoh]

Are you talking about the Pakistani Oscars??? I wasn't aware Americans participated in that? It is 100% legit, of course. I don't know that anyone outside of the middle east participates.

[carloscast79]

Here is the link. It was an add I saw on TPF yesterday.

Lux. -

[epoh]

Ah.. different then.

I'm personally not a fan of a contest that requires you to pay money to enter. They state you keep the copyright to you photo, which is good. I've not heard of it prior to this, obviously, so I can't say if it's legit. If the wording on the official entry makes it clear you are not handing over your copyright you are probably safe to try it out.

[TM_Images]

Hey guys, Tom Maddrey here. I am the founder of the Eclipse Institute, which is one of the founders of the Lux Awards.

I wanted to chime in and say thanks for checking out the competition, and I hope to be able to answer your questions.

We developed Lux with some of the top companies to give away some amazing prizes like trips to Alaska, cameras, etc. as epoh mentioned, we are not like many competitions out there. We do not make any claims to copyright, use your images in any way, or produce a book you have to buy. We just want to give away almost 35k in prizes!

epoh, good call on knowing the Lux Style Awards in Pakistan! As we were naming the contest, we found them, of course, but figured we were different enough to avoid confusion! :)

carloscast79, we would love to have your entry. every week we are giving away $50 gift cards to Arlington Camera, and they are a primary sponsor and partner of Lux. Lux is based in Dallas, and I am always here to answer questions at 877.749.7990.

I hope you get some feedback that we are the real deal, and we hope you enter! If I can answer any other questions, please post to this thread or give us a call!

-- Tom Maddrey

[Arlington Camera]

by all means, the lux awards are “legit” and we are so excited to be sponsoring the contest this year along with westcott, lensbaby, datacolor and lowepro – just to name a few. tons of great prizes – they’re even giving away a Canon 5D Mark II or Nikon D700 provided by yours truly. while there is an entry fee of $12, they’re also giving away a $50 gift card to arlington camera EVERY WEEK! i’ve mailed out 3 already.

we know tom personally here at the store – great guy. he teaches all of our basic digital classes. i would enter the contest myself, but he won’t let me. if you have any questions, give him a call – 877.749.7990. and should you enter – good luck!

melanie