TWO THINGS BEFORE YOU START !!
1 • BEFORE ANYTHING don't forget to "LIKE" the DOWNsideUP page :
https://www.facebook.com/DownSideUpFrance?sk=app_190322544333196
2 • MAKE SURE you read ALL the DETAILS about the CONTEST !!!
NOW YOU ARE READY to START the CONTEST !!
• STEP 1 : BE CREATIVE !... Take a PICTURE* of yourself (on your own or with friends) in a "DOWNsideUP" posture !
• STEP 2 : Post your photo on the Event's Wall and/or MAIL it to
downsideupcontest2012@gmail.com
• STEP 3 : Once your picture is put online in the "PHOTO-CONTEST 2012" Photo Gallery of the DOWNsideUP official FaceBook PAGE :
Invite all your Friends & Family to join the DOWNsideUP page @ :
https://www.facebook.com/DownSideUpFrance
• STEP 4 : Your friends and Family need to vote for you picture. (They have to have clicked "i like" about the DsU page, else their vote will NOT COUNT !!)
• STEP 5 : Be patient and wish yourself LUCK !! ;)
••> *About your PICTURE :
Any inverted "DOWNsideUP-POSTURE" is possible ("human-flags" are OK too) :
HandStands, HeadStands, All kinds of Flips, Inverted-Locust, Inverted-Crab, ShoulderStands... You name it !
Check out some poses in the various PhotoGalleries of the DsU page @ :
https://www.facebook.com/DownSideUpFrance?sk=photos
Your photo can be taken any where, at any time. On the ground, in the air, in space if you wish... if you can !
A "GOOD" picture will not only be about the performance of your pose !
The master words in this contest :
CREATIVITY - FUN - UNEXPECTED - INSPIRING - SOLIDARITY - AWARENESS - TOLERANCE.
Your picture can be presented UPsideDOWN. Photoshop (or any other tool) can be used to improve its quality (colors, contrasts, assembling elements).
You may use any help you need (someone holding your feet or lean against a wall, etc.) BUT : ALL poses have to be REAL !!! Photoshop will not be used to flip your self around or anything like it !...
This contest is NOT about putting your self in DANGEROUS SITUATIONS !!
••> About the CONTEST evolution :
You have almost 3 months to post your picture on the EVENT's Wall and send it at :
downsideupcontest2012@gmail.com and share the event with a maximum of your friends&family !
Once your picture is on line on the DOWNsideUP official FaceBook page you need to get your family and friends to vote for it by an "I LIKE" click.
IMPORTANT : ONLY THE "LIKES" from people who will fan ("i like" click) the > DOWNsideUP PAGE < will be counted as VALID !
https://www.facebook.com/DownSideUpFrance
In the last days of April, the 50 pictures the most "LIKED" will be challenged by a Jury composed by 7 people :
1 Chinese photographer, 1 Portuguese acrobat, 2 yoga instructors (Filipina & Czech), 1 Canadian journalist, 1 French actor, and i.
In the end... their will be ONE PICTURE left ! & Only then, the winner will be contacted to organize a trip to Paris for a couple of days of "DOWNsideUP-PhotoShoots".
NOTE : To try to make it fair for every participants, if a Parisian was to win the contest, the Shoot would take place in an other place then Paris, why not New York or Dubai ?
In all cases, the trip will include : Plane tickets (round trip on Air France to Paris) and Housing for a minimum of 4 days (depending on the winner's schedule, maybe a few days more).
The 50 People who's pictures will have been challenged will receive an "i love DOWNsideUP" T-shirt !
All the other participants will receive our gratitude for supporting the DOWNsideUP cause by STANDING for EPILEPSY AWARENESS & TOLERANCE !
••> About the DOWNsideUP Project and the purpose of the CONTEST :
The DOWNsideUP project is before anything a way to actively support and raise EPILEPSY AWARENESS & TOLERANCE (in general)...
By participating in this contest you also help this cause to grow ! I have no interest in earning any money from you !
My only expectation from this contest is to LARGELY increase the number of followers of the DOWNsideUP "Adventure" and get the world to know more about epilepsy, in order to help pulling it out of the dark !!!
We all think we know about epilepsy... do we really ? If we did, would we be frightened to see someone have seizure ? Would we ignore that 6% of world's population is diagnosed as Epileptic ?
People with disorders, diseases or any kind of disabilities should never be rejected or feel ashamed of their Handicap !!
Think about it : If you are in a group of 50 people with a Handicap who becomes what we too frequently call the "abnormal person" ???
i wish every Participants & Supporters GOOD LUCK !!
i also THANK YOU very MUCH for the energy you'll give to this project to get EPILEPSY out of the shade ! ^_^
