Announcing DMBLGiT (Does My Blog Look Good in This) May 2011

I’m excited to announce that I will be hosting the May edition of DMBLGiT (Does My Blog Look Good in This). A popular food photography contest that was started by Andrew of Spittoon Extra.

Andrew and many others call it “the grandest food porn event available” on the web! Its a photography contest open to all bloggers who have a photo of food or drink posted on their blogs and every month a blogger hosts the contest. I’ve been submitting my food photos to the contest and was lucky to win a couple. So if you have a food or drink (or both together!) photo that you posted on your blog last month and you think its gorgeous, just send it to me and enter the contest. A group of five judges (including me) will score the photographs based on three categories – edibility, aesthetics and originality. A total of 6 winners will be announced next month.

To check out last month’s entries and winners please visit lovely Rose’s blog Magpies Recipes.

General DMBLGiT Rules:

• Only one food/drink photograph may be entered per person.
• The photograph must have been taken by you.
• The photograph must have been posted on your blog between April 1 through 30, 2011.
• The deadline to submit your entry is May 20, 2011 at midnight, whenever that is in your part of the world.

Scoring:
A panel of 5 judges, to be introduced later this month, will choose 6 winners based on the following criteria:
Aesthetics: composition, food styling, lighting, focus, etc.
Edibility: does the photo make us want to take a big bite out of our computer monitor while drooling on our keyboard?
Originality: a photo that makes you stop, look twice, and think “Wow! I never thought of photographing it like that before.” Three overall winners will be selected plus one in each of the 3 categories. As host I have the privilege of choosing one photo that I think stands out, but wasn’t chosen as a winner. My post announcing the winners for this month will be published by June 1, 2011.
 
How to Enter DMBLGiT:
Send an e-mail with “DMBLGiT Entry” as the subject line to me at indiansimmer [at] gmail [dot] com. In your email, please include:

• An attachment of a single qualifying food or drink photo you’d like to enter. It should be without text or watermark and no more than 500 pixels in width.
• Your name
• Your blog URL
• The title of the image/what it is
• The URL of the post containing the photograph
• The camera and lens you used

Photographs will be loaded into this Picasa gallery as I receive them. If you don’t get an acknowledgment from me within 72 hours of sending your entry, please leave a message in the comments section of this post, drop a message on my Facebook page or catch me on Twitter. By submitting a photo, entrants agree to their photo being redisplayed and altered in size on the host’s page and on the Spittoon Extra DMBLGiT page.

If you have any questions about this month’s event, please feel free to email me. Anyone with interest in hosting a future edition of DMBLGiT should email Andrew with “DMBLGiT Host” as the subject. So what are you waiting for? Dig into your lovely blog and send in your best photo to indiansimmer [at] gmail [dot] com. Also don’t forget to enter the giveaway on at Indian Simmer till 10th May.