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After your photoshoot we will look at the images taken together and you can choose your favorite image to enter into the North East Dog Portrait Competition.

Terms and Conditions

1. Our Competition is open to all Dogs, no matter how big, tall, shape or breed.
2. One £10 Shoot covers one dog. Multiple dogs can take part but its £10 per dog to enter the competition where 100% is donated to Guide Dogs
3. Competition is open from the 1st January 2024 until 23rd December 2024 for all entries. (Please note we need the full 12 months to allow us time to hit our £2500 target.
4. Please note to book your session you will be asked to pay a £25 booking fee to secure you session in our studio, your £10 donation will be deducted from your £25 booking-fee and on the day of your shoot you will be refunded the difference, however if you fail to arrive then your booking- fee will become non-refundable, if you cancel your session your booking fee is non-refundable. We are giving our time free of charge to raise funds for this fantastic charity.
5. The competition is open to portraits of dogs only and the image must be taken by Village Photography.
6. Customers must choose their favourite image of their dog to enter the competition. We can help you choose an image but we cannot be held responsible if our independent judges don’t choose your entry as their winner.
7. Customers are encouraged to share with their friends & families their chosen image. Images will be loaded up onto our Facebook page on the last day of each month, but please bear with us at during busy times it may take us a little longer.
8. All entries will be judged by Guide Dogs North East Mobility Team who will choose 1st, 2nd & 3rd from all of Village Photography’s entries.
9. The Prizes are as stated below and no other alternatives will be offered. The prizes are not transferable.
   1. 1st prize is £100 cash prize
   2. 2nd prize is £75 cash prize
   3. 3rd prize is £50 cash prize
10. All winners and results will be with me by 31st January 2025. (subject to change). Winners will be notified by telephone, once prizes are available to be handed over, winners have 6 weeks to collect their prize.
11. All winners will be invited back to our studio to collect their prize and will be asked to have a photograph taken accepting their prize. These photographs will be displayed on our website, social media platforms and forms of advertising for next years competition.
12. By entering this completion all entrants agree to the use of their names and images being used on any of our websites, social media platforms, display brochures, literature, studio displays and any other form of advertising Village Photography deem acceptable. We will never pass your details onto any Third Party Companies.
13. The judge’s decision is final and we have no involvement in the judging of the North East Dog Portrait Competition.
14. We will display the 3 winners from Village Photography’s competition below once we have the results.
15. if you wish to you can enter more than one image, it is £10 per image, the full £10 is donated to Guide Dogs.
16. The reason we have chosen to support Guide Dogs as a business is due to the long association we had with Guide Dogs. As a family we were puppy walkers and my father was also a speaker for Guide Dogs.
17. The first £2,500 raised will be used to Name & Sponsor a Guide Dog Puppy we will also be holding other fundraising events and competitions to help us support Guide Dogs.  Once we have raised £2500 we will start all over again to raise funds to sponsor another puppy.

If you would like to register please click here to register your interest in The North East Dog Portrait Competition