The Empire Hotel & Country Club's Amateur Photography Competition final selection by Sumantri

The Empire Hotel & Country Club's Amateur Photography Competition final selection by Sumantri.

The first ever Empire Amateur Photography Competition held in conjunction with the His Majesty 64th birthday and The Empire Hotel & Country Club 10th Anniversary. The Theme of competition was “Experience the Magic “open with 3 categories; People, Interior and Exterior. There are 64 Participant given the opportunity to photograph the hotel premises excluding guestroom and back of the house from 20th July to 27th July 2010

Winners were selected based on 3 unique ways process:
Stage 1, 5 local Professional Photographer panel were invited to select the best of 10 each category from 127 photos received entrée.

Stage 2, is censor stage, divided into three different censor, first is censor originality of photos submission, all soft copy of best 10 from each category has been checked by canon and second was to check the profile of the participant through professional judges to ensure none of them professional. Next censorship is select 5 best photos out of 10 base on hotel business perspective, selected by the management of The Empire Hotel & Country Club.

Stage 3, is voting, the best of 5 photos from category of People, Interior and Exterior were display for 3 days at the Horizon Café, the hotel staff cafeteria, the Empire Hotel & Country Club staff were given the opportunity for voting. The highest voted were automatically the winner of this the very first time Empire Amateur Photography Competition.

Its final judging process held from 3 to 6 August 2010 the staff hotel voted for the best of 5 from each category. The Top three winner in each category will be announced on 6th August 2010 at 2.30 PM at The Empire Hotel & Country Club