Ubisoft Photomode Contest 2024 – How to Craft a Winning In-Game Shot

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Ubisoft's Photomode Contest 2024 is open now until March 4, and in-game photographers are invited to submit their best and most creative in-game photos for a chance to win prizes including a Ubisoft Montreal studio tour, a copy of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and more. If you've taken a perfect action shot, a breathtaking panorama, or just found a fascinating new way to re-frame in-game scenes, there are three ways to enter: submit your in-game shots via Instagram or X (formerly Twitter) by tagging @Ubisoft and using the hashtag #UbisoftPhotomodeContest; post to the Ubisoft Discord in the official Photomode channel; or use the submission form at Ubisoft.com/Photomode.

But where to start? Say you've lined up the perfect shot - is that enough? What more can be done to make it stand out, to make it uniquely your own? This year's contest is being judged by a jury of four experts - Blind Magazine Managing Director Jonas Cuenin; Art Director Amélie Sorel of Ubisoft Montreal; Ubisoft Community Manager Shauna Jones; and Jack Harrison, one of the winners of the 2022 Ubisoft Photomode Competition - who shared some thoughts on what they're hoping to see from this year's submissions, and what in-game photographers might do to catch their collective eye.

When the jurors are looking over thumbnails, what draws their attention first? Sorel looks for originality in submissions - not only in their choice of subjects, but also in their composition, choice of color palettes, and their ability to present their subjects outside of a "game" context.

"[I'm hoping to see] creativity and the capacity to capture a moment in a game that is not necessarily important story-wise, but has the potential to create a memorable moment out of an ordinary