Hart Eye Center's 2010 "Your Life in Focus" photo contest attracted hundreds of outstanding photographs.

You can view all the photos, including the finalists and winners, by clicking the links to the left.

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Eyesight is precious. Every day our eyes provide us with pictures of beauty, wonder, emotion and surprise.

If you've captured any of those moments in a photograph, we encourage you to enter it in Hart Eye Center's "Your Life in Focus" Photo Contest.

Beautiful photos. Heartwarming photos. Interesting photos. Surprising photos. Scenic photos. "Wow" photos. In short, enter your best photos that capture "Your Life in Focus."

A special Hart to Heart extra: For each photograph entered in the first 30 days of the contest (March 15–April 16), Hart Eye Center will donate $10 to the American Heart Association (up to $2,500).

Grand Prize: Custom LASIK Surgery on Both Eyes

Surgery will be performed by Dr. William B. Hart, and includes one year of follow-up care. You must be eighteen years of age or older in order to receive LASIK surgery. Procedure must be performed within six months of notification.

LASIK is not medically appropriate for every person. If the Grand Prize Winner is not an appropriate candidate for LASIK, as determined by Dr. William Hart, the winner may choose to do one of the following:

1. Transfer the prize to a member of their immediate family. Immediate family members include parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses.
2. Choose to receive the equivalent dollar amount of LASIK surgery cost ($3000) as credit to be used for other services at either Hart Eye Center or Lakeside Optical. The full amount must be used within one year from date of contest closing.
3. Choose to donate the surgery to someone who would otherwise not be able to afford the procedure. Hart Eye Center will be responsible for choosing the recipient.

Winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes and costs and expenses associated with prize receipt and/or use not specified herein as being awarded. LASIK recipient can expect to pay for normal incidental costs associated with treatment, such as eye drops and antibiotics. Such costs do not typically exceed $100.00.

Second Prize: A Pair of Maui Jim Sunglasses

From Lakeside Optical. Up to a $200 value; non-prescription lenses.

Prize Drawing: Canon PowerShot Camera

All contestants will be entered into a drawing to win a Canon PowerShot camera. One drawing entry will be awarded for each photograph submitted. The drawing will take place on July 1, 2010, and Hart Eye Center will notify the winner by e-mail or phone.

PHOTO CONTEST RULES

The contest begins on March 15, 2010. Photo entries will be accepted March 15, 2010, through 11:59 p.m. June 15, 2010.

Public voting will take place on the Hart Eye Center Web site (harteyecenter.com) beginning June 16, 2010, and ending at 11:59 p.m. June 30, 2010.

ELIGIBILITY

• No purchase or payment is necessary to enter or win.
• The contest is open to anyone residing within 75 miles of Lake Charles, Louisiana.
• The entrant must be the photographer who took the picture.
• By submitting an entry, each contestant agrees to all rules and regulations of contest.
• Employees of Hart Eye Center or its affiliated companies, and their immediate family members living in the same household, are not eligible to participate.

WHAT TO ENTER

• Digital photographs should be taken and submitted at the highest resolution possible. Photographs must be in a .jpeg, .jpg .tiff, or .gif format. Files submitted may not be larger than 8Mb.
• High-quality scans of non-digital photographs are acceptable.

PHOTO RESTRICTIONS

• Photos must be appropriate for posting in public. Obscene, provocative or otherwise questionable content will not be considered. Hart Eye Center retains sole discretion as to what constitutes inappropriate content.
• When submitting photos in which a person is recognizable, you must secure a model release from the subject or, in the case of a minor, the subject's parent or guardian, and provide it to Hart Eye Center upon request. A sample model release can be downloaded by clicking here. Releases are not necessary for groups of people at a public event, such as a crowd at a parade.
• Photos that violate or infringe upon another person's copyright are not eligible.

HOW TO ENTER

• Submit photographs online through our Web site at harteyecenter.com/photo-contest/. 
• We do not accept photographs submitted through the mail. 
• Submit no more than one (1) photograph per week. 
• Entries that are not chosen as a week's finalist may be re-entered in the following weeks.

ENTRY DEADLINE
All entries must be received at Hart Eye Center Web site by 11:59 p.m., June 15, 2010.

SELECTION OF WINNERS

Hart Eye Center will determine which entries are valid entries and whether the entries otherwise meet the eligibility requirements set forth herein

13 WEEKLY FINALISTS—Each week, one photo will be chosen from all of the valid entries submitted that week. That photo will become one of 13 finalists. Finalist photos will be posted on the Hart Eye Center Web site.

CHOOSING THE WINNERS—From June 16, 2010 through June 30, 2010, the public will be able to vote online for one of the 13 finalists as their favorite photo. Only one vote is allowed per e-mail address per day. The photograph that receives the highest number of votes will be the Grand Prize Winner. Second Prize will be awarded to the photograph with the second-highest number of votes.

NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS—Winners will be notified by phone or email using the information provided on the contestant's entry form. If Hart Eye Center is unable to contact a winner within five (5) business days, then an alternate winner may be selected at Hart Eye Center's discretion.

Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received. Submissions for this contest will begin March 15, 2010, and end at 11:59 p.m. June 15, 2010. The voting period will begin June 16, 2010 and end at 11:59 p.m. June 30, 2010. Winners will be notified beginning July 1, 2010.

RELEASE

• The photographer retains copyright ownership of any photo submitted. However, by entering the "Your Life in Focus" photo contest, entrants grant Hart Eye Center the right to edit, publish, copy, display and otherwise use their entries in connection with the "Your Life in Focus" photo contest, and to further use their names, likenesses, and biographical information in advertising and promotional materials, without further compensation or permission, except where prohibited by law.
• By participating in the "Your Life in Focus" photo contest and/or accepting a prize, contestants release Hart Eye Center and their affiliated companies from any liability, injury, damages, cost or expense, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of or connected to participation in this contest or the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prizes.
• All information collected in connection with the contest may be used by Hart Eye Center to contact entrant directly with marketing or other information. By participating in the contest, each entrant hereby consents to such use.