If you’re a photographer and planning on going to festival this weekend, here is an event and a few photo contests you may want to know about.

First off, the Grand Rapids Flickr Group is scheduled to do a Photowalk at festival on Saturday, June 6th. This walk will be led by Terry Johnston (Powerbooktrance on Flickr) and starts at 1pm at MadCap Coffee at 98 Monroe Center. The walk will last an hour and a half, and photographers may join in for however long they’d like. Follow @GRFlickr on Twitter for updates.

And while you’re snapping those pics at festival, think about entering one of these two photo contests:

The festival of the arts photo contest is looking for shots that capture the spirit of festival and we’ll be judging in six categories:

Arts
Entertainment
Food
Activities
Kid activities
General

Six winners – one from each category – will each receive a cash prize of $50! All entries must be in by June 10th and winners will be announced by June 12th. Visit the festival group on Flickr for more details on how to enter.

The second photo contest is sponsored by Color Inc. and entries are due by June 25th. For complete rules and prizes, please view the announcement on Flickr.

As always, when photographing people, be sure to ask first and if you plan on entering a shot in one of these contests, please get written permission from the subject.

Enjoy festival, have fun snapping pics and good luck if you enter the contests!