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Eligibility
1. Any member in good standing in this club may compete in image competition.
2. All images submitted for competition, either in Print or Digital format, must be from the actual (original) images taken by the member submitting them.
3. All Images submitted during the current calendar year, regardless of the score it received, are eligible to be entered into the Year-End competition.
4. Images which have received an Award or Honor from this club are not eligible to be entered into any future monthly competitions held by this Club, however, they may be entered into the current Year-End competition.
5. Images that received a score lower than 21 points may be re-submitted by the maker in subsequent competitions. This image may be altered by the maker to achieve a better image.
6. An Image may only be entered once on any single competition date. Definition, The same Image entered in Color may not be entered in Monochrome or vice versa in that day’s competition. The same Image entered in Print format may not be also entered in Digital format or vice versa in that day’s competition.
Monthly Competition
Each member may submit up to two (2) images in each of the six (6) Categories:
• COLOR PRINT
• MONOCHROME PRINT
• COLOR DIGITAL
• MONOCHROME DIGITAL
• ASSIGNMENT PRINT
• ASSIGNMENT DIGITAL
(Note: Images entered in the category of “Assignment” may be in either Color or Monochrome or one of each.)
Two “Images of the Month” will be selected from the Assignment Category, one (1) in Print and one (1) Digital image, that being the Images that received the highest score in each format. In the event of ties, the judges will decide which entries will be recognized as the Images of the Month.
The winning images will be featured on the Club’s Web Site for the next month.
The results of monthly competition will be posted on the Club’s Web Site, with scores of 24 or higher designated as “Awards” and scores of 21 through 23, being designated as “Honors“.
Preparation and Submission of Digital Images
Digital images must be in JPEG (.jpg) format.
Use the SRGB color profile where possible for best results during projection.
Image size must be 72 DPI (dots per square inch) with the longest side no more than 1024 DPI.
The FILE name of each image must include the following: The first 4 letters of the maker’s last name, underscore, the first letter of the maker’s first name, underscore, the image title. (Nothing else should be included in the file name, (i.e. copy, #2, *, etc.) The image title should be no more than (6) six words.
( Example: smit_w_The Time is Now.jpg )
The deadline for submission is the Friday before the competition meeting.
Entries should be e-mailed to the address specified on the Club’s web site. (pascoinsp@msn.com)
In the subject line type the category (color, mono or assignment) only. Do Not Add Words to the Subject Line.
In the body of the e-mail include your first and last name and the image title.
Only one (1) image may be attached to a single e-mail.
Preparation and Submission of Print Images
Prints must be securely mounted and should be no smaller than 8 X 10
inches and no larger than 16 X 20 inches including the mounting board.
Image title should be no more than six (6) words.
Labels are provided by the Club and must be placed on the back of the mounting board in the upper left hand corner and completely filled out except for the score.
Prints are submitted on the day of competition and should be submitted before the start of the competition meeting.
(Note: Competition meeting start time is 12:30 pm. for this logging in process. The General meeting starts at 1:00 pm. with the competition itself to take place after the General meeting)
Eligibility of late entries (those submitted after the start of the General meeting) will be determined by the Competition Chairperson.
Judging & Critiquing
Images will be judged and scored based on its, Impact , Composition and Technical Qualities.
A Critique may be given after the score of an image has been announced.
Year-End Competition
An Awards Ceremony, will be held annually. (Generally, January of the following year.)
Each member may submit up to three (3) images in each of the following four (4) Categories for Year-End Competition.
Prints- Color
Prints - Monochrome
Digital - Color
Digital - Monochrome
Any image submitted for judging during the current calendar year, including Assignment submissions, is eligible for Year End Competition regardless of the score it received. (see Article X of the Club’s Constitution and By-Laws )
All images must be entered in the same format as originally entered.
Awards
Panel Judging Awards
As determined by a panel of independent judges, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place ribbons will be awarded for the best three images in each of the following
Categories;
• Print Color
• Print Monochrome
• Digital Color
• Digital Monochrome
A “Best of Show Trophy” will be awarded to the one image selected by the panel of judges from the 1st place winning images in each of the above Categories.
Cumulative Point Awards
A 1st, 2nd and 3rd place ribbons will be awarded to the individuals in each of the four (4) Categories listed below with the best 10 scores in each Category during the nine (9) monthly competitions of the current year.
• Print Color
• Print Monochrome
• Digital Color
• Digital Monochrome
Honorable Mention Awards will be awarded at the discretion of the Competition Chairperson.
The “William Lacey Trophy” will be awarded to the maker who has accrued the most overall accumulated points using the totals for all Categories in the current calendar year. Assignment submissions will not be included as they are awarded their own specific trophy for cumulative points.
A “Subject Assignment Trophy” will be awarded to the person who has accumulated the most points in digital and/or print medium for the current year assignment submissions. The points will be determined by the ten top scoring entries of each individual.
General
The copyright resides exclusively with the maker of the image.
All rights reserved. Photographic images are the property of the maker and may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or medium without the specific written permission of the maker.
(Revised, April 2015)
Note: These revisions will be retroactive to January 1, 2015.