Fall 2006
Photo Show & Competition
COMPETITION RULES
1. All entries
will be subject to the Woodlands Photography Club Rules.
2. Entry fees:
a. Members pay $3.00 per picture submitted. Please pay your entry
fees with a check if possible. The treasurer will have only a limited
amount of money available for making change.
b. Nonmembers are welcome to join the club ($20/person or $30 per
family annual fee) to be able to enter this competition.
3. Maximum of twelve photographs per person, two photos per category.
4. Presentation: Pictures must be mounted, matted and framed (maximum
16X20 size outer dimensions), wired to hang on a hook.
5. Color or Black-and-White photos from slides, negatives or digital
cameras are acceptable.
6. Image manipulation is restricted to ordinary techniques (H)
generally applied to the printing of photographs.
7. Photographs must have been shot within the last two years by the
person entering it into the contest.
8. Prior contest winning pictures will not be eligible. Mini contests
winning photos are excluded from this rule.
9. Entry forms will be available at our website, at our monthly meetings,
and at check in. You should put your name in the lower right corner
on the back of your entry to identify each entry and help prevent
its loss. No names from the photographer should be shown on the front
of the picture.
10. If there are more entries than the display boards will accommodate,
we will hold some aside, but they will still be judged and critiqued.
11. All entries must be dropped off at the library during the time
specified below, no mail-in entries.
12. All entries must be picked up at the time specified below. If
you cannot pick up the entry yourself, please arrange for another
person to pick it up for you. Entries not picked up at specified time
will be considered abandoned and dealt with at the board's discretion.
H.
Ordinary techniques include processes such as the adjusting of contrast,
brightness, sharpness, and color when applied to the entire image.
Burning and dodging, along with the spotting of dust and scratches
are considered ordinary techniques. Correction of lens distortion
(not artistic distortion or morphing) is allowed only when panoramic
or mosaic images are created from a series of individual photographs.
All other processes are considered advanced and are allowed only in
designated show categories.
JUDGING
Judges:
Catalina
Montaño
Senior Associate curator at Kinzelman Art Consulting and Madeline
Yale Program Director at HCP
Judging
will be on Monday, October 9, just prior our normal meeting. Our judges
will stay during the meeting and share comments and criticisms on
the submittals. "Best of the Show" and 1st., 2nd., 3rd.,
and Honorable Mention will be awarded in each category.
DATES AND TIMES
SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES --
Saturday, October 7,
2006 from 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM. at the South
Branch Library in The Woodlands. Late entries cannot be accepted.
ATTEND THE JUDGING -- Monday, October
9,
2006 at 7:00 PM for critique/awards presentation.
PICK UP YOUR ENTRIES -- Monday,
Nov. 13, 2005 during our regular meeting, at the South Branch Library
in The Woodlands. If you cannot be there, please make arrangements
with somebody to pick up your entries.
CATEGORIES
· HUMOR
· MACRO
· NATURE
- BOTANICAL
· PEOPLE on the STREET
· SPECIAL
EFFECTS
· STILL LIFE
