Competition Submission Guidelines

Competitions

Summer Fun and Field Trip

  • Entries must be taken during the September club field trip or summer fun trips
  • Digital and Prints, mounted (mat optional)
  • Limits: 1 Digital Submission for Summer Fun, 1 Digital Submission for Field Trip (Total of 2 images)
  • Can be color or black & white
  • No creative/altered reality
  • All print categories are judged together and follow the same size rules as in the Guidelines for Prints
  • Members select the winners
  • Upload your images to our online Submissions Page

Fall & Spring Competitions

Fall Competition:  Creative / Fine Art / Smart Phone

Winter Competition: Monochrome / Curves & Lines / Canada My Country

  • Limit 1 digital image
  • Maximum total of 3 digital images
  • Winners announced at Awards Night

Upload your images to our online Submissions Page

Year-End Competitions

CATEGORIES:

  1. Portrait
  2. Traditional Color
  3. Monochrome
  4. Altered Reality
  • Submit 1 digital per category
  • Max: 4 digital
  • Digital: use clinic criteria
  • These will be judged by 3 professional judges and retained until the Awards night.

Upload your images to our online Submissions Page

Photo Presentation

  • A Photo Presentation is a digital projection of a collection of images forming a unifying theme
  • Recommended 4-6 minutes, 7 Minute (max)
  • Digitally projected PowerPoint or Video
  • Judged by 3 Professionals

Categories

Image submissions can be entered in each of the 3 categories.

Traditional (Colour)

 Images depict the subject matter in a realistic, objective manner as seen by the photographer. Images have little post- production other than some cropping, straightening and colour (contrast and saturation) work done to improve the photographic presentation of the subject. Long exposure and minimal (realistic) HDR techniques are accepted in this category. Heavily manipulated images must be entered in the ‘Altered Reality’ category. Think “digital correction” for this category.

Black and White / Monochrome

Images depict the subject matter in a realistic, objective manner as seen by the photographer. By removing the range of colour, an image is left with basic lines, textures and forms. Find a subject that has any or all of these elements as well as good contrast and you will have a great black and white image. For this category, any monochrome image is acceptable – black and white, sepia, bluetone etc. Long exposure techniques are also accepted in this category. Heavily manipulated images must be entered in the ‘Altered Reality’ category.

Altered Reality

Manipulate your own photographs to create surreal, abstract, impressionistic, or unrealistic images.  Experiment with either in-camera or post processing software using special effects, montages, collages, composites, heavy HDR, or any other technique. There is no limit to what you can do! Be creative, but at the same time try to make your image look less like it might belong in the Traditional category. If you think in terms of “artistic” – that’s the image we’re looking for. Think “digital manipulation – creating art” for this category.

Print Submissions

  • Must be taken by the entrant.
  • Entries must be submitted on the designated date set out in the Club Calendar.
  • Prints submitted in any Saskatoon Camera Club clinic or competition cannot be re-entered in any future clinic or competition of the Saskatoon Camera Club.

Physical Sizes

  • All prints must be the specified size for the category unless otherwise stated.
  • Popular:  8″ x 10″ print plus a mat
  • Maximum: 18″ x 24″ overall (with mat)
  • Minimum: 8″ x 10″ (without mat)

Label on Back

Name of Entrant
Title

Category: Traditional (Color), Black and White, Altered Reality (Creative)

Clinic or Competition Title

Date of Clinic or Competition

Click here download a PDF of the labels

Putting your submission together

  • All prints must be mounted with a stiff backing (foam core preferred) unless otherwise stated
  • Matte is optional. If matted, please make sure it is taped sufficiently. No scotch tape. Masking tape or painters tape seems to work well.
  • Framed work will not be accepted.
  • All prints must be submitted in a sturdy cardboard folder or firm bubble pack envelope.

Upload your digital copies of your print to our online Submissions Page

Digital Image Submissions

Image Preparation & Requirements

The Print and Slide/Digital Committees will interpret and apply these rules at each club competition and have the right to reject any entry not properly presented or labeled.

File Type

  • Images must be submitted as JPEGs. Mac users must add .jpg or .jpeg extension.

Upload your images to our online Submissions Page

File Requirements

  • We strongly recommend that you send us your full resolution photo.
  • Images must be in the proper orientation for viewing when projected.
  • Images do not have to have a 4:3 aspect ratio.
  • We do not limit the file sizes when submitting

Minimum File Requirements for our Projector

  • The optimal viewing area is 1280 x 800 (width x height) per image
  • Vertical images have a minimum height of 800 pixels tall.
  • sRGB
  • Image submitted smaller than these resolutions will be shown at their submitted dimensions

Year-end Presentation Submissions

Guidelines

  1. Use any style for your presentation (travelogue, photo essay, multi-projector)
  2. Digital presentation or you can use a slide projector
  3. 10 minutes max.
  4. Digital projector resolution: 1280 x 800 (Shows can also be viewed at 1024 x 768)
  5. Digital Images: 72 dpi minimum
  6. Narration or music optional

Create a Photo Slideshow in PowerPoint

This is how we quickly assemble our monthly slideshow for judging and results night.

1. Open PowerPoint
2. Choose Insert > Picture >New Photo Album…
3. Enter your options into the Photo Album dialog box…
4. Click Create and then edit the order, add text, add transitions, change background….

Detailed How-To:
http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/ppphotoalbum.html

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