Revised Allen-Tarleton Contest Rules 2006
The Camera Club Council of
DEADLINE:
August 15th of each year. All entries must be in the hands of the Contest and Exhibition Committee on this date.
COMMITTEE:
The Contest is conducted by the President of the Council and one member chosen by each Council Club. The Council President will provide clubs with copies of the rules and entry forms which must accompany all entries. The Committee, by majority vote, may settle questions relating to the rules. Only the judges may make value judgment on the entries. The Committee is responsible for selecting the judges, of whom there shall be at least three. The Committee will give each club a complete tabulation of the results of the judging within two weeks of judging.
GENERAL PROVISIONS:
The Contest is open to all Camera Clubs affiliated with the Camera Club Council of Hawaii (CCCH) in good standing. Each participating Club must have their dues paid up by the August 15th deadline. Each Club may enter a maximum of 15 Monochrome Prints, 15 Color Prints, 15 Slides, 5 Slide Essays, and 5 Open Category entries. Individual limit is 2 per category where club limit is 15, and 1 per category where club limit is 5. No individual may submit through more than one Club. Pictures entered in one category may not be duplicates or closely similar to pictures by the same exhibitor in any other category. There must be a minimum of 5 entries from at least 2 different Clubs in a category in order to conduct a contest in that category. If this provision is not met, that category ‘s contest will be declared null and void for lack of “competition”.
DEFINITION OF “DIGITALLY-ENHANCED” & “NON-ENHANCED”:
Digitally-enhanced entries will be considered separately from “non-enhanced” digital images. Such enhanced images are to be entered in the OPEN CATEGORY only. The following modifications may be made to any entered image, whether by digital or traditional means, and that image will still be considered “non-enhanced”:
1. Cropping
2. Adjusting exposure (contrast, lightness/”dodging” & darkness/”burning”)
3. Color balance & saturation.
CATEGORIES:
1. MONOCHROME PRINTS
All prints must be mounted. Size of mounts is limited to 16x20 inches. Pictures must be taken by the exhibitor via film or digital means, but may be processed by the exhibitor or commercially. No hand coloring. Toned prints or prints made on colored stock are acceptable as long as the print is “monochrome”. If there is more than one color in the finished product, it must be entered in the COLOR PRINTS category.
2. COLOR PRINTS
All prints must be mounted. Size of mounts is limited to 16x20 inches. Hand
colored black & white prints will be placed in this category.
Only 2x2 inches mounts are eligible. Black & white and other “monochrome slides
4. SLIDE ESSAYS
Only 2x2 inches mounts are eligible. Minimum of 3 and maximum of 15 slides
essay. Essays may be any related group of slides dealing with a sequential
a series of slides related to a common theme. Non-enhanced
entries are also accepted.
5. OPEN CATEGORY
This is a category that anticipates the new technologies in photography. The finished product must contain photography in its creation. Maximum print size is 16x20 inches. Entrants who submit three-dimensional or other forms of work will be required to pay the shipping costs (to and from), insurance charges, and other related expenses involved. Also, neither the Council nor the Contest Committee will be held liable for any damages to the item submitted for judging.
ELIGIBILITY:
There is no time limit as to when the pictures were taken. However, no pictures previously accepted in the Allen-Tarleton Contest are eligible. This also means that a slide or digital image accepted in the Slide Category may not be printed and entered in any Print category, and vice versa, nor may a slide included in a Slide Essay be entered in the individual Slides Category. To be eligible to enter the Allen-Tarleton Memorial Contest, an entry must not have been shown or entered in any other competition. “Midyear Slide Contest” entrants are acceptable.
PREPARATION FOR SUBMISSION:
SLIDES – All slides must have a spot at the lower left corner when the slides are viewed normally (upper right when placed in a projection tray). They must also have the exhibitor’s full name, mailing address, title and club affiliation on each slide. See diagram below:
DIGITAL FILES – All digital files are to be in JPEG format, and no larger than 5MB in size. The file name shall be the title of the image. Submission can be made via email, jump drive, CF card or CD, and must include the exhibitor’s full name, mailing address, and club affiliation.
MONOCHROME, COLOR and OPEN CATEGORY prints must be mounted and have the exhibitor’s full name, mailing address, title and club affiliation on the back of the mount in the upper left corner. No title or exhibitor’s name will be permitted on the front of any print. Hanging devices, metal or otherwise, are not permitted on prints.
JUDGING:
All entries will be judged on a point scale of 1-100 by each judge (of which there shall be at least 3).
CLUB SCORING:
Points scored will be assigned to the submitting club – only entries scoring 70% or more of the total possible points are counted in the final tabulation of points scored by the club in each category to determine its standing in that category. The total points of all categories will determine the club standing for the Allen-Tarleton Trophy which is presented to the overall winner.
AWARDS:
RESPONSIBILITY:
ACCEPTANCE:
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