Proposed AT Contest Rules by Maui CC

SPONSOR:
The Camera Club Council of Hawaii.

DEADLINE:
August 15th of each year. All entries must be in the hands of the Allen-Tarleton Memorial Photography Contest Committee on this date.

COMMITTEE:
The Contest is conducted by the President of the Council and one member chosen from each Council Club. The Council President will provide clubs with copies of the rules and entry forms well in advance of the deadline. The completed entry forms 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, to offset shipping and handling costs. Each Club may enter a maximum of 15 Monochrome Prints, 15 Color Prints, 10+10 Projected Images (Slides + Digital Files), 5+5 Projected Essays (Slides + Digital Files), and 15 Open Category entries. Individual limit is 2 per category where club limit is 10 or 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:
Enhanced entries will be considered separately from non-enhanced 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, High Dynamic Range)
3. Realistic color balance & saturation.
4. Use of non-textured filters.

CATEGORIES:
1. BLACK & WHITE / 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, and may be processed by the exhibitor or commercially. No hand coloring, except in the OPEN category. 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 maximum.
Hand colored black & white prints will be placed in this category.

3. SLIDES/PROJECTED IMAGES
a. Traditional film slides: Only 2x2 inch mounts are eligible.
b. Non-enhanced digital images. See PREPARATION FOR SUBMISSION.
Note: Black & white and other monochrome slides/images are also
permitted in both of these sub-categories.

4. SLIDE/PROJECTED IMAGE ESSAYS
Essays may be any related group of slides/images dealing with a sequential operation or a series of slides/images related to a common theme. Minimum of 3 and maximum of 15 slides/images per essay.

a. Traditional film slides: Only 2x2 inch mounts are eligible. The slides must include sequential numbering.
b. Non-enhanced digital images. See PREPARATION FOR SUBMISSION.
Note: Black & white and other monochrome slides/images are also
permitted in both of these sub-categories.

5. OPEN CATEGORY
This is a category that anticipates the new technologies in photography, which includes montages, along with any images printed on alternative media, short digital films &/or Powerpoint/Keynote presentations, etc. The finished product must contain photography in its creation. Maximum print size is 16x20 inches. Digital submissions may require the entrant to provide the necessary hardware/software support. 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(s) 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 Projected Image/Essay Categories may not be printed and entered in any Print category, and vice versa, nor may an image included in a Projected Image Essay be entered in the individual Projected Image Category. To be eligible to enter the Allen-Tarleton Memorial Contest, an entry must not have been shown or entered in any other Statewide, Nationwide or International competition. Local & Midyear Slide Contest entrants are acceptable.

ENTRY FEE:
Each entry shall have a fee of $2.00 to be eligible. Entry fees are to cover the costs of awards as well as refreshments for those involved in the judging session.

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 1.5MB in size. The file name shall be the title of the image. In the case of an essay, the file name of each image must have the order it is to be viewed. Ex.: filename1.jpg is the first image to be viewed of the essay titled filename.
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 are to be on photo or art paper, and 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.

OPEN CATEGORY prints on alternative media must also include the exhibitor's full name, mailing address, title and club affiliation in a location not visible to the judges.

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:

1 Sponsored Prize for 1st place in each category.

Matted Certificates printed on photo-weight stock for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in each category and sub-category.
Note: All 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners wishing to have their winning image(s) on their certificate(s) must submit an 800-pixel JPEG file thereof.

At the conclusion of the judging, if there is one entry that the judges consider to be so outstanding that it merits special recognition, they may award that entry with an additional award. The judges' decisions are final.

RESPONSIBILITY:
The Council and its members agree to take care of all entries, but cannot guarantee against loss or damage, nor assume financial responsibility. The Council and its members also agree to take care of all judges.

ACCEPTANCE:
Submission of entries signifies acceptance of these rules.