ABSOLUTELY FINAL Rules for Allen-Tarleton Memorial Photography Contest 2009

Each Club shall determine their own entry date deadline and devise any rules they wish to make the selection of the body of work to represent their club. Photographers wishing to enter the Allen-Tarleton Memorial Contest must contact their own local camera club. Check the following websites for meeting dates, times and contact info:

1. Hilo Photography Club: http://hiphoto.org/
   
2. Hawaii Photographic Society: http://hawaiiphotosociety.blogspot.com/
   
3. Maui Camera Club at http://www.mauicameraclub.com/
   

Club Entry Date: SEPTEMBER 30, 2009, via email to seasteve871@gmail.com, or send a CD/DVD receipt to Allen-Tarleton Committee, c/o Steve Godzsak, 871 Hale Mauna Street, Hilo, HI 96720

Results: Posted at http://cameraclubcouncilofhawaii.blogspot.com/ no later than October 8, 2009; and by email to member club's designated CCCH representative by October 5, 2009.

Eligibility: Only dues-paying CCCH clubs of good-standing may enter their members' entries. The $25/club dues are due on or before September 30, 2009. Such dues are payable to the Camera Club Council of Hawaii and may be paid with the entry fees to Joy San Buenaventura, 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 311; Hilo, HI 96720. If CD/DVD of entries is mailed, the check may accompany the CD/DVD.

Entry Requirements:

1. Except for the "Slide-Show/Movie" category, all digital images MUST be submitted in the following format:
   
   
   
   1. All Images must be in JPEG format, RGB or Grayscale mode. Color space should be in sRGB mode.
      
   2. Image file size may NOT be greater than 1 Mb; however an image whose longest side does not exceed 1024 pixels will not be disqualified if it surpasses the size limit
      
   
   
2. All entries must have file names that are as follows: Photo club initials _ initials of photographer _ title of photo.jpg. Example: In "hpc_js_niceflower.jpg", hpc is for Hilo Photo Club, js for initials of photographer-entrant John Smith, niceflower for title of picture.
   
   
   
   1. "hps" is the designation for the Hawaii Photographic Society; "hpc" is for Hilo Photography Club; and "mcc" is for Maui Camera Club. Initials of photographer are ordered such that the first name initial is first.
      
   
   
3. No watermark, copyright notices, logos or other identifying marks of entrant on any entry is allowed. Copyright information may be placed in the entry's metadata.
   
4. No time limit on entries,i.e. photos/images can be taken at anytime.
   
5. All entries prior to enhancement/manipulation must have been an original photograph or digital image taken by entrant from a camera. For multiple-exposure or multiple-image entries, all images or exposures prior to enhancement/manipulations must be original photographs or original digital images taken by entrant from a camera.
   
6. Starting 2009, no prior A-T accepted entry is eligible. (This allows for entries accepted in other competitions to be entered into the A-T contest and with a digital database starting 2009 of accepted entries, enforcement is possible.).
   
7. Each entry is required to pay a $5 contribution towards the prize money; in addition to the cost of return mailing (and insurance if required by entrant) if the entry is submitted physically and the club requires a return of the CD/DVD. There will be separate rules and requirements for exhibits of accepted entries.
   

CATEGORIES:

1. Color: Color images which are photorealistic – the definition of what is photorealistic will be determined by the judges and no color entry will be disqualified if it meets all other requirements.
   
   
   
   • Maximum 15 entries per club and 2 entries per person.
     
   
   
2. Monochrome: Duotone photorealistic images such as black-and-white, infrared black and white, selenium-toned, sepia-toned. The definition of what is photorealistic will be determined by the judges and no monochrome/duotoned entry will be disqualified if it meets all other criteria.
   
   
   
   
   • Maximum 15 entries per club and 2 entries per person.
     
   
   
   
3. 
   Slide-show/Movie: Multi-image moving images.
   
   
   • 5 minute maximum.
     
   • Must be formatted such that by clicking/double-clicking on the filename or icon the slide-show/movie entry will start playing. .
     
   • Maximum 5 entries per club and 2 entries per person.
     
   
   
4. "Open": Any entry that is not photorealistic such as Photoshop compositions with multiple image sources, the use of "alternative" printing processes, works that incorporate "non-traditional" materials into the image, images that are formed using the collage technique, abstract or 3 dimensional objects that have a photograph as the principal subject matter of the work.
   
   
   Photographers wishing to submit 3 dimensional works shall submit a photograph or photographs to illustrate their work for consideration by the jury.
   
   
   
   
   
   • Maximum 15 entries per club and 2 entries per person. If entry is one that cannot be submitted digitally (such as 3-D presentations), club is responsible for all postage/delivery costs and shall provide a digital image of such entry for judging.
     
   • Must be originally based on an image taken by a digital or traditional camera.
     
   
   

JUDGES WILL HAVE A RIGHT TO REASSIGN AN IMAGE TO A DIFFERENT CATEGORY. Maximum entry limits will only be determined at the time of entry and no disqualification will occur if judges reassign and thus, entry maximum requirement is surpassed.

PRIZES: 1^st Place per category for Color, Monochrome and Open: $100, 2^nd: $75, 3^rd: $50. For Slide-Show/Movie: $100. "Best in Class" and an "Honorable-mention" may be awarded if the judges believe that there is one deserving. The Camera Club for the most points will be given recognition for Outstanding Achievement.

JUDGES:

1. Codie King, Wailoa Center Director. She was born and raised on Oahu and is the fifth generation of her family in the Islands. She is a graduate of Boston University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree and a recipient of the Silver Medal Award from the Royal Society of Arts Manufactures and Commerce 1984. She received her Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Ceramics from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 1986. She returned to Hawaii in 1988 to pursue her career in art. In 1991 it was joyfully sidelined by the birth of her triplets. See the August 2009 newsletter of Hilo Photography Club: http://issuu.com/danhieux/docs/hpcaug09 on Ms. King's latest juried show.
   
   
2. Professor Michael Marshall, Associate professor at University of Hawaii, Hilo. He received his Masters in Fine Arts at Yale University. He has been a professor at UH-Hilo and Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO since 1980. He has had multiple exhibitions of his work since 1977 and his work has been part of a number of public and private art including: St. Louis Art Museum, State Foundation of Culture and the Arts, Anheuser Busch, and AG Edwards. Some of his work is currently being shown at the Atrium Gallery. See his bio and his artwork at: http://www.atriumgallery.net/artists/mmarshall.htm.
   
   
3. Dennis Taniguchi, East Hawaii Culture Center Director. He has a Masters degree in Geology and 30 years of Arts administration experience at San Francisco's Kearny Street Workshop and Japantown Art & Media Workshop. He began as a ceramicist and photographer and later worked professionally in graphic design, silkscreen and mural painting. He taught photography/video at Waiakea High and science at Ka`u High, gave tours at Lyman museum and served as Executive Officer for the Hawai`i Island Chamber of Commerce.
   

RELEASE OF LIABILITY.

Every entrant releases the Camera Club Council of Hawaii ("CCCH"); Hilo Photography Club and its members; Hawaii Photographic Society and its members; Maui Camera Club and its members; Keaau Fine Art Center fka Island Giclee, its owners, agents and employees, and the judges: Codie King, Michael Marshall, and Dennis Taniguchi from all liability from any damages whatsoever. Such release of liability includes, but is not limited to, unauthorized publication of the entrant's image, unauthorized use by a third person who may have downloaded such image from the CCCH website, damage or destruction of the image, and any other possible injury to the entrant's body, feelings, image or reputation.

SUBMISSION OF ENTRY IMPLIES ACCEPTANCE OF THE ABOVE RELEASE OF LIABILITY.