October 16, 2008
Location: Check our Meetings page for location
Entry Time: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Competition Begins: Promptly at 7:00 p.m.
Judge: Will be announced at time of competition
Questions? Click here to send an email
Bring your prints, properly matted (see Competition Rules
below) to the designated meeting location between 5:30
and 6:30 p.m. on the date of the meeting. Create a
suitable title for each print. We will have labels available or
you may fill out your labels in advance. The label form can
be downloaded here. The guidelines for labeling photos are
given below. Be sure to follow the Competition Rules on
entering. Place your prints in the category that best fits
the description given.
1. Fee per entry: EDCC members, $3.00 per entry; Non-
EDCC members, $5.00 per entry.
2. No limit to the number of photographs entered.
3. Photographs must have been exposed by entrant since
January 2001, but may have been processed by others.
4. Minimum size of photograph, 8"x10"; maximum size,
16"x20".
5. Prints must be mounted or matted, maximum overall
size 16”x20”. No frames, glass, or plastic covers.
6. All entries must be labeled to include entrant’s name,
division, category, and title. Label to be applied to back,
upper right corner of mat. (Labels will be provided at time
of entry, or may be downloaded here.)
7. No minimum limit on photo size in the Alternative
category.
8. Photographs submitted in previous EDCC print
competitions not eligible.
+ Color: any photo with more than one color except
photos that qualify for the Alternative Division. If your
entry qualifies for the Theme Division, consider entering it
under that division. The Color Division is subdivided into
the following five categories: Nature, Landscape/Scenic,
Animals, Portrait, and Open. (See Category Guidelines
below.)
+Monochrome: any photo with one color plus black
except photos that qualify for the Alternative Division.
Entries that qualify for this division include B&W, sepia,
cyanotype, or other similar monochrome prints. If your
entry qualifies for the Theme Division, consider entering it
under that division. The Monochrome Division is
subdivided into the following five categories: Nature,
Landscape/Scenic, Animals, Portrait, and Open. (See
Category Guidelines below.)
+ Alternative: includes alternative photo processes such
as Polaroid transfers, sandwiched slides, hand-manipulated
images, computer-manipulated images, hand-colored
prints, mixed media, or other non-traditional methods.
Prints may be either color or monochrome. There is no
category subdivision for the Alternative Division.
+ Theme: may contain photos that would otherwise fit
into other divisions and categories if they were not related
to the theme. In other words, you could have a theme
photo made by alternative photo processes, a theme
photo that is a B&W landscape, a theme photo that is a
color portrait, etc. The only requirement is that the photo
express the theme of the competition. Prints may be
either color or monochrome. There is no category
subdivision for the Theme Division.
+ Nature (no sign of man): the subject should be
untouched by people and there should be no recognizable
evidence of anything made by people in the photograph.
+ Landscape/Scenic: landscapes or scenic subjects;
may include people, buildings, man-made objects, etc.
+ Animals: any type of wild or domestic animal
(amphibian, bird, fish, insect, mammal, or reptile).
+ Portrait: portraits of any subject: person, flower,
animal, etc.
+ Open: the place for pictorial prints including
architecture, still life, and other subjects which do not fit
into the other categories.
We often get questions about how much photos
may be processed or altered. As a general guideline
for the Color and Monochrome Divisions, photos
may be processed in the digital or traditional
darkroom using basic photographic techniques such
as dodging, burning, masking, spotting, toning, or
sharpening. Adjustments may be made for
exposure, contrast, color, or saturation. Graduated
filters, high dynamic range techniques, and stitched
panoramas are acceptable. Light healing or cloning
may be used to remove small distractions. Heavily
manipulated and/or composite images should be
entered under the Alternative division. There are no
restrictions on the Alternative or Theme Divisions.
Color and Monochrome Divisions
Are Broken Down into the Following
Best of Show Color
and
Best of Show Black & White
Each Receive a $15 prize!