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The purpose of this competition is to allow photographers to enter photographic prints,finished products or albums to be judged.
ELIGIBILITY
1. The entry must have been captured and created by the
entrant.
2. The entrant’s name shall not appear anywhere on the face of
the entry.
3. A maximum of four entries may be submitted per entrant.
4. No entry will be eligible that has been made under the
supervision of an instructor or as a class assignment.
5. No two entries shall be of the same subject.
6. Entry media includes photographic prints,
and albums.
PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION CATEGORIES
Portrait: Female, Male, Child, Group, Wedding
Illustrative
Commercial
Wedding Album
Electronic Image
Finished Product
Folio
ALBUM ENTRY CATEGORIES
Single Maker Entries
1. Images in the album must be the work of the entrant. No
other photographer’s images are allowed.
Multi-Maker Entries
1. Each participating entrant must pay the appropriate entry
fee.
2. A separate entry label is required for each entrant.
3. Images in the album must be the work of the entrants, with a
minimum of 20 images per entrant.
4. Multi-maker albums will be judged as one entry.
MOUNTING
Print Entries
1. Print entries must be permanently mounted on standard
mount board material. No masonite, glass, stretcher or
conventional frames are allowed.
2. Images of any shape and size are allowed and must be
mounted on 16x20 mount board (recommended mounting
thickness is 1/8" to 3/8").
3. No material may be added to the front or back of an entry
that may damage another entry.
4. Exception: PPA Master of Photography Degree holders
may submit images of any shape and size on a mount board
a minimum of 80 square inches to a maximum of 480 square
inches, with the largest dimension no longer than 24".
Album Entries
1. Album cover size may not exceed 400 square inches.
2. No multiple volume albums are allowed.
3. Any studio identification or entrant’s name in the album must be
covered.
DEADLINES AND FEES
1. $50.00 for WPPA members
Time to be at convention tba.
2. Form of payment must be a check, money order, VISA or
MasterCard ONLY.
3. All entries must be picked up by noon at end of conference.
SHIPPING/DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS
Deliver to: WPPA annual convention
4. WPPA assumes no responsibility for damage to entries.
The Jury Chairman has the authority to decide any questions
not specifically covered by these rules. His or her decision will
be final.
JUDGING PROCEDURES
1. The point system is used with scores from 100 to 0
as follows:
Exceptional 100 -95
Superior 94 – 90
Excellent 89 – 85
Deserving of a Merit 84 – 80
Above Average 79 – 76
Average 75 – 74
Acceptable 73 – 70
Unacceptable 69 - 0
2. All photographs and albums receiving initial
scores of 81 – 78 are automatically challenged and
reviewed. On the re-judging, the change of a score
is by 80% majority vote. The final score will be
the official score on these and on any other
challenged photographs.
3. Images in this competition are judged utilizing the
twelve (12) elements of a merit image:
Impact Center of Interest
Creativity Lighting
Style Subject Matter
Composition Technical Excellence
Print Presentation Technique
Color Balance Story Telling
4. A five-person panel (with one alternate) composed
of Judges who will judge the photographs.
Entries receiving a score of 69 or below will not
be exhibited.
1. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place along with Judges Choice Awards
shall be given in the following categories: Portrait(Female, Male, Child, Group, Wedding),
Illustrative, Album, Electronic Imaging,
and Commercial, for both Masters and Non-masters.
2. The First Timer award shall be given to the highest
scoring print case entered by a first time participant in
the print competition (non-masters only). Note: Check
"First Timer" box on entry form.
3. ASP Regional award shall be given to the highest
scoring print entered by an ASP Member participant
in the print competition (ASP Members only). Note:
Check "ASP Member" box on entry form.
4. Best of show shall be awarded to the highest scoring
WPPA member print for both
Masters and Non-masters.
5. The "Photographer of the Year" shall be awarded to
the WPPA member
photographer who receives the highest case score for
both Non-masters, and the Masters division.
6. All WPPA member entries are
eligible for the awards.
7. In order to qualify for awards, you MUST check all
applicable entry form boxes and specify which
category your print is entered in.
Please include a CD of digital files of your entered images. A folder on your CD
must be named with YOUR NAME and contain each entered image, named with that image title. Each image file MUST be
sized as a 4x5 at 300 dpi. The cd in not mandatory but would apprecitate for newsletters and the web site.
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