Triangle
Photographers
Association
Winter 2008 Print Rules
All entries must be hand delivered to the Triangle
Registration desk on
$10.00 Registration fee per entrant for all
albums or folios.
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You must
enter a wedding album or a folio to be eligible for
“Photographer of the Year” which will be awarded at the Fall
Convention.
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No
identifying marks may appear on prints, folios or wedding
albums. Logos must
be covered with tape.
FOLIO
RULES
1.
You may enter 1 folio in each category.
Each category will be judged as Master and Non-Master.
Trophy winners will be chosen from Blue Ribbon folios.
2.
The images will be judged as a single unit.
Judging is based on lighting, composition, posing and
variety. (Not on the
folio).
3.
Entries must include 6 – 8 images from the same
session or social event.
4.
Images may be 3x5, or larger.
Images smaller than 3 x 5 will disqualify the folio
(exceptions: see Digital and Unclassified Categories).
5.
Images
may be placed in folio mats of the correct size or a full digital
print or prints may be mounted to the folio as long as the required
number of images and sizes are present and identifiable.
6.
Trophies will be awarded for First, Second and Third in each Master
and Non-Master division.
7.
Masters’ Trophies will be awarded to Masters of Photography and
Masters of Electronic Imaging in all Folio Categories.
8.
Reflection folios are not eligible on the grounds they are created
at different times during the year.
FOLIO
CATEGORIES
1.
Individual
– Portrait of an individual or animal.
Same subject must be presented throughout the folio.
2.
Group
– Portrait of a group.
Two or more subjects.
Example: Entire family, Mom alone, Dad alone, Children as a group.
(This is just an example.
You may divide your group any way you wish.)
3.
Wedding/Social Event
– Photographs from one social event, such as a bride or any wedding
type photographs. Note:
Any bride/groom must be entered in this category
4.
Digital
– Includes electronic/digital still images or electronically
created, composed or manipulated images created as first generation
original images. Submit
your images in
this category if you have digitally created a new
image
(the image or images may include other
and/or images from other mediums).
Original photographs and computer-generated
imagery must have been exposed and/or
created by the entrant.
No additional artwork or
spray may be applied to the surface of the prints. Images may be any
size and combined into a single print
as long as there are between 6 and 8 distinct
images.
Mats are optional.
5. Unclassified
– This category is for any prints that
do not fit in the above categories. Additional rules
for this category are: Must be 4-8 prints from a
salon or commercial session; Prints may be up to
5x7 in size.
WEDDING / SOCIAL EVENT ALBUM
There are two album categories. In
Category One, all images
appearing in the album are photographed entirely by the entrant.
In
Category Two more than one photographer
photographed the event.
ALBUM RULES
1.
No multiple volume albums allowed.
2.
All photographs must be from the same social event.
3.
Album size is limited to a maximum outside dimension of 400 square
inches or smaller.
However images within the album can be of any size for the purpose
of enhancing creativity and the storytelling aspects of the album.
4.
In Category One,
all images in the album must have been photographed by the entrant.
No other photographer’s images are allowed. The First Place
Albums in Master and Non-Master Divisions will receive the Bill
Stockwell Trophy. Albums
will be judged for Second
5.
In Category Two,
each participating photographer must
have a minimum of 20 of his or her images represented in the
album. However, the
album will be judged as one entity.