SPENCER-PENN PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

Semi- Annual Photo Competition

Photography Entry Rules

APRIL AND NOVEMBER 2015

Entry Rules

• Only one entry per person per category is permitted.  Photo must be entrant’s own work.  Photo must have been taken 1 year from entry date and must be a first time competition entry at Spencer-Penn competition.
• Amateur photographers only -  photography is a hobby—not means of livelihood past or present.  Entrants will be separated into novice/beginner and experienced divisions.
• Photos may not be digitally manipulated in basic categories; however, they can be entered in a specially designated “Digitally Manipulated” category.
• Prints may be made from either home or commercial printers.
• Prints must be 8” x 10” in size and mounted in an 11” x 14” mat.  Mats must be white in color.  (Mats may be purchased at the Spencer-Penn Centre with advance notice.)  No frames allowed.
• Items of an offensive, controversial or objectionable nature or subject matter as determined by Director of Spencer-Penn Centre and/or the judges in keeping with family values and community standards.
• Photographs must be entered in person by the entrant or their designated representative on the first Monday and Tuesday of  both April and  November of each year, between 2 and 7 pm at the Centre.  Photographs will be displayed for that month and picked up the following month.  Any item not picked up may become the property of the Centre.
• Photographs of children (under age 18) must be that of the entrant and/or their relative or accompanied by a signed release from the child’s parent/legal guardian.  Release forms are available at the Centre.
• Youth entrants are judged with adults until number of entries by youth justifies their own division.
• $1 entry fee will be charged for each photograph entered in competition, with a maximum fee of $10 per person. (17 possible entries)
   Fees collected goes to support needed projects at Spencer-Penn such as paving the  parking lot.  Number of  entries at Spencer-Penn gives entrants 17 choices  as Patrick County Fair limits entries to 4 and State Fair limits entries to 10. 
   

Categories

Portraits:  Depiction of a personality, head or full figure, posed or informal (not candid) where the person is the main interest.  Duos are permitted.     
                   Black and white and color judged separately.

Human Interest:  People interacting with others or their environment, candid.  Black-and-white and color judged separately.

Landscapes:  Scenic & architectural, water, sunsets, buildings, roads, etc.  Black-and-white and color judged separately.

Floral:  Flowers, gardens & plants cultivated or wild.  Black-and-white and color judged separately.

Animals:  Wild or domestic, pets.  Black-and-white and color judged separately.

Children:  Including babies.  Black-and-white and color judged separately.

Still Life:  Arrangement of design elements within a composition as a grouping of inanimate and non-moving objects, which
              may be natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, shells, etc) or man-made (books, vases, jewelry, coins, etc. 
                  Black and white and color judged separately.  New entry with examples below:

Spencer-Penn Centre Remembered:  Depiction of any aspect of Spencer-Penn Centre from the previous year.  Black-and-white and color judged together.

Humor:  Makes us laugh.  Black-and-white and color judged together.

Digital Manipulation:  Any subject.  Must be the original work of the exhibitor.  Black-and-white and color judged together. 

Photography Judging

• Program Manager of Spencer-Penn Centre will approve the judging of the photographs.
• Any judges selected  will not be allowed to judge photographs of their family or any conflict of interest issues.
• A ribbon will be awarded for first, second, and third place in each category listed above.  When black-and-white and color are judged separately prizes will be awarded for each.  Prizes will be awarded separately for novice/beginner and experienced photographer divisions.  If any category has less than 5 entries, all 3 prizes may not be awarded.
•  “Honorable mention”  and "Best of Show" ribbons will be awarded as appropriate.
• Judging criteria will include impact, composition, lighting, and simplicity.
• Spencer-Penn Centre is not responsible for photos lost or damaged.  Photos not picked up by the deadline may become the property of the Centre.
• Names of winners will be posted on this site/page the same week of judging. 

Judges

   Deana Clark, Photographer, Stuart, VA 

                Mike Wray, Chief Photographer, Martinsville Bulletin

LIST OF LAST COMPETITION WINNERS