DVCCC PHOTO TRAVEL CIRCUIT

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:

The DVCCC Photo Travel Circuit is open to all photographers around the world. However, an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to exhibition rules and conditions.

Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own and permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media relating to the exhibitions. This may include low resolution posting on a website. The exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyrights. The digital images for this Exhibition may be acquired digitally, or scanned from traditional film to create a digital file.

By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own and permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication on an Internet Website and/or display in media related to the exhibition. The exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright by the entrant.

COMPETITION DIVISION:

PSA’s Photo Travel Division

SECTIONS:

There will be two Sections. Both sections must meet the Photo Travel Division criteria. The criteria is a Photo Travel image that must express the feeling of a time and place, portray a land, its people, or a culture in its natural state, and has no geographical limitations. Ultra close-ups which lose their identity, studio-type model shots, or photographic manipulations that misrepresent the true situation or alter the content of the image are unacceptable in Photo Travel competition. No elements may be moved, cloned, added, deleted, rearranged or combined. No manipulation or modification is permitted except resizing, cropping, selective lightening or darkening, and restoration of original color of the scene. No special effect filters can be applied. Any sharpening must appear natural. The judges will be read the criteria before the start of judging.

To compete for the Local Novices Sliver Metal this year all DVCCC Clubs entrants are eligible with the exception of those members having a PSA PTD Star. The Club affiliation must be indicated on the Entry Form number T12.

A. PHOTO TRAVEL -- OPEN

Any image meeting the photo travel image criteria above.

B. PHOTO TRAVEL -- THEME

The photo travel theme for the DVCCC 2010 Circuit is Structures. Images must meet the photo travel image criteria above. The images may be of outside or inside of religious buildings, municipal buildings, towers, bridges, cave dwellings and other dwellings..

4. ENTRY FORM:

The Entry Form must be submitted electronically. The Entry Form is available on this Website

A.   Instructions for filling out the Entry Form are included on the Submission page. The Entry Form must be filled out on the Web Site and sent by using the “Submit” button at the bottom of the Entry Form.

B.   Send the image files in a separate Email to dvcccpt@verizon.net. marked with the Subject: DVCCC DIGITAL IMAGES.

C.   See the instructions for paying the fee below.

Please check the status of your entries and the payment of the Fee on the Web Site about a week after sending so they can be resent if necessary.

ENTRY IMAGE FILES:

The Images must be sent separately from the Entry Form. The images must be in .jpg format. A maximum of 4 images may be submitted per Section. Please do not Zip the files. See Paragraph 6 for instructions on how to name your JPEG Electronic Files. Send to dvcccpt@verizon.net with the Subject :DVCCC DIGITAL IMAGES. The images can be sent one at a time or in groups of four for each section, depending on your Internet Provider (ISP) and Modem Speed. When sending your images by E-mail, your message should say how many images are attached and should show your full name.

6. IMAGE FILE NAME: (HOW TO NAME YOUR JPEG IMAGE FILES)

Judging will be done by projecting images on a screen with an Electronic Projector at a resolution of 1024 X 768 set to 16.7 million colors. In each section the entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging.

Three judges will be used with a score from each judge ranging from 2 to 9. The sum of the three scores will be used to determine acceptance. Each Image will have a Minimum score 6, Maximum Score 27.


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	CONDITIONS OF ENTRY: The DVCCC Photo Travel Circuit is open to all photographers around the world. However, an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to exhibition rules and conditions. Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own and permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media relating to the exhibitions. This may include low resolution posting on a website. The exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyrights. The digital images for this Exhibition may be acquired digitally, or scanned from traditional film to create a digital file. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own and permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication on an Internet Website and/or display in media related to the exhibition. The exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright by the entrant. COMPETITION DIVISION: PSA’s Photo Travel Division SECTIONS: There will be two Sections. Both sections must meet the Photo Travel Division criteria. The criteria is a Photo Travel image that must express the feeling of a time and place, portray a land, its people, or a culture in its natural state, and has no geographical limitations. Ultra close-ups which lose their identity, studio-type model shots, or photographic manipulations that misrepresent the true situation or alter the content of the image are unacceptable in Photo Travel competition. No elements may be moved, cloned, added, deleted, rearranged or combined. No manipulation or modification is permitted except resizing, cropping, selective lightening or darkening, and restoration of original color of the scene. No special effect filters can be applied. Any sharpening must appear natural. The judges will be read the criteria before the start of judging. To compete for the Local Novices Sliver Metal this year all DVCCC Clubs entrants are eligible with the exception of those members having a PSA PTD Star. The Club affiliation must be indicated on the Entry Form number T12. A. PHOTO TRAVEL -- OPEN Any image meeting the photo travel image criteria above. B. PHOTO TRAVEL -- THEME The photo travel theme for the DVCCC 2010 Circuit is Structures. Images must meet the photo travel image criteria above. The images may be of outside or inside of religious buildings, municipal buildings, towers, bridges, cave dwellings and other dwellings.. 4. ENTRY FORM: The Entry Form must be submitted electronically. The Entry Form is available on this Website A. Instructions for filling out the Entry Form are included on the Submission page. The Entry Form must be filled out on the Web Site and sent by using the “Submit” button at the bottom of the Entry Form. B. Send the image files in a separate Email to dvcccpt@verizon.net. marked with the Subject: DVCCC DIGITAL IMAGES. C. See the instructions for paying the fee below. Please check the status of your entries and the payment of the Fee on the Web Site about a week after sending so they can be resent if necessary. ENTRY IMAGE FILES: The Images must be sent separately from the Entry Form. The images must be in .jpg format. A maximum of 4 images may be submitted per Section. Please do not Zip the files. See Paragraph 6 for instructions on how to name your JPEG Electronic Files. Send to dvcccpt@verizon.net with the Subject :DVCCC DIGITAL IMAGES. The images can be sent one at a time or in groups of four for each section, depending on your Internet Provider (ISP) and Modem Speed. When sending your images by E-mail, your message should say how many images are attached and should show your full name. 6. IMAGE FILE NAME: (HOW TO NAME YOUR JPEG IMAGE FILES) The DVCCC PT Circuit has two sections for each Exhibition.: A. Photo Travel Open B. Photo Travel Theme The appropriate section letter (A, B) must be used as part of the Electronic File Name. Your surname and the initial of your first name will be used as the first part of the Electronic File Name as shown below: Surname is your Family name. “X” is the first character (Initial) in your given name. #### is the last four digits of your phone number. Y is the Section letter (A, B). Z is the image number (1-4) of the entry. Example: The following four images were submitted in Section A, by John Smith, Phone No. 727-784-1234 smith-j-1234-A1.jpg smith-j-1234-A2.jpg smith-j-1234-A3.jpg smith-j-1234-A4.jpg These FILE NAMES must be identical to those that you enter on the Entry Form and must contain your Surname (in lower case letters) as shown in the above Example. This naming convention is necessary to assure that files from different makers will have unique names. TITLES are used for the description of your image. example: BENGAL TIGER. PLEASE DO NOT USE YOUR TITLES FOR YOUR JPEG IMAGE FILE NAMES. There are separate lines provided on the Entry Form for your TITLES. ENTRY FILE DIMENSIONS AND SIZE: The required maximum horizontal dimension is 1024 pixels and the maximum vertical dimension is 768 pixels. Smaller Images are acceptable. If the Images do not meet the file criteria, the Salon committee will try to notify the entrant by a posting on the Salon Web Site so that the images can be resent. If this is not possible, the Salon committee will try to resolve the problem. Please keep your image size under 500Kb. JUDGING: Judging will be done by projecting images on a screen with an Electronic Projector at a resolution of 1024 X 768 set to 16.7 million colors. In each section the entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging. Three judges will be used with a score from each judge ranging from 2 to 9. The sum of the three scores will be used to determine acceptance. Each Image will have a Minimum score 6, Maximum Score 27. ENTRY FEE: The Entry Fee is 13 USD for one section and 18 USD for both sections. This fee structure is the same for both the United States of America and over seas entries. Fee will be accepted by Cash USD. Checks and money orders must be in U.S. funds on a U.S. Bank. Checks shall be made out to: DVCCC PayPal payment can be made through: dvcccpt@verizon.net Entries received without fee will not be judged and will not be sent any results. Fee must be received by closing date (See DVCCC Photo Travel Circuit Page for closing dates). Entry Fee are to be mailed to: Marvin Harper 58 Woodhaven Lane Willingboro, NJ 08046 USA ACCEPTANCE RESULTS: The scores, acceptances and awards for each person entering will be sent following each of the three exhibitions. After all three Exhibits have been compiled a catalog will be produced listing the acceptance and awards given for each image. The information of which images received acceptances will be sent to PSA Photo Travel Star Rating Director. The catalog with color reproduction of the award winning images will be posted on the DVCCC Web Site. http://www.dvccc-photo.org EXHIBITION PUBLIC SHOWINGS: For the Pine Barrens Exhibition - 3/16/2010 South Jersey Camera Club For the Colonial Exhibition - 5/12/2010 Upper Marion Camera Club For the Brandywine Exhibition. 4/24/2010-"DVCCC Foto Fling" Maple Shade Municipal Center Maple Shade, NJ Slide Show will be shown on a high resolution Electronic Projector.