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Vermont Professional Photographers 2024 Vermont Photographic Competition Rules NOTICE: This a remote photo competition. All entries are only digital, with the exception of those entering Mac Derick. |
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NOTICE: All entries are digital only for this remote photo competition. 1. IMAGE FEES AND DEADLINES
2. PRINTCOMPETITION.COM
3. ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS COMPETITION
4. ENTRIES ALLOWED
5. OUT-OF-STATE ENTRIES
6. OUTSOURCING
7. AI-GENERATED IMAGES
8. CERTIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITY a. By entering this photographic competition, each entrant certifies they created, composed, and made the original exposures and the processing, printing, and special effects were done by them, or under their direction, and all entries contain only appropriate content. 9. DIGITAL ENTRIES – SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
10. JUDGING
11. IMAGE CORNERS a. Blue, red, and white corners are awarded as follows: i. Blue = 80-100; Red = 75-79; White = 70-74 12.PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE CATEGORIES
iii. Landscape/Cityscape iv. Wedding/Events:
v. Artist
13+ continued... | 13. CREATIVE THEME AWARD a. This year’s theme is “Face-to-Face.”
14. MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER a. Awarded to a Vermonter who has competed in VPP’s Image Competition for 2 consecutive years, or more. 15. STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHER AWARD
16. GEORGE R. READ MEMORIAL AWARD
17. COURT OF HONOR AWARDS
18. BEST BLACK & WHITE AWARD a. This award goes to the highest scoring B&W entry, 80-100. b. Or is a judges’ choice if more than one entry in this category scores in the same highest scoring level (Excellent, Superior, Exceptional). 19. BEST PORTRAIT AWARD a. This award goes to the highest scoring PORTRAIT entry, 80-100. b. Or is a judges’ choice if more than one entry in this category scores in the same highest scoring level (Excellent, Superior, Exceptional). 20. BEST WEDDING/EVENT AWARD a. This award goes to the highest scoring WEDDING/EVENT entry, 80-100. b. Or is a judges’ choice if more than one entry in this category scores in the same highest scoring level (Excellent, Superior, Exceptional). 21. BEST ILLUSTRATIVE AWARD a. This award goes to the highest scoring ILLUSTRATIVE entry, 80-100. b. Or is a judges’ choice if more than one entry in this category scores in the same highest scoring level (Excellent, Superior, Exceptional). 22. BEST LANDSCAPE AWARD a. This award goes to the highest scoring LANDSCAPE entry, 80-100. b. Or is a judges’ choice if more than one entry in this category scores in the same highest scoring level (Excellent, Superior, Exceptional). 23. BEST ARTIST AWARD a. This award goes to the highest scoring ARTIST entry, 80-100. b. Or is a judges’ choice if more than one entry in this category scores in the same highest scoring level (Excellent, Superior, Exceptional). 24. BEST OF SHOW AWARD
27. DIGITAL ALBUM
i. So, enter it in one of the 5 image categories.
i. https://www.ppa.com/credentials-mem/merit-image-review/mir-rules
28. VERMONT HIGH LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS: GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE
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29.MACK DERICK MEMORIAL AWARD
A. This award was established to give members a continuing incentive to create and enter images of their own production. The award is in memory of one of the founders of VPP and a lifelong craftsman of the photographic arts. The intent of this award is to honor the craftsmanship of photography. This includes exposure of a sensitized material, film or digital sensor, which is processed in chemistry, or with a computer, and brought to a print through a chemical process, or an inkjet printer. B. To earn this award, a member of VPP (also known as the “maker”) must enter a physical print and a digital image annually in the Mack Derick Memorial Award category. C. Judging shall be on the same basis as the VPP Photography Competition. The print/image shall earn the following points: 90+ = 5 pts; 85-89 = 4 pts; 80-84 = 3 pts; 75-79 = 2 pts; 74 = 1 pt; 73 & below = 0 pts D. To receive the Mack Derick Memorial Award, the maker must compete for this award annually until 15 points have been earned. If the maker misses a year, any points they have earned will reset to (0) zero. E. Each print must be wholly of the maker’s own production (except for color first generation processing) from photographic capture to the finished mounted print, including all retouching, enhancements, and printing. F. Prints shall conform to the current rules for entry into VPP’s Photography Competition. G. The print, which may be a black and white, or color, print and will be in addition to the case total allowed by the VPP Print Rules. H. Transparencies are not eligible. I. An identical digital image of the Mack Derick physical print must be registered on PrintCompetiton.com. There is no entry fee for this category. J. The deadline for delivering the current year’s print to the VPP Photography Competition Chairman is any time before the judges start scoring the competition. If the Competition Chairman receives the print after this deadline, the image will receive (0) zero points, the maker keeps previously earned points, and the maker may continue entering this category the following year. If the print is not delivered by the end of the current year’s competition, this will be considered a missed year, and any earned Mack Derick points will be forfeited and reset to (0) zero. K. If the current year’s competition is a virtual competition, the maker‘s Mack Derick digital image is what the judges will score for points. If the competition is in-person, the maker’s physical print will be judged for points. L. Apply the Mack Derick Memorial Award label on the back of the entry print. See below. M. Mack Derick Memorial Award recipients may receive this award one time only.
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VPP Photography Committee Chairman’s Notes PRINTCOMPETITION.COM provides a valuable learning experience for its members by offering an extensive library of images to view. Your entries will be added to the database unless you express, in writing, that you do not want this to happen. To opt out, send an email to the image committee chairman. APPROPRIATE CONTENT VPP’s Photographic Competition chairman has the right to disqualify any entry if it does not adhere to the rules or if it risks undermining the integrity of the competition. VPP and the PPA Merit Image Review. Both levels of competition, VPP and PPA, use the same image preparation standard, so you only need to make one set of digital files if you choose to compete with your VPP entries at the PPA level of competition. *For more details of the PPA Merit Image Review: https://www.ppa.com/credentials-mem/merit-image-review |