ATTENTION PHOTOGRAPHY TEACHERS AND CLUB SPONSORS

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1 November 10, 2010 ATTENTION PHOTOGRAPHY TEACHERS AND CLUB SPONSORS The Ocean County Camera Club will be holding its 7 th annual student photography competition for high school students in Ocean and Monmouth Counties on March 19, In last year s competition we received 157 photos from 11 high schools, and sent 65 photographs on to the national competition sponsored by the Photographic Society of America. Out of these 65 photos, 18 were chosen to be on display during the PSA s annual conference. Please start selecting your best photos for this year s contest. All information and forms are posted on our website to expedite the information to you, reduce expenses for us and to be environmentally friendly as well. The location and time of this year s competition will posted at a later date. Please check our club website for this information. All entries must be postmarked by March 5, The rules are the same as last year, allowing each school to submit 3 photos per category. The subject categories are: photojournalism, human interest, architecture, landscape/waterscape, and photographer s choice. The photographs may be in color or black and white. They may be taken with film or digital and they may be processed at home or commercially. The photos must be NO smaller than 5 x 7 and no larger than 9 x 12 or they will be disqualified. They cannot be mounted or framed. Please be sure to read all pages of this document. If you are having difficulty with the attachment, please me and I will assist you with the problem. To ensure accuracy, write all information as clearly as possible and include sponsor s address. All photo entries must be sent along with the appropriate forms to: OCCC Student Photo Contest c/o Bea Gagliano 229 North Drive Lakewood, NJ We are continuing our tradition with our Earle Stevens Best of Show Award, in honor of our past president. Earle was instrumental in developing this competition and we hope to continue his effort in the future. You can visit our website to learn more about the club and also to view last year s student contest winners. Click on the galleries and look for 2010 student photo contest. Sincerely, Bea Gagliano Director HS Student Competition [email protected] The student competition is sponsored by the Ocean County Camera Club. The Ocean County Camera Club is sponsored by the Lakewood Community School.

2 High School Student Competition Entry Rules Each high school may enter up to a total of 15 photos. Each photograph must be placed in a category and each category will be limited to 3 entries. Please read the information on each of the 5 categories below. Photojournalism Action or event shots taken as available. Also known as grab shots, photojournalism shots are not posed. Human Interest Must include at least one person. Should show interaction and/or emotion. Does not include sports action shots, which should be entered in the photojournalism category. For example, athletes before or after an event may be included in the human interest category. While the athlete is competing he is considered to be a photojournalism shot. Architecture Must include a man made structure or an element of a man made structure. Landscape/Waterscape (one category) An image from nature which may or may not include a man made element. Photographer s Choice Also known as anything goes. The Photographs All images MUST be the work of the student photographer. It is imperative that teachers/sponsors monitor the students and ensure that all work is that of the students submitting photographs. All students must be in high school (grades 9 through 12). Must be printed in black and white or color. No slides will be accepted. May be no smaller than 5 x 7 and no larger than 9 x 12 or they will be disqualified. Photos can be printed with or without a border. Submit photos un mounted and do not mat. May be printed by the student or commercially. Photographs can be taken with film or digitally. Photos WILL NOT be returned. On the back of each photograph, place the label shown below. Please copy the label, cut and tape on to the back of each photograph. Please write clearly when filling out the label. We will not be responsible for typographical errors. NOTE: Photos will not be returned All photos must have a title and be assigned to a category. Please remember the 3 photo limit for each category.

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4 High School Student Competition Entry Rules continued Submit all photos to: OCCC Contest c/o Bea Gagliano 229 North Drive Lakewood, NJ All entries must be postmarked by March 5, 2011 Judging Criteria Each photograph will be judged by a three person panel of qualified judges. Judges will be announced in early Images will be judged for appropriateness to the category in which it is submitted, quality, composition and creativity. Local Competition Will be announced at a later date. Photographers and/or their sponsors need not be present at the judging. A first, second and third place will be awarded in each category. The judges will choose an Earl Stevens Best of Show Award from the first place award winners in each category. Judges will award honorable mentions at their discretion. All winners will receive ribbons, posting on the OCCC website. The winner of the Earl Stevens Best of Show Award will receive a plaque that will be presented at one of the club s meetings. National Competition One photograph from each high school in the categories of human interest, landscape/waterscape, architecture, and photojournalism may be submitted to the Photographic Society of American (PSA) International Youth Competition, at the discretion of the contest chairman. Two photographs from each high school in the photographer s choice category may be submitted to the PSA International Youth Competition, at the discretion of the contest chairman. PSA Awards: 1. A complete list of awards will be announced on our website 2. All five winning prints along with each photographer s portrait and biography will appear in the September 2012 issue of the PSA Journal. 3. The top five photographs will be displayed on the PSA s website for four months followed by the five 1 st Honorable Mention photographs for another four months. 4. Nationally, approximately 25% of the prints will be accepted and exhibited at the Annual PSA International Conference to be held in the fall of 2012.

5 IMPORTANT NOTICE PSA AND OCEAN CAMERA CLUB DISCLAIMER STATEMENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION Entries must originate as photographs (image captures of object via light) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his/her own and permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the competition/exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. The competition/exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright. (Please distribute to all students entering photographs.) IMPORTANT NOTICE PSA AND OCEAN CAMERA CLUB DISCLAIMER STATEMENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION Entries must originate as photographs (image captures of object via light) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his/her own and permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the competition/exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. The competition/exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright. (Please distribute to all students entering photographs.) IMPORTANT NOTICE PSA AND OCEAN CAMERA CLUB DISCLAIMER STATEMENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION Entries must originate as photographs (image captures of object via light) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his/her own and permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the competition/exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. The competition/exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright. (Please distribute to all students entering photographs.)

6 The Ocean County Camera Club High School Competition in conjunction with the Photographic Society of America Please include this form if submitting photographs from several members of a class or club. Please write clearly and include address!! Sponsor Form Name: Title: High School: Address: Telephone #: address: List of students sponsored Student s Name Category # of Pics Mailing address for Entry: Bea Gagliano, 229 North Drive, Lakewood, NJ Questions: [email protected] DEADLINE: POSTMARKED BY March 5, 2011