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PPLA 2015 - SPRING SEMINAR
Digital Photographic Competition Rules
Sunday, March 29, 2015
DIGITAL ENTRIES ONLY!
1 - The entry fee for the PPLA Spring Digital Competition is
$30.00 for up to 6 digital entries.
2 – Digital Files are required for judging. For data handling and
tracking purposes, all entries must be logged into and uploaded
to
the
PPLA
Print
Competition
program
at
www.printcompetition.com using your email address on file
with PPLA, request your password. If you need any assistance,
feel free to email support@proofcast.com with your questions.
There is an instruction document link on site as well.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRY IS MIDNIGHT, FRIDAY,
MARCH 27, 2015.
3 - Maximum number of entries is (6) (six) entries. Entries can
be either a single Digital Image or Digital Multi-Image Folio.
The maximum number of Digital Multi-Image Folios that can
be entered is two (2). The maximum number of Digital Images
that can be entered is four (4). Entries can consist of (6)
Digital Images and no Digital Multi-Image folios, (5) Digital
Images and (1) Digital Multi Image Folio, or (4) Digital Images
and (2) Digital Image Folios.
4 - No two separate entries are allowed of the same subject, or
may any two entries be so similar as to appear to be of the same
subject. Within the Digital Multi-Image Folio competition all
images must be of the same subject or family group and created
within the scope of a single photographic session.
5 -The categories will be for General Division and NO Master
Division:
Competition: A minimum of two entries in a category are
required to have a competition.
General Division: The General Division is open for any PPLA
Member or Aspiring Member who has not yet achieved the
Degree of Master Photographer through PPA.
Portrait
General
Portrait
Child
Portrait
Bride
Portrait
High School Senior
Photojournalism
Sports or Event
Photojournalism
Wedding Candid
Illustrative
Scenic or Landscape
Illustrative
Wildlife
Illustrative
Storytelling
Electronic Imaging
Composite or Illustration
Electronic Imaging
Copy and Restoration
Commercial
Digital Multi Image Folio
6 – Ribbons will be awarded to First Place and Distinguished in
each category in General Division based on the number of
entries in each category. Divisions: Best of Show will also be
awarded as well as Judges Choice.
7 - The creators name cannot be visible on the images.
8 - There is no limit to the number of images that can be entered
into a category. You can enter all of your entries into one
category or one into each of several categories - the distribution
of the entries is the decision of the entrant.
9 - The image can be arranged in any manner desirable by the
creator as long as:
Image must be titled
Image in a jpg format Quality of 10 and not exceed 7.5 MB
Image size longest dimension is 4000 pixels
Image must contain an embedded color profile of either sRGB
or Adobe RGB1998
10 - The winning entries will be posted on the PPLA web site.
Please obtain the proper model release from your client.
Winning images not having releases available will not be
posted on the PPLA web site.
12 - The judging will begin on Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 9
am. All entries must be uploaded no later than Midnight,
Friday, MARCH 27, 2015. THERE WILL BE NO
EXCEPTIONS!
13 - Please direct any questions regarding this competition to
this year’s PPLA Print Committee Chair Robby Bishop (cell)
337-296-7484.
14 - PPLA assumes no responsibility for damage to or loss of
entries
15 - Failure to comply with these rules may result in
disqualification of entry. A willful violation of the “spirit” of a
rule will be considered the same as a violation of the “letter of
that rule.
16 –All Current PPLA active, aspiring or student members who
have paid their dues prior to MARCH 1, 2015 are eligible to
enter the 2015 Competition.
17 –Non-members are eligible to submit images for judging,
but are not eligible to receive awards.
18 –Entry must be captured and created by entrant.
19 –No entry will be eligible that has been made under the
supervision of an instructor or as a class assignment.
20 –Entries previously merited bearing PPA Seals of Approval
from a PPA affiliated judging which have not yet been
submitted to the PPA International Competition are not
eligible, including any image from a merited album.
21 –EI- Electronic Imaging will consist of images created
within a computer by electronic means, or photographic images
altered with the use of electronic techniques to produce an
entirely new derivative artwork. Since nearly all images capture
is currently being done digitally, the mere capture of an image
using a digital camera does not constitute electronic imaging.
Conventional photography (such as portraiture) performed
using digital capture and subjected to normal electronic
retouching and/or other electronic alterations should be entered
into one of the photographic open categories. Prints of
electronic images are required. There will be no monitor
judging.
22 –The judging procedures for 2015 will coincide as closely as
possible with the standards of the official PPA-PEC judging
guidelines. Images scoring 80 and above will comprise the
Court of Honor. Images scoring 80-81 and 78-79 will go
through the review process with all 80-81 scores first being
reviewed to be lowered to 79, then all 78-79 scores (including
those lowered in the 1st round) reviewed to be raised to 80.
Best of category will be determined by the judges in the side by
side comparison and may not necessarily be awarded to the
highest numerical scoring image in the category. All images
scoring 78 and above will be included in the exhibition. For an
image to be considered for an award for distinguished award
certificate, the image must score a minimum 78. Images scoring
below 76 will not be exhibited, but will be made available for
the judge’s critique for the maker.
23 – Judges Critique will be offered to anyone wishing to
schedule a 15 minute one on one going over your images during
Spring Seminar. You must sign up on line for this, to allow for
scheduling.
PPLA Print and Digital Competitions are by the Honor
System. By marking a category, you as a member are giving
your word that these things are true.
There is not a President’s Award given at
Spring, but keep this theme in mind while
you are preparing your images to enter the
state print competition. The main purpose
for this Spring Digital Competition is to
prepare you for the Big One! This is the
competition where we all help each other,
sharing constructive suggestions and
critique. Take advantage of this opportunity
to learn and share in a friendly, safe
arena. We want you to score BIG!
Print Critique Workshops:
February 22, 2015 (Baton Rouge, La.)
May 31, 2015 (Lafayette. La.)
SPX PPLA State Print Competition Alert!
The President’s Theme for the year is
“Heroes Among Us”. It is also the theme for
the President’s Choice Award at SPX.
Karla Byron, PPLA President wanted each of
you to have an opportunity to give praise or
to honor someone you have over looked or
forgotten. Take the opportunity to thank that
mentor, teacher, loved one, forgive and
forget, let them know what they mean to you,
none of us are promised tomorrow. We all
live in a fast paced world sometimes
realizing when it is too late, what someone
meant to us or the way they moved us
changing our lives forever.
The President’s Award has historically
been one of the most coveted awards given
by the PPLA Print Competition. This award
is the image that best represents the theme
decided upon by the current PPLA
President. To be chosen by the panel of
Judges, (not by the President.)