Nevada Camera Club, a non-profit photographic membership organization supporting the art and technology of photography, announces Nevada Camera Club 25th Annual Photo Competition.

• Purpose
  • Raise the community level of awareness of photography as an art form.
  • Motivate photographers to create quality images.
  • Provide photographers with an opportunity to show their work and receive recognition for artistic and technical achievement.
  • Reward photographers for photographic achievement.

• Eligibility
  • Open to anyone of any age.
  • Entries must have been photographed by the entrant.
  • Images that have won a first place ribbon in a previous Nevada Camera Club Annual Competition are not eligible.

• Media
  • Accepted media is electronic images submitted as digital files on CD (compact disc).

• Awards
  • The Best of Show winner selected by the judges from the first place winning entries in all categories will be awarded a $50.00 cash prize and the Best of Show ribbon.
  • First place winners in each category will be awarded a ribbon and a matted print made from the winning entry.
  • Second place, third place and honorable mention winners in each category will be awarded ribbons.

• Categories
  • There are fourteen (14) categories.
    • Abstract, Animal/Pets, Commercial, Creative, Documentary , Nature , People, Pictorial, Photojournalism , Portraiture, Still Life, Travel , Unclassified, Wildlife.
  • NOTE: No specific category is defined by technique. Subject matter must be the defining parameter. Care must be taken in the Documentary, Nature, Photojournalism, Travel, and Wildlife categories. Normal photographic processes may be used to enhance the image quality in these five reality based categories but must not be used to alter the truth of the photographic statement. This means not altering the factual representation.

• Image Specifications
  • Images may be horizontal, vertical or square.
    • Horizontal Image: The width must not exceed 1024 pixels. If the height exceeds 768 pixels, the height should be re-sized to 768 pixels or less and the width should be adjusted to maintain the original aspect ratio.
    • Vertical Image: The height must not exceed 768 Pixels.
    • Square Image: Width and height must not exceed 768 pixels.
  • PPI (Pixels Per Inch) may be any number, provided the image width does not exceed 1024 pixels and the image height does not exceed 768 pixels.

• File Format Requirements
  • File format must be JPEG using .jpg as the file extension.
  • Color depth must not exceed 24 bits per pixel.

• Preparing the CD for entry
  • Copy all entry files to a single CD.
  • Mark (label) the CD with the entrants name and phone number.

• Fees
  • The entry fee is $2.00 per image.
  • Each entrant may submit a total of ten (10) images.
  • Images which exceed the specified dimensions or do not meet the required file format or can not be read from the submitted CD will be disqualified and will not be judged. No refund will be made for disqualified images.

• Entry Procedure, Date & Location
  • Use the entry form included in the NCC 25th Annual Photo Competition Rules & Entry Form PDF file which is linked below or submit a reasonable copy.
  • The entry form, CD and entry fee must be submitted together.
  • Entries will be accepted at the following locations:
     
        Friday, June 13, 2008 from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
            Nevada Camera Club Meeting [see location map]
            Sunrise Hospital Auditorium
            3186 S. Maryland Parkway
            Las Vegas, NV 89109-2317
     
        Saturday, June 14, 2008 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
            WRS Building [see Google map]
            1843 Whitney Mesa Drive, Suite 100
            Henderson, NV 89014
     
    
  • Submitted CDs will not be returned.

• Intellectual Property Rights
  • The entrant grants to the Nevada Camera Club the right to display submitted images during the multimedia presentation on July 15, 2008. The entrant also grants to the Nevada Camera Club the right to make one print from each category first place winning image and display said print during the gallery exhibition period. All other rights remain with the entrant.

• Judging
  • Images will be judged by a panel of three photographic judges.
  • Judges have the right to re-categorize images.
  • The decision of the judges is final.

• Opening Reception & Multimedia Presentation
  • A reception opening the exhibition will be held at the Whitney Library on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
  • A multimedia presentation of all entries will be shown in the Whitney Library auditorium following the reception.
  • The public is invited and admission is free.
     
        Whitney Library
        5175 E. Tropicana Avenue
        Las Vegas, NV 89122-6742

• Exhibition
  • Prints made from the first place winning images in each category will be exhibited at the Whitney Library beginning July 16, 2008.
  • The public is invited and admission is free.
  • The exhibition continues through September 23, 2008.
     
        Whitney Library
        5175 E. Tropicana Avenue
        Las Vegas, NV 89122-6742

• Receipt of Awarded Prints
  • Matted prints made from the first place winning images may be picked up at a Nevada Camera Club meeting after the close of the gallery exhibition.
  • For time and location of Nevada Camera Club meetings, please see the Nevada Camera Club web site Invitation page.

The complete rules and official entry form are available for download in Adobe PDF format. The PDF document may be viewed and/or printed after downloading by using Adobe Acrobat Reader. The current version of Acrobat Reader is available free-of-charge from the Adobe web site.