Rules & Categories 2010
FPP Competition Rules & Categories 2010
Frequently Asked Questions – FAQ’s
Competition Registration Instructions
Registration Deadlines:
Discounted 6-Entry Case Fee Registration Deadline: 12:00 Midnight, July 31, 2010 (case fee $85.00 less discount of $25.00, final cost $60.00) Final Registration Deadline: 12:00 Midnight, August 04, 2010. (Case Fee: $85.00) Pay Competition Case Fees
Description of Eligible Membership Status.
All participants must be FPP members, and have paid their Annual dues on or before July 31, 2010 to Florida Professional Photographers, Inc. and mailed to Teri Crownover, Executive Director, 13424 White Cypress Road, Astatula, Florida 34705 to enter. Eligible members for print competition include these categories: Active, Associate, Honorary Life, Out-of-State, Service, and Students. Note: Out-of-State members may enter prints and earn merits toward their Florida degrees, but are not eligible to win any photographic competition awards.
One to six (1-6) entries are allowed for each Degree Classification; Florida Degree of Photographic Excellence (FDPE) or Florida Degree of Artistic Excellence (FDAE), which may contain all photographic prints, all albums or a combination of each not to exceed 6. Each degree’s entries (FDPE or FDAE) must be entered in a separate case with a separate entry fee payment enclosed in each case. There is a limit of four (4) Albums per maker.
Photographic Open Rules
The purpose of this competition is to allow photographers to enter photographic prints or CD albums to be judged relative to the 12 Elements of a Merit Print.(For more information go here.
FPP members are eligible to achieve FPP Salon Merits toward the Florida Degree of Photographic Excellence. (FDPE) These rules pertain to images entered as prints created by traditional photographic processes as well as those captured electronically with a digital camera or scanner.
1. Entrant must have captured and created the original exposure.
2. Any entry which has been reproduced from an existing photograph, portrait, graphic or any other artwork produced by another person is a violation of the competition rules and will not be judged, accepted, or displayed. If an entry, in the good-faith opinion of the Competition Committee, violates copyright, trademark or any other applicable law that entry shall be disqualified.
3. The entrant’s name shall not appear anywhere in or on the face of the entry.
4. A maximum of six entries may be submitted per entrant.
5. No entry will be eligible that has been made under the supervision of an instructor or as a class assignment.
6. No two entries shall be of the same subject.
7. Entries previously merited at any FPP Competition are not eligible including any image from a merited album.
8. Entry media includes photographic prints and digital albums.
9. If an image Merits in any category of FPP competition it may not be entered again in any other category at any time by any entrant. No image that receives a Merit may be entered more than once under any condition.
1. COMMERCIAL consists of Commercial and Industrial entries. If a tear sheet is included, enclose it in an envelope attached to the back, top, center of the entry.
2. PHOTOGRAPHIC OPEN consists of Portrait, Illustrative, Social Event, and Album entries.
3. MOUNTING Print entries must be permanently mounted on standard mount material. (e.g. 3x mat board, gator board, º foam or sintra.) No masonite, glass, stretcher or conventional frames are allowed.
4. Images of any shape and size are allowed and must be mounted on 16 x 20 mount board. (recommended mounting thickness is 1/8″ to 3/8″)
5. No material may be added to the front or back of an entry that may damage another entry.
6. Exception: PPA Master of Photography Degree holders may submit images of any shape and size on a mount board a minimum of 80 square inches to a maximum of 480 square inches, with the largest dimension no longer than 24″.
Album Entries
EVENTS: Use this category for time-sensitive social events such as weddings, bar mitzvahs, etc.
NON-EVENTS: Use this category for portrait and storytelling albums.
CD Format Album Entry: See Special Instructions for CD Albums Submissions.
NOTE: In the case of any Multi-Maker album entries:
1. The makers of a multi-maker album MUST belong to the FPP.
2. Each entrant must pay the appropriate entry fee.
3. Each album entry must have the official entry form submitted with the names for each entrant.
4. Images in the album must be the work of the entrants, with a minimum of 20 images per entrant.
5. Multi-maker albums will be judged as one entry.
6. There is a limit of two (4) albums per maker.
Photographic Open Categories (FDPE Degree)
Portraits:
P-1 Portrait of a Man: Man at least 16 years old.
P-2 Portrait of a Woman: Woman at least 16 years old.
P-3 Portrait of a Child: Male or female under the age of 16.
P-4 Portrait of Children: Two or more children under the age of 16.
P-5 Portrait of a Group: Portrait must be two or more people.
P-6 Environmental Portrait: Subject(s) on location where the environment is significant to the image.
P-7 Figure Study: Portrait of tasteful, artistic nude subject.
P-8 Animal Portrait: Animals (includes birds, reptiles and insects)
Albums (Limit of Two):
A-1 Event Album (Single Maker): Album depicting a single social event.
A-2 Event Album (Multi-Maker): Album depicting a single social event. Each maker must have at least 20 images in the book.
A-3 Non-Event Album (Single Maker): Album depicting any subject. (minimum of 12 Images).
A-4 Non-Event Album (Multi- Maker): Album depicting any subject. Each maker must have at least 12 images in the book.
Illustrative:
I-1 Abstract: Abstract subject matter.
I-2 Landscape: Scenic image of landscape, seascape, cityscape … with or without people.
I-3 Open: Entry of subject matter that does not clearly fit into any other category.
Commercial:
C-1 Advertising Illustration: Image created to advertise a product or service.
C-2 Architectural: Interior or exterior image of a structure.
C-3 Industrial: Image created in an industrial environment.
C-4 Photojournalism: Storytelling, editorial image produced in a non-studio environment for use in a commercial media.
Social Event:
F-1 Social Function Formal Portraiture: Image of one or more individuals associated with a social function captured under controlled conditions.
F-2 Social Function Open: Image of one or more individuals associated with a social function not captured under controlled conditions.
Electronic Imaging Competition Rules (Formerly Art/Tech): (FDAE Degree)
The purpose of this competition is to allow the entrant to demonstrate their electronic imaging skill and expertise in pursuit of the FPP Florida Degree of Artistic Excellence. Entries will be judged for digital, artistic and technical proficiency. Entries must have been sourced, composited, manipulated and/or produced by digital means. FPP members are eligible to achieve FPP Salon Merits toward the FDAE Degree.
Eligibility
1. All digital manipulation must have been performed by the entrant.
2. Any entry which has been reproduced from an existing photograph, portrait, graphic or any other artwork produced by another person must be accompanied by permission from that maker and pasted on the back of the entry. If an entry, in the good-faith opinion of the Competition Committee, violates copyright, trademark or any other applicable law that entry shall be disqualified.
3. Each entry must be titled. The entrant’s name must not appear on face of a print entry.
4. A maximum of six entries may be submitted per entrant.
5. No entry will be eligible that has been made under the
supervision of an instructor or as a class assignment.
6. No two entries shall be of the same subject.
7. Entries previously merited by the entrant at any FPP Competition are not eligible.
8. Entries in this competition may be submitted by another entrant in the photographic competition in a different year, provided it hasn’t merited. (See Photographic Rules for eligibility)
9. If an image Merits in any category of FPP competition it may not be entered again in any other category at any time by any entrant. No image that receives a Merit may be entered more than once under any conditions.
Electronic Imaging
1. Entries in this category shall include any subject that can be submitted as a print. Entries may include guide images. It should be noted that judges are limited to the information available to them on the entry. Guide images should clearly demonstrate the artist’s talent in producing the final image.
2. If an entry includes guide images, they must be mounted adjacent to the finished print on the face of a 20″x 24″ mount board.
3. Print entries without guide images must be mounted on 16×20 mount board.
4. Guide images (11×14 maximum) are strongly recommended to demonstrate the digital expertise that has been performed.
5. To allow display in the print exhibit, recommended thickness for prints is 1/8″ to 3/8″
6. No foreign material may be added to the front or back of the entry that may damage another entry
Exception: PPA Master of Electronic Imaging Degree holders may submit, entries of any shape and size on a mount board a minimum of 80 square inches to a maximum of 480 square inches, with the largest dimensions no longer than 24”.
Electronic Imaging Categories
Electronic Art:
EA-1 Digital Portrait Retouching: Entry in this category must demonstrate the ability of the artist to provide digital retouching services. Entry will be judged on the retouching, not the original image.
EA-2 Digital Restoration: Entry in this category must demonstrate the ability of the artist to provide digital restoration services. Entry will be judged on the restoration, not the original image.
EA-3 Digital Art: Entry in this category should be an artistic image created using any method a maker desires, normally Photoshop, Painter, etc., and is not required to appear photographic in its final form. The final image must be based on photographic originals that are clearly recognizable in the final entry.
Electronic Manipulation:
EM-1 Digital Illustrative Art: Entry created with a combination of photographic images and digital tools to provide a final creative image. This category is designed to allow you to use various digital tools and software to produce a final image that gives the impression of a photograph. The final image MUST appear to be photographic. Any image that is obviously derived from a “painting” will not be accepted.
Electronic Album:
Entries in each category may utilize the digital tools accepted in the EI Category.
EB-1 Open Album (Single Maker): Album depicting any subject.
EB-2 Open Album (Multi Maker): Album depicting any subject. Each maker must have at least 12 images in the book.
Frequently Asked Questions – Competition
There are Rules and there is Honor…
Helen Ciallella, President of the FPP in 1984 recently wrote the following remarks regarding the issue of honesty in entering images in competition.
Let us also use the term , “Honor” and hope that we are “honorable people” who will play by the rules which are more valuable than attaining an 80 in print competition. If not, the value which we hold dear means nothing and those less honorable may achieve the ribbon with the medal, but it is tarnished and so is that persons character.
Helen
It is our hope of the Competition Committee that all members achieve their degrees and awards with honor.
Scoring:
100 – 95 Exceptional
94 – 90 Superior
89 – 85 Excellent
84 – 80 Very Good
79 – 76 Good
75 – 74 Average
73 – 70 Fair
69 - 0 Unacceptable
Special Information on Fuji Masterpiece Awards:
The Fujifilm Masterpiece Award is presented by the judges to 2 entries with the highest score above 80 and having used Fuji paper to print the entry in the categories Portrait and Social Event (Wedding).
The Kodak Gallery Award is presented by the judges to 5 entries scoring 80+ in the following categories: Commercial, Illustrative, Social Event and Portrait. Visit Kodak Gallery Award for more information.
A printed image that was not made with Kodak’s products may be considered for a Gallery Award. However, for an image to be eligible for a Gallery Elite Award, the image must have been produced either digitally or with KODADAK PROFESSISSIONAL Film, and the image must be printed on any of the following:
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL ENDURA Papers
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL ENDURA Display Materials
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL EKTATHERM Media
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL Inkjet Photo Paper
