"Exploring the art of Photography"
Chairman: Bart Navarro
Questions about competition?
printcomp
@greaterlynnphoto.org
Due Dates: (generally, images are due the last Monday of the month; competition night is generally the 3rd to the last Monday of the month)
| Images Due | Competition Nights |
| April 29, 2013 | May 6, 2013 |
| Oct 15 | Mike Di Stefano, MNEC |
| Jan 14 | Paul Smith, MNEC |
| Feb 11 | Ray Guillette, Hon NEC |
| Mar 11 | Don Toothaker |
| Apr 1 | Gail Hansche-Godin, MNEC |
| Apr 15 | Art Vaughan, MNEC |
| May 6 Annual | Mike Di Stefano, MNEC Don Toothaker Dan Charbonnet, FPSA MNEC |
Print Competition 2012-2013
Print Chairman Bart Navarro
Year 2013 Competition
(the printed image was photographed with its matting to present here)
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| Class B Print of the Year Abandoned Mark Donnelly | Class A Print of the Year Storm Brewing Jim McGahan | Masters Class Print of the Year Wetlands in Winter #2 Jacob Mosser |
Galleries of winners from past competitions
Greater Lynn holds monthly print competitions. Rules of Competition and deadlines for submission are all listed to the left. Please note that there have been some rule changes this year. See below for a description of those changes. Feel free to ask questions of the Print Chairman at the email address provided.
Competing is an excellent way to improve your photographic skills. Listening to the judge’s comments on your prints and the prints of the other competitors gives you a better insight into your photography.
Be sure to take advantage of our print group held on Thursdays, usually held the week before print competition. There is a wealth of information available to those who attend these very informative meetings. Do bring some of your prints for discussion.
So join us for a good and entertaining season of photography - and compete!
Please Note: There have been a few rule changes this year, so please be sure to read through the Competition Rules. Please print them out so you have them to refer to.
You will be given a supply of pre-printed labels for you to note your name, class, title and category of your print which should be placed on the back upper left corner of the print.
The name of the Creative Contemporary category has been changed to Manipulated Art. This more accurately describes what the category is. It will operate as it has in the past. Because of the lower number of prints entered in this category, entries from all classes will be combined for the judging. Individual scores will be applied to the maker's accumulated total within his or her class. A similar category is being created in the Projected Image Competition this year as well.
A new category has been added called Portraiture. It will operate like the Manipulated Art category where entries from all classes will be combined for the judging. Individual scores will be applied to the maker's accumulated total within his or her class. This new category is open to all classes. This category will be for all types of portraits, from formal studio to candid natural light. Subjects can be any living creature from human to animal. The idea is to isolate the subject without distractions thereby creating a pleasing portrait. Similar to all other categories, all images must be captured by the maker.
Here is the most important change to our rules this year. To help maintain the cumulative scoring for the year and to provide a way to report the scores on the club's website, you must use the Club's website to enter the print competition. We will not be asking for a digital image of your print. But by using an online entry form – much like that used for the digital competition – we can collect the data about each month's competition. We will be starting this with the October 2012 competition. Click here to get to the Entry Form.
The scores for all entries will be posted each month. That way if you are unable to attend the competition night, you will have a place to get your scores.
Competing:
There will be 3 print classes and you will be placed according to your past performance and print scores:
“Masters” Class
“A” Class
“B” Class
There are six monthly competitions held on the second Monday of the month. For each monthly competition, there will be a total of three prints due. You may choose to compete in the following categories: Color, Black and White, Manipulated Art and Portraiture. Which categories you choose to enter your maximum of three prints is up to you.
Prints are typically due two weeks prior to the competition date. Please be prompt in your submissions. Late prints will not be accepted.
Briefly some of the rules follow:
The maximum prints/mat size allowable is 16” X 20”.
All print images must be exposed by the maker.
The larger size prints are easier to view and generally have more impact.
The supplied label must be filled out with the title and category and be affixed to the back upper left corner of the print.
Once a print receives a ribbon, it may not be entered again in that class or in the projected image competition for that season.
Only prints receiving ribbons (all 1st, 2nd, 3rd and two HM’s) are eligible for the final Annual “print of the year” competition held in May of the same season.
Please read the competition rules.
So join us for an enjoyable season of photography and print making. If you have any questions feel free to contact the chairman.
Print Competition 2011-2012
Annual Print Black & White and Creative Winners
and selected images from several competitions this year
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Class B B&W Print of the Year Storm Brewing Ruth Curtis |
Class A
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Masters B&W Print of the Year San Jose Chapel Ken Jordan |
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Creative Print of the Year Boston Remember the Holocaust Mikhail Rastegayev |
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Class B (February) |
Class A (February) |
Creative Contemporary (February) |
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Masters (November) |
Class A (January) |
Creative Contemporary (January) |
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Class A (November) |
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Creative Contemporary (October) Print of the Month Frogs Amy Musinsky |
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Class B (October) |
Class A (October) |
Masters (October) Color Print of the Month Scotty Amy Musinsky |
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