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"Caroun Photo
Club" (CPC) is going to hold the "5th CPC Annual Photography
Print Salon 2011", in North Vancouver, Canada. "Caroun Photo Club" is a member of the "Canadian Association for Photographic Art" (CAPA).
This Competition is open to the all groups, clubs, associations and individual photographers in Canada and worldwide (International): Professional and Amateur photographers!
5th CPC Annual Photography Competition/Exhibition 2011 is completely different. The competition will be held in two parts, and each part has its own rules and prizes:
1- The First Part is on FaceBook. It’s open to public and anybody could take part. Photos will be judged by the visitors. Winners are the participants, who have the higher
LIKEs.
2- Second part is as previous competitions. CPC members could take part. People, who have taken part in the First Part, and other interested people need to register for
CPC membership to participate in this part. Photos will be judged by a jury of three photographers, selected by Caroun Photo Club. This judgment is final!
Anybody could take part in each section or in both sections. Both sections have winners, but big prizes belongs the people, who have taken part in both two parts.
3- All the participants in both parts need to send a file of all their renamed photos by one email to:
CPC2011 (at) Caroun (dot) com. Photos should be max 1024x768 pixels as mentioned in the
Guidelines on CPC website or on FaceBook at the “DISCUSSION” section
of CAG profile at:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caroun-Art-Gallery/185765774772749?sk=app_2373072738, in English & Persian.
Make a high resolution edited photo at the same time too, as winners and selected photos will be published. Caroun Photo Club (CPC) has the right to publish the photos in any media (magazines, bulletins, website, slide-show…), but the Copyright remains for the photographer.
A musical slide show (Pro Show) of the photos will be provided.
4- All the photos MUST have a “Title”. “No-Title” photos are not accepted.
Photos of previous CPC competitions are not accepted too.
5- Slides, Negatives or Digitals (Black & White or Color) are accepted.
Each Photographer could send maximum 4 photos in each part.
Each group could send max 10 photos in each part.
6- An exhibition of Winner Photos, Selected Works and the photos of other interested photographers will be held at “Caroun Art Gallery” in Vancouver, Canada.
7- Subject of the competition is “Photographic Art”, and the theme is almost OPEN. Photos including the following TOPICS are accepted:
Wildlife / Nature / Pictorial / Portrait / Architectural / Still Life / Abstract / Sport / Travel / Close-up /
Following subjects are not accepted:
Nude / Religious / Political / Photojournalism / Family Photos
8- All the participants need to do as mentioned in this announcement. CPC will monitor the competition on FaceBook and during the second round. All the participants, who did anything out of the rules, will be cancelled from the competition, without any notice, even if he/she is among winners.
9- A permanent gallery of the winners and selected works will be posted on CPC website.
A permanent gallery of the exhibited photos at Caroun Art Gallery (CAG) will be posted on CAG website.
10- This announcement will have changes before the judgment, without any announcement. Participant could check it themselves.
Round 1: People’s Choice Award
This part will be held on FaceBook (CPC) and is open to public. Anybody could take part with his/her
photo. If you do not have a portfolio on facebook, you can set it up at
www.FaceBook.com.
1- All the Participants MUST LIKE “Caroun Art Gallery” on FaceBook at
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caroun-Art-Gallery/185765774772749,
FIRST; then, you could ask to join Caroun Photo Club on FaceBook
at:
https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_196772480345120
2- Participants could upload 4 photos (groups 10 photos)
at Caroun Photo Club on FaceBook at:
https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_196772480345120
Photos could be changed or replaced at any time before the deadline. Name of the photographer, and “TITLE” of the photo could be mentioned on or under each photo.
It’s better to write your name and title on the photo, while you’re changing your photo to a 1024x768 pixel photo with
PhotoShop: bottom left or right
3- Do not TAG your photo! Tagged photos, and its photographer will be removed from the competition without any announcement, even they will be winners!
4- Visitors could announce their vote by a LIKE on each photo. Photos with higher number of LIKEs will be winners. For voting, “Visitors”:
4-1- MUST LIKE “Caroun Art Gallery” FaceBook at:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caroun-Art-Gallery/185765774772749, FIRST, otherwise their vote will be removed!
4-2- Join Caroun Photo Club on facebook
4-3- Vote!
5- We are going to have an active space on FaceBook. Visitors could critic photos by posting a text under it.
These comments are not accepted! Do not use: good, great, I like it, It’s beautiful…
Let’s have deeper look on the photo. You can write on the techniques and ideas of the photo. Following ideas are accepted:
1- Exposure
2- Contrast
3- Colors
4- Focus
5- Depth of field
6- Simplicity / busy / Quality
7- Negative space of the photo and its effect
8- Lines and curves of the photo
9- Perspective
10- Creative Techniques
11- Composition
12- Subject of the photo
13- Message of the photo
as well as any other creative ideas.
We’re going for a POSITIVE STYLE of EVALUATION! Be creative & serious, please!
6- Photographer, who has posted his photo for the competition, MUST not LIKE or critic his/her photo. He/she could critic and LIKE other photos of the competition.
7-
Deadline: Voting (LIKing) will be terminated in September 1, 2011, 12 am, Pacific
time (Auguat 31, 2010, 12 pm for Europe and Asia). The votes will be calculated and the
three winner photos (belongs to 3 photographers), and 10 selected works (belongs to 10 photographers) will be announced. Anybody could win just one prize!
An exhibition of the winners and selected works will be held at Caroun Art Gallery (CAG) in December 2011. Photographers of winners and selected photos CAN take part in the exhibition. Other photographers could send their photos to be approved for the exhibition. Prizes will be given to winners and selected works after the exhibition.
8- Prizes:
8-1- WINNERS
First Winner:
- CPC Gold Medal
- CPC Certificate
- Participating in a group photography exhibition at Caroun Art Gallery (just gallery fee) in 2012; application should be filled out by the winner and sent to CPC
in October 2011. It is posted at
http://www.caroun.com/CarounArtGallery/Calls/CallContractCAG.pdf.
- Participating in the second round of the competition, without payment
Second Winner:
- CPC Honor Mention
- One year membership of Caroun Photo Club (CPC)
- Participating in the second round of the competition, without payment
Third Winner:
- CPC Honor Mention
- Participating in the second round of the competition, without payment
8-2- SELECTED WORKS
Ten Selected Works belongs to 10 photographers: Participating in the second round of the competition,
without payment
Prizes will be given to the winners and selected works after the exhibition.
Photographers of the winners and selected works should take part in the
second round of the competition.
How to start:
1- Like Caroun Art Gallery at:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caroun-Art-Gallery/185765774772749, FIRST!
2- Join Caroun Photo Club at:
https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_196772480345120
3- UPLOAD YOUR PHOTOS at Caroun Photo Club! Not tagged photo! No post on the wall! No video! No Doc! No Link!
Do not post anything on the WALL! You can just upload your photos!
Vote and critic others photos, not yourself!
DO IT NOW!
YOU NEED TIME FOR VOTES!
Round 2: Juried Competition
This part will be held as previous years. Anybody could take part as well as groups, clubs and associations, as following:
1- Groups, clubs and associations could send max 10 photos of 10 photographers.
2- Individual photographers could send 4 photos. Photographer, whose photo is send as the
above (1), could not take part as individual.
Photos should be sent in September 2011: max width 1024 pixels, max height 768 pixels, and renamed as mentioned in the guidelines. Send your photos by email to
CPC2011 (at) Caroun (dot) com.
You cannot change your works as you sent it.
Deadline: September 30, 2011,
Pacific time (Sept 29, 2011 for Europe and Asia)
3- The application of the competition should be filled out and send for each photo separately. These should be sent by email with photos.
4- One "Artist’s Waiver Form" should be filled out for each photographer and send by the same email.
5- Photos will be judged by a jury of 3 photographers, selected by CPC, and the result will be announced in October 2011. The announcement will be final.
Participants could
attend the judgment.
6- Prizes:
6-1- WINNERS:
First Winner:
- CAPA Gold Medal (Canadian
Association for Photographic Art)
- CPC Certificate
- An individual photography exhibition at Caroun Art Gallery (just gallery fee) in 2012; application should be filled out by the winner and sent to CPC in November 2011. It is posted at
http://www.caroun.com/CarounArtGallery/Submissions/ExhibitionContractCAG.pdf.
Second Winner:
- CPC Silver Medal (Caroun
Photo Club)
- CPC Certificate
- Participating in a group photography exhibition at Caroun Art Gallery (just gallery fee) in 2012; application should be filled out by the winner and sent to CPC in November 2011. It is posted at
http://www.caroun.com/CarounArtGallery/Calls/CallContractCAG.pdf.
Third Winner:
- CPC Bronze Medal (Caroun
Photo Club)
- CPC Certificate
- One year CPC membership; the winner should filled out the membership application at
http://www.caroun.com/CAPA-Membership/CPC.pdf and sent to CPC by the winner in
November 2011.
6-2- SELECTED WORKS
Ten selected works belongs to 10 photographers will receive “CPC Honour Mention”.
Prizes will be given to the winners and selected works after the exhibition.
7- Costs of the Competition:
Participants in the second round need to pay a fee as following:
7-1- Photographers, who were a member of CPC before 2011, and have taken part in Round One of the competition: $10
7-2- Photographers, who were a member of CPC before 2011, and did not take part in Round One of the competition: $15
7-3- Photographers, who have taken part in Round One (non-members) of the competition: $15
7-4- Other photographers: $20
7-5- Groups, clubs and associations: $25
The fee should be sent along with photos; it could be paid cash, by cheque (payable to “Caroun Photo Club”) or by PayPal on CPC website. There are some facilities for payments in Middle East too.
HST will be added to the payments in Canada.
7-6- Participants (group & individual) in Round 2 MUST be a CAPA or CPC member. Photographers, who were not a member of CAPA or CPC before 2011, should register for CPC membership before sending their photos in Round 2. Complete guide for registration is posted on CPC website at
http://www.caroun.com/CAPA-Membership/CPC-Membership.html.
Membership fee for groups, clubs and associations are double of the individual
rates.
Exhibition
Two group exhibitions of photos will be held at Caroun Art Gallery, at North Vancouver, Canada, in December 2011, each two weeks.
Winners and Selected Works of the Second Round MUST take part the exhibition. The application is posted at
http://www.caroun.com/CarounArtGallery/Calls/CallContractCAG.pdf,
and should be filled out and sent by the winners and selected photos in October 2011.
All interested participants could send their request along with their photos in September 2011.
Gallery fee should be sent by the printed photos before November 20,
2011.
All the participants are welcome to attend the opening day of the exhibition. Rules are the same as mentioned at the gallery’s website
www.Caroun.net.
Photographers should send a printed photo, ready to hang (with a wire at the back), for the exhibition. Max size of the photo is 12”x16”, and max size of the matt is 2” each side. Photos should be received by the gallery before November 22, 2011. Late photos will be canceled of the exhibition and the cost will not be refunded.
There will be some facilities for international participants to print,
mat and frame their photos by the gallery.
CPC has no responsibility for the lost or damaged works. Participants in the exhibition could remove their works themselves at the last day of the exhibition, or send enough money along with their photos for the returning mailing costs. CPC will keep the photos just 10 days after the exhibition; there is no responsibility for CPC later.
POST YOUR PHOTOS ON FACEBOOK at “Caroun Photo Club” NOW at:
https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_196772480345120
ASK YOUR FRIENDS TO VOTE!
YOU CAN SEND YOUR WORKS FOR THE SECOND ROUND TODAY!
Please pay attention:
1-
“Caroun Photo Club (CPC)” is a group on FaceBook just for the registered CPC members. Ask to be added to this group, when you’ve registered
and paid the membership fee for CPC membership:
https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/home.php?sk=group_168799173163102&ap=1
Fill out an application and
pay the membership fee. More info:
CPC
Membership
Do not ask to join the group before registration.
2- CPC has a page for photography competitions at
https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_196772480345120.
You're welcome to join!
Enquiries: CPC2011 (at) Caroun (dot) com
You can contact by email.
If you want to contact Caroun Photo Club on Facebook, you need to add
the chair of the competition (Masoud Soheili) as a Friend at:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001729198113#!/profile.php?id=100001729198113&sk=info
Anyway, please let us know your email address for future contacts.
CPC will contact you by email.
You can send your works NOW!
Please check the “News, Exhibition & Competition” section of the website
(www.CarounPhotoClub.com) at
http://www.caroun.com/News/Exhibitions.html.
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