42nd Annual (2010) Junior
Photography Contest
2009 Lillian Parsons Memorial
Award
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“Attitude en Pointe”Connie Chen
Notre Dame High School |
Important Dates
- Entry submission date
- Thursday, May 6, 2010 before 5:00 pm.
- Awards ceremony
- Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 7:35 pm at the Los Gatos High
School small gymnasium. Parents and the general public are invited
to attend. Print viewing begins at 6:30 pm.
Who can enter
All entrants must be age 18 or under (Junior College students
are not eligible) and live and/or attend school in the California
counties of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Alameda, Monterey,
or San Benito. Cash or merchandise prizes will be awarded in
each category and for "Best of Show."
Entry categories
Each photographer may not submit more than
six (6) entries. The six photos in the “Senior Portfolio”
entry category counts as one entry Senior Portfolio entrants
may enter other categories with the same image by making a
second print of the image.
If more than 6 total
entries are submitted (Senior Portfolio counting as one
entry) all entries will be disqualified.
- Photojournalism: A picture that tells a story.
- Architecture: Man-made structures.
- Nature: The natural world around us.
- Special Techniques: In-camera, darkroom, or computer
manipulation of an image.
- Studio Photography: Artistic still life in a
controlled situation. No portraits.
- Portraits: People only.
- Darkroom Photography: Photograph produced entirely
in the darkroom in
black-and-white only. Any subject matter
allowed. Judging based on print quality, composition, tonal
range, and mounting.
- Animals:
Any non-human living subject.
- Senior Portfolio: A selection of six (6) prints
representative of a high school Senior's photographic work.
A combination of black-and-white, color, or digital prints
are allowed.
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Rules
- All entrants must be age 18 or under (Junior College
students are not eligible) and live or attend school in
the California counties of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San
Mateo, Alameda, Monterey, or San Benito.
- All photos must be mounted on a
single 11" x 14"
mat board. Framed, double matted, or other sized boards
will not be judged.
- Each black-and-white, color, or digital print must
be entered in one and only one category. Note that
category 7, Darkroom Photography, is only for entries
created entirely in the darkroom and only in black and
white.
- All photos must be the students’ own original image
and all prints must be made by the student.
Cash or merchandise prizes will be awarded in each
category and for “Best of Show.”
- Enter online at
pglgefcontest.org .
Print the
official entry form and attach to the back of each
submission, with the
arrow pointing
to the top of the print. Instructors must initial
the entry form attached to the photo submission.
- If you can’t use the online entry system, copy the
official entry form at right and make sure the following
fields are complete and legible: student name, address,
city, zip, phone, school, instructor, and a single entry
category clearly circled.
- Prints without our official entry form attached or
forms that are incomplete or illegible
will not be
judged.
Entry drop off locations
Prints must be delivered to one of the following
locations before the May 6, 2010 5pm deadline.
- Home of PGLGEF member Joanne Brice, 15900 Blossom Hill
Road, Los Gatos, CA 95030 (408-356-9035)
- Home of PGLGEF member Chuck Schmidt, 4792 Englewood
Drive, San Jose, CA 95129. Drop off on May 6
preferred, but if you need to drop off earlier please call
first.
Please call (408) 253-4965 before dropping entries at
this location.
Prints not picked up immediately after the award ceremony
will be returned to the same location where they were
dropped off on Wednesday, May 19, 2010.
Questions
Joanne Brice (joanne@blossomhillcrafts.com
or 408-356-9035) or Chuck Schmidt
(chcks@comcast.net)
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