Consultants:
Gail H. Cyr
For Classes 1-5 401-295-1369 |
nfsphotoentry@verizon.net
Kate Lucey
For Classes 6-10 401-847-6403 |
kate@katewhitneylucey.com
Please indicate “Newport FS Photography” in the subject line of your emails.
1.
This is a juried show. Advance email registration is required and must be accompanied by a digital copy of the photo being entered. The digital photos will be juried by a panel of photography judges to determine the 6 finalists in each class. These finalists will print and mount their photos for display at The Newport Flower Show where they will eligible for the final judging.
2. Unlimited entries are accepted in each class for the juried portion of the Show. No additional entries will be accepted once the finalists have been selected.
3. Timetable:
a. November 15, 2011 Registration opens
b. April 30, 2012 Registration with digital photo entry deadline
c. May 21, 2012 Notification of results of the jury and final acceptance into the show
d. June 1, 2012 Final receipt of printed photos for the show
e. June 22, 2012 Photography finalists judged, show opens at 10:30 a.m.
f. June 24, 2012 Show closes 5:00 p.m.
4. Beginning July 1, 2012 photos will be returned to entrants who have sent in their photograph with a self-addressed return envelope, packing material, and proper return postage (via US Postal Service Priority Mail).
5. Entry in The Newport Flower Show Photography Division is open to everyone. An exhibitor may enter a class only once, but have up to two entries in the entire Photography Division, and may enter another class if space is available at the deadline.
6. To enter:
a. Fill out and submit a
Registration Form.
b. Digital copies of the photograph (jpg format, sized between 1 and 5 Megabytes), not paper copies, must accompany the registration email.
As digital photos are required as part of the entry process, please email your registration information along with your digital photo. Please, no snail mail!
7. Photographs that have won a blue ribbon in a major Flower Show may not be entered in competition again. Photographs that have been previously entered, but have not won a blue ribbon, may be re-entered if altered and remounted.
8. The photographs must be the work of the exhibitor. Matting, mounting and printing
may be done professionally.
9. Any manipulation at the time of exposure, in the darkroom, by computer, or in the printing process is allowed in all classes and must be the work of the exhibitor. This includes cropping of the image, enhancement for color or clarity, removal of a part of the image, combining images, or distorting the original subject.
10. Plant material shall be included in every photo. Identification of plant material is encouraged, but not required. If plant material in the image is identifiable, the common and botanical name(s) may be written on the back of the photograph, and the entry registration.
11. Photographs will be hung on a cream colored wall.
12. When the photographer has been notified that their photograph has been accepted for final judging, the final show quality print of the photograph must be mounted onto photo mounting board with a bright white overlay mat, securely fastening the photograph and the mat to the mounting board on all sides. The surface finish of the photograph is the choice of the exhibitor.
13. Finalists shall mail their mounted photographs before June 1, 2012 to:
The Newport Flower Show
The Preservation Society of Newport County
424 Bellevue Avenue
Newport RI 02840
14. The finished presentation shall have the outside dimensions of 11” x 14”, EXCEPT in Classes 9 and 10. In Classes 9 and 10, the maximum total of the outside edge dimensions shall not exceed 60" and the minimum height or width shall be 6" and maximum height or width shall be 24". Matting is not required in Classes 9 and 10, but photographs must be able to be hung from a picture hook.
15. Glass and framing are not permitted.
16. Each entry must be labeled on the back in the lower right hand corner of the mounting board with the following information:
a. class entered
b. exhibitor’s name
c. garden club, if applicable
d. address
e. phone number/e-mail address
f. plant material identification
g. description.
The top of the photograph must be indicated.
17. If you wish to receive your entry back after the Show, photographs must be mailed with a self-addressed return envelope, packing material, and proper return postage (via US Postal Service Priority Mail).
18. Digital images of initial entries submissions shall not be returned.
19. All photographs will be passed by the Photography Committee to verify that all class specifications have been met. If an entry photograph is not matted and mounted correctly or does not appear to be in Show condition, it will be returned to the exhibitor for remounting, and the newly mounted photograph must be returned prior to June 4, 2012 or the entry space will be forfeited.
20. The Photography Committee has the right to reclassify an entry, if in their opinion the photograph fits into another class better than the class it was submitted to. The Photography Committee and the judges may subdivide a class but the judges may not reclassify an entry.
21. Digital entries submitted to the juried portion of the Show will be shown on a screen at the show whether or not they were finalists in the competition.