Special Competitions
In addition to the two monthly meetings we also engage in a few additional special competitions, including Assignment Zone competitions, and the Annual Salon Show during the month of October in conjunction with “Atlanta Celebrates Photography”. These special competitions, like our monthly competitions, are judged and certificates are awarded to the winners. See the information below for details.
Assignment Zone competitions (digital entries only)
Assignment Zone competitions are irregularly scheduled field trips (2 to 3 times a year) to locations such as antique stores, shopping malls, scrap yards etc. The area is clearly defined and only images taken within that area may be entered. All images accepted will be judged by 3 judges and shown at the Assignment Zone show date. The winners will receive ribbons and a medallion for the member with the highest point total given by the judges. The images can be plain or manipulated but must be in good taste and must conform to all rules and regulation.
October 28, 2010 – Program: Assignment Zone competition show date
This is the showing of all images entered into the Assignment Zone competition. All winners will be shown and ribbons are presented to the winners.
Salon Information 2010
The Atlanta Photographic Society is having its annual Salon in October.
We encourage all members to participate, including our e-mail members.
The Salon is the Atlanta Photographic Society’s major image exhibition for the year, held during October in conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography. This is every club members’ chance to showcase their best images for viewing by the public. Framed images are judged by three photographic professionals and awards are given for Best in Show, and 1st, 2nd, 3rd places plus Honorable Mentions for both Black and White, and Color prints. Awards are bestowed/celebrated during the reception. Please be sure to invite your friends and family.
Salon Dates and Times:
Collect your best, most creative images and rev up your printers to prepare for the APS Salon. This year’s Salon will be held October 1-30 in conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography. Look for the Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP) announcement of the APS Salon, both in the ACP 12 printed program and on the ACP website at http://www.acpinfo.org (early September). Our venue will be the Atlanta Unitarian Congregation’s wonderful gallery, located off the I-85 access road North. (Thanks again to Ruth Gogel for reserving this beautiful space for the APS Salon and reception.)
Thursday Sept. 23 Image Entry Information Due
Up to five (5) entries per member are desired (more if we have room).
For every image entered please provide:
Title of the image
Category (B&W or Color)
Price (or Not for Sale –Include Value)
(required for insurance purposes)
Photographer’s Name
Please email (or deliver) your image information to
Jim Harrison at: harrisonje@bellsouth.net by Thur. 9/23.
There is a $10 per person entry fee (A total of $10 for 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 images.) This is to defray the Club’s costs for the Salon: ACP brochure/web, awards, etc. Please submit your entry fee to our treasurer.
Friday Oct. 1, (~3-7 PM) Hang Salon Exhibition
Please deliver all entries, ready to hang (see 2010 Salon Rules), to the Unitarian Church Gallery, to the Sept. 24 APS meeting, or to the Salon Chairs by other arrangement. Volunteers are needed to assist with hanging images.
Saturday Oct. 9, (7-9 PM) Reception and Awards
Volunteers are needed to bring food, drinks, etc.
Saturday Oct. 30, (9 AM – 12 Noon) Take Down Salon Exhibition
Volunteers needed to take down the images, put away hangers, etc. All unsold images should be picked up at this time, or other arrangements made.
Judges
Judges for this year’s Salon are now being sought. They will be announced as they are confirmed. If you have judges to suggest, please let me know their contact information.
Jim Harrison
Salon Co-Chair
Framing Resources
One of the most frequently asked questions regarding the Salon is, “Where can I get good, cheap frames?” The truly honest answer is that good frames aren’t cheap! But perhaps a more helpful answer is that good frames can be found for a reasonable price. Here are a couple of sources recommended by club members.
http://www.framedestination.com/
877-537-2637 (877-5FRAMES)
Frame Destination (recommended by Jim Harrison)
13539 Method Street
Dallas, TX 75243
http://www.americanframe.com/
(888) 628-3833
American Frame (recommended by Don Stephens)
400 Tomahawk Drive
Maumee OH 43537-1654
If you have other good framing resources, local or otherwise, to recommend, please let me know, and I’ll add them to the list.
We encourage all members to participate, including our e-mail members.
The Salon is the Atlanta Photographic Society’s major image exhibition for the year, held during October in conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography. This is every club members’ chance to showcase their best images for viewing by the public. Framed images are judged by three photographic professionals and awards are given for Best in Show, and 1st, 2nd, 3rd places plus Honorable Mentions for both Black and White, and Color prints. Awards are bestowed/celebrated during the reception. Please be sure to invite your friends and family.
Salon Dates and Times:
Collect your best, most creative images and rev up your printers to prepare for the APS Salon. This year’s Salon will be held October 1-30 in conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography. Look for the Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP) announcement of the APS Salon, both in the ACP 12 printed program and on the ACP website at http://www.acpinfo.org (early September). Our venue will be the Atlanta Unitarian Congregation’s wonderful gallery, located off the I-85 access road North. (Thanks again to Ruth Gogel for reserving this beautiful space for the APS Salon and reception.)
Thursday Sept. 23 Image Entry Information Due
Up to five (5) entries per member are desired (more if we have room).
For every image entered please provide:
Title of the image
Category (B&W or Color)
Price (or Not for Sale –Include Value)
(required for insurance purposes)
Photographer’s Name
Please email (or deliver) your image information to
Jim Harrison at: harrisonje@bellsouth.net by Thur. 9/23.
There is a $10 per person entry fee (A total of $10 for 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 images.) This is to defray the Club’s costs for the Salon: ACP brochure/web, awards, etc. Please submit your entry fee to our treasurer.
Friday Oct. 1, (~3-7 PM) Hang Salon Exhibition
Please deliver all entries, ready to hang (see 2010 Salon Rules), to the Unitarian Church Gallery, to the Sept. 24 APS meeting, or to the Salon Chairs by other arrangement. Volunteers are needed to assist with hanging images.
Saturday Oct. 9, (7-9 PM) Reception and Awards
Volunteers are needed to bring food, drinks, etc.
Saturday Oct. 30, (9 AM – 12 Noon) Take Down Salon Exhibition
Volunteers needed to take down the images, put away hangers, etc. All unsold images should be picked up at this time, or other arrangements made.
Judges
Judges for this year’s Salon are now being sought. They will be announced as they are confirmed. If you have judges to suggest, please let me know their contact information.
Jim Harrison
Salon Co-Chair
Framing Resources
One of the most frequently asked questions regarding the Salon is, “Where can I get good, cheap frames?” The truly honest answer is that good frames aren’t cheap! But perhaps a more helpful answer is that good frames can be found for a reasonable price. Here are a couple of sources recommended by club members.
http://www.framedestination.com/
877-537-2637 (877-5FRAMES)
Frame Destination (recommended by Jim Harrison)
13539 Method Street
Dallas, TX 75243
http://www.americanframe.com/
(888) 628-3833
American Frame (recommended by Don Stephens)
400 Tomahawk Drive
Maumee OH 43537-1654
If you have other good framing resources, local or otherwise, to recommend, please let me know, and I’ll add them to the list.
Salon Competition Rules 2010
Except where modified here, all regular competition rules apply.
The Salon is open to Monochrome and Color prints only. All entries in this competition are exhibited in a gallery during October in conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography. Certificates will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and HM’s in each category with one "Best in Show" certificate (selected from the two first place winners). This competition will not count towards the point totals for the APS photographer of the year award.
The Salon will use 3 judges employing the usual 3 to 9 scoring system. Any ties will be resolved by the judges and/or the Salon chairs. After the judging, awards will be attached to every winning image.
Entries must be mounted, matted (white or pastel colors), glassed (glass or plastic), framed and delivered ready to hang. The minimum frame size is 11" x 14" with no reasonable maximum. All quality frames are acceptable. Plain frames suitable for gallery style presentation and approximately 1" wide (or less) are preferred. All entries must have one hook on each side on the back of the frame to allow for a 2 wire hanging.
Every image entered must be identified on the back with the title, category(B&W or Color) the photographer’s name and an arrow pointing to the top of the entry.
Image information must be provided to the Salon Chair (email preferred) by the specified date. This includes Photographer, Title, Category (B&W of Color) and Selling Price (or value if “Not for Sale”) for all entries. A selling price for the image will be included on the ID card so that the entry can be sold to the public (minus commission by the gallery).
All entries will be judged by the Salon committee prior to hanging for compliance with the rules, subject of good taste, and quality of mounting, matting and framing. The committee reserves the right to reject or grant acceptance to any entry not in compliance with the rules. Entries that have received an award certificate in previous salons cannot be entered again.
Each APS member in good standing may enter up to 5 images. Total entries are limited to ~70 images due to the size of the gallery and fairness considerations for image display. (Please enter early to reserve your space!) The entries may be divided in any way desired within the two categories. The entry fee is $10 per person (One entry = $10, five entries = $10). If there are not enough entries to fill the available exhibition space, entrants may increase their entries by a number specified by the committee.
All unsold entries should be picked up upon the closing of the Salon. Please arrange for pickup if you cannot pick up the entries yourself.
7/9/2010
The Salon is open to Monochrome and Color prints only. All entries in this competition are exhibited in a gallery during October in conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography. Certificates will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and HM’s in each category with one "Best in Show" certificate (selected from the two first place winners). This competition will not count towards the point totals for the APS photographer of the year award.
The Salon will use 3 judges employing the usual 3 to 9 scoring system. Any ties will be resolved by the judges and/or the Salon chairs. After the judging, awards will be attached to every winning image.
Entries must be mounted, matted (white or pastel colors), glassed (glass or plastic), framed and delivered ready to hang. The minimum frame size is 11" x 14" with no reasonable maximum. All quality frames are acceptable. Plain frames suitable for gallery style presentation and approximately 1" wide (or less) are preferred. All entries must have one hook on each side on the back of the frame to allow for a 2 wire hanging.
Every image entered must be identified on the back with the title, category(B&W or Color) the photographer’s name and an arrow pointing to the top of the entry.
Image information must be provided to the Salon Chair (email preferred) by the specified date. This includes Photographer, Title, Category (B&W of Color) and Selling Price (or value if “Not for Sale”) for all entries. A selling price for the image will be included on the ID card so that the entry can be sold to the public (minus commission by the gallery).
All entries will be judged by the Salon committee prior to hanging for compliance with the rules, subject of good taste, and quality of mounting, matting and framing. The committee reserves the right to reject or grant acceptance to any entry not in compliance with the rules. Entries that have received an award certificate in previous salons cannot be entered again.
Each APS member in good standing may enter up to 5 images. Total entries are limited to ~70 images due to the size of the gallery and fairness considerations for image display. (Please enter early to reserve your space!) The entries may be divided in any way desired within the two categories. The entry fee is $10 per person (One entry = $10, five entries = $10). If there are not enough entries to fill the available exhibition space, entrants may increase their entries by a number specified by the committee.
All unsold entries should be picked up upon the closing of the Salon. Please arrange for pickup if you cannot pick up the entries yourself.
7/9/2010