Honours Council Report Tracey Scott, MNZIPP (Dist) III Accredited Professional Photographer NZIPP Honours Council Chairperson
This month we see the release of the 2021 Nikon Iris Awards Call for Entries document. We would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to Nikon, as the major sponsor, in supporting NZIPP to once again make these awards, possible. This is the time to remind everyone that reading the guidelines and terms and conditions is crucial. One of the hardest jobs we have each year is notifying entrants that one or more of their entries has been disqualified, simply because the rules haven’t been followed. After last year’s online awards, we sent out a survey to all participants. We have listened to your feedback and made appropriate changes where possible. This year we are offering: • The choice to enter in a digital OR print format OR a combination of both (excluding the Expressive Category, which must be a physical entry). Please note print and digital Images will be judged together in the same category with one category winner. • We have updated our Nature rules and taken them from Purist to non- composite to be more in keeping with other Nature competitions around the globe. • The maximum number of total entries per participant is 20, with the exception of students, who can enter a maximum total of 4 images. No entrant can submit more than 4 images into any one category.
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• A 5-year limit on all images and all elements, they must have been photographed since May 2016. • Same subject may be used as long as the images are deemed visually different. • The Nature Category must have a title: and an optional caption is allowed in the Nature, Documentary and Expressive Categories. • Uploaded files are to be submitted as sRGB not RGB • The minimum print size has been changed to 25cm • The Landscape Category has been split into two: Landscape In-Camera and Landscape Open. • The price for a print entry has significantly reduced. On behalf of the Honours Council, we wish you every success this year.
Kind regards, Tracey Scott (Chair of the NZIPP Honours Council) MNZIPP (Dist.) III, FPSNZ, AFIAP.