Taupō. Regional Salon and Exhibition

Speed it up… Slow it down. A Fresh Look!

Regional Salon and Exhibition.

With a view to creating for members, both a challenge and some excitement, the organising committee of this year’s regional salon have opted for a fresh approach. We are hoping that this challenge will be seen as an opportunity to explore and discover new photographic techniques, new genres, and to develop new skills.

Therefore, we ask you to submit only images that have not been entered in any other New Zealand salon. They may, however, have been submitted to a club for evaluation. Your submissions to this salon may be brand new, or they may be a fresh take on an old image; the choice is yours.

Who may enter?

• Convention attendees

• PSNZ members, or PSNZ Affiliated Club members residing in the North Island

You may enter a maximum of four print images and/or four digital images. Price $7.00 per image. All images will be judged as Open, but additional awards will be given for images under the following themes.

Exhibition

• Accepted print images will be exhibited.

• Accepted digital images will be displayed on a High-Definition screen, as part of the exhibition.

An e-book will be compiled and distributed free of charge to all Regional Salon entrants.

Judging

Judging will take place on 4 and 5 September. The judges will be Paul Byrne FPSNZ ARPS AFIAP, Meg Lipscombe FPSNZ and Matt Leamy LPSNZ.

Themes

• Speed: fast or slow, your choice

• A serendipitous moment: An unplanned (or maybe planned) fortunate experience

• An unexpected angle or view. Challenge the way you capture a scene; try different angles, different perspectives, or perhaps a different lens.

Awards

Gold Medals will be awarded for:

Champion Print Image, Champion Digital Image, Best ‘Speed’ Image, Best Image of a ‘Serendipitous Moment’, Best Image depicting an ‘Unexpected Angle or View’

Honours Certificates will be awarded to a maximum of:

Four Open Print Images, Four Open Digital Images, Two ‘Speed’ Images (digital and print), Two Images depicting a ‘Serendipitous Moment’ (digital and print)

Entry Details:

1. ENTRIES OPEN ON 25 JULY 2021.

2. ENTRIES CLOSE ON 22 AUGUST 2021.

(No late entries will be accepted. ) Print entries must be received by the Print Secretary, at the address below, by 22 August 2021.

3. PRINT ENTRY ADDRESS: Annemarie Clinton APSNZ, 1026B Papamoa Beach Road, Tauranga 3118

4. PRINT IMAGES

Print and mat sizing. Images submitted must meet the following requirements:

• Have a minimum print size of 200 mm on the long side, excluding surrounding mat

• Have a maximum overall size of 510 mm v 410 mm, including surrounding mat

• Prints must not be under glass or framed.

• On the back of each print the entrant must put his/her name and address.

5. DIGITAL IMAGE

• Digital images will be judged on a calibrated High-Definition television

• Digital images submitted for evaluation should be saved as JPEG files with the size for:

• Landscape Digital Images up to a maximum size of 1620px on the horizontal width and 1080px on the vertical side, at 72dpi.

• Portrait Digital Images up to a maximum size of 1080px on the vertical side at 72dpi.

• Images must be saved in the sRGB colour space.

6. TITLES

Every image must have a title. The title must not include the author’s name and be no longer than 35 characters. No title, logo or identification of the author shall be written anywhere on the face of an image.

7. Both print and digital entries MUST be entered using the online form found at https://regional.photography.org.nz/salons/