contests

Digital Photo Contest

Deadline: May 1, 2012

ELIGIBILITY

• All conference attendees are invited to enter the Digital Photo contest.
• A user group with at least one member in attendance at the conference may also enter their club’s Digital
photo winner.

CATEGORIES

• People
• Nature & Landscape - flowers, outdoor scenes, nature images, sunsets, urban landscapes, seascapes
• Animals
• Digital Art - A category showcasing art that dramatically changes a photo digitally using software such as
Corel® Painter or Adobe Photoshop®.

PHOTO FORMAT

• Entries must be taken with a digital camera
• Printed size may be 5x7 to 8-1/2 x 11, maximum
• Color or black and white
• No borders or frames

CONTEST RULES

• The photo may only be entered in one category; one entry per person in each category
• The photographer’s name, name/description of the photo, category and user group must be noted on the back of the photo
• By entering the contest, you are allowing the Southwest Computer Conference to publish the photo on its Website or in other electronic promotional materials or print media
• Photos will not be returned
• Copyright photos will not be accepted

• Four copies* of the entered photo must be received by the deadline to:
Judy Taylour
18727 Nadal Street
Canyon Country CA 91351

• A JPEG (no larger than 5 MB) of each photo submitted must be received by the deadline to:
judytaylour@theswcc.org

JUDGING

Photos will be judged on the print(s) submitted using the following criteria:
Composition (5 points)
Technical Skill (5 points)
Visual Impact (10 points)

AWARDS

• 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will be awarded in each category
• Best of Show will be awarded to the photograph that receives the most votes from conference attendees

*Three judges will receive one copy of each photo that is entered in the contest; one photo will be displayed at the
conference for attendees to vote for Best of Show. Why do we ask for copies of your photo? Images look different from
one computer to another. What may be dark on one monitor may appear extremely light on another monitor.

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