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The Antelope Valley's One
and Only Photography Club
Message from this year’s A.V. Fair
Photography Exhibit
Co-Chairs: John Shedrick and Dave
Anderson.
[AV
Fair Website]
This year, we’re
continuing this web page in an effort to make it easier for
everyone to prepare their prints for the fair.
I’ll try to address all the issues that
the public might have, including those that we’ve faced in
the past.
The rules for
Print entries remain the same as last year, including the
maximum of ten total print entries per exhibitor.
This year, we’ve added a Digital Division
which will enable you to submit a total of fifteen entries
(10 prints and 5 digital entries).
The lower limit and the restricted number of classes
for digital entries was determined to be necessary until
we’re able to anticipate the approximate number of entries
to expect. We’re
trying to have the appropriate number of TV Monitors
available so you won’t have to wait too long to look for
particular entries.
The information provided here does not
replace what is in the Fair’s on-line Exhibit Guide/Premium
Book, but is only intended to add further clarification and
help on preparing your prints for the Fair.
If you still have
questions after reviewing this information or have an issue
that you’d like to discuss, you may call John Shedrick at
256-0862 or Dave Anderson at 265-7188.
If we’re not home, please leave
a message and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
John Shedrick
How to decide which status you should
select; Amateur, Advanced Amateur or Professional.
The definition of “Advanced Amateur” was
recently re-written to encourage more people to move up.
As you may have noticed, some of the classes in the Amateur
divisions had so many entries that your chance of winning in
some classes seemed quite small. We’re trying to improve
this by getting more of you to move up to Advanced Amateur.
As the rules state, if you’ve won more than two Blue
Ribbons, you’re required to move into the Advanced status.
However, even if you haven’t won those blue ribbons, it
could be to your advantage to move up anyway. You’ll be
competing with a lot less entries and then there’s the
prestige of winning in a higher status.
So, it’s mostly up to you. If your photography has
significantly improved, you should consider entering as an
Advanced Amateur.
Note: Whichever status you select must apply to all of your
entries in Photography.
Choosing the Classes for your
entries.
Your primary decision
in choosing which class to enter your photos should be based
on the main or dominant theme of the photograph. Many
photographs could qualify for more than one class, but your
chance of winning is likely to be better if you choose the
correct class.
Part of the criteria for selecting the winners is the
appropriate placement in each class.
i.e. A picture of an animal doing something funny or
interesting could be entered in “Animals”, but it would be
better placed in “Human Interest”.
Print Rules
The print rules remain
the same as last year
and are really quite liberal.
Borders are allowed. This means that the mount-board may be
larger than the print, and/or the border may be part of the
print.
The maximum size of 16”x20” still
applies to the mount-board. So, for example, a
12"x16" print
could be mounted on a 16”x20” board. Here are some examples
of your
options.
Matting is not
allowed.
In most cases, we recommend that prints be “flush mounted”,
which means that the print is the same size as the
mount-board. Borders should be reserved for those prints
that you really feel will be enhanced by the border.
We do have limited space to hang everyone’s pictures.
Too many entries with maximum borders could result in an
overcrowded and disorderly looking display and may force us
to restrict the option of borders in the future.
Adhesives used to
mount your pictures to the mount-boards must be the
permanent type. (see “Materials to Use” for more info). This
is to prevent delaminating of the pictures during the course
of the fair.
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