^{ 36th WELSH INTERNATIONALÂ} 

^{PROJECTED IMAGE SALON 2012}

^{Salon Rhyngwladol Cymru o Ddelweddau Tafluniedig 2012Â} 

 SECTIONS

A. General   (EID)

B. Experimental   (EID)

C. Natural History (Inc. Wildlife)

D. Photo Travel

 SELECTORS (All sections)

Barbie Lindsay  EFIAP, MPAGB, FBPE

Russell Lindsay  FBPE, AFIAP, MPAGB

Brian Coleman AWPF

EXHIBITION CALENDAR

Closing Date                                        21st – July 2012

        Judging Dates                                    1st – 5th August 2012

          Report Cards mailed before                 18 ^th. – August 2012

               All Returns & Awards mailed before     21 ^{st .} – October 2012

             Catalogues mailed before                       21 ^{st. Â} – October 2012

.  

SALON SHOWINGS

The selected Images will be exhibited by projection at various venues during 

the months of November 2012. Venues to be announced.

.

       The Exhibition, will be conducted according to the standards of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain.

        The F.I.A.P. (2012/139) and P.S.A. Special Recognition. F.I.A.P Catalogue rating – 4 stars

Fees should be made through PayPal using either your own PayPal account or by using a current credit or debit card.   welshintsalon@btinternet.com

If no entry fee is received, entry will be deemed ineligible and will not be judged or returned.

 

Conditions of Entry

Entry is open to all photographers worldwide, amateur and professional.

Classes: A – General B – Experimental  C – Natural History (inc.Wildlife) D – Photo Travel.

(All classes may be Colour or Monochrome Images )

Experimental must start with a photographic image and not Graphic Art.

All acceptances count towards FIAP and PSA awards.

Entries accepted at a previous Welsh International Exhibition, or so similar as to be almost identical regardless of title, ARE NOT eligible.

Each entrant is limited to 4 images per section, AN IMAGE MUST NOT BE SUBMITTED IN MORE THAN ONE SECTION.

Digital images must no more than 1400 pixels wide and 1050 pixels high (including any borders) at 300ppi saved as a JPG maximum size and not more than 2Mb per image. Please note: Portrait images should be no more than 1050 pixels high. Colour source sRGB. Entries not meeting the specifications may not be displayed correctly.

 

ALL entries MUST be submitted via the internet. Entries NOT submitted via our entry page will not be judged

Entrants MUST use only the Western/Latin alphabet when submitting an entry.

An entrant’s four images in each round will be judged at random.

Permission to reproduce any image at low resolution in an internet exhibition or in our catalogue of the Salon is assumed.

The organisers may refuse to accept an entry/image at their discretion.

Copyright: The original image(s) must have been taken using a photographic process and all entrants must have the sole copyright to each image they submit. Clip Art and Copyright Free material are not acceptable. The exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright. Copyright of the images accepted for catalogue and support of our Salon is retained by the author.

If no entry fee is received, entry will be deemed ineligible and will not be judged or returned.

This competition is run under FIAP and PSA rules.

All entrants will be sent a catalogue of the Salon.

Submission of an entry signifies acceptance of and compliance with all entry conditions by the entrant.

AWARDS—In recognition of the efficient management of the 2010 Welsh International we will award a number of FIAP and PSA medals plus other awards in each section. Accepted entries will be eligible for FIAP awards and the PSA’s ‘Who’s Who’ and Star Rating.

See last page for more information about awards.

PSA Definitions:

General:

Entries must originate as photographs (image-capture of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his/her own and permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. The exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright. Images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the maker and artwork or computer graphics created by the entrant may be incorporated if the photographic content predominates.

Creative photography:-  may be defined as “altered reality”.

Nature Photography:-  Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict observations from all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, in such a fashion that a well informed person will be able to identify the subject material and to certify as to its honest presentation. The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while maintaining high technical quality. Human elements shall not be present, except on the rare occasion where those human elements enhance the nature story. The presence of scientific bands, scientific tags or radio collars on wild animals is permissible. Photographs of artificially produced hybrid plants or animals, mounted specimens, or obviously set arrangements, are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement.  No techniques that add to, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are permitted. Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial content are permitted. All adjustments must appear natural.

Authentic Wildlife:- Is defined as one or more organisms living free and unrestrained in a natural or adopted habitat. Therefore, landscapes, photographs of zoo or game farm animals, or any living subject taken under controlled conditions are not eligible for Wildlife competitions. The entrant must certify that the photograph complies with both the general nature and authentic wildlife definitions by adding ’W’ to the title as indicated on the entry form.

Social documentary:-  is defined as an apposite comment on everyday social life or the environment.

Photo Travel:-  A photo travel image  must express the feeling of a time and place, portray a land, its people, or a culture in its natural state. Photo Travel images have no geographical limitations. Ultra close-ups, which lose their identity and studio-type model shots are unacceptable.  Techniques that add to, relocate, replace or remove any element of the original image, except by cropping, are not permitted. Techniques that enhance the presentation of the image without changing the Photo Travel content are permitted. All adjustments must appear natural.