The Greater San Antonio Camera Club Digital Salon

ENTRY RULES

ENTRY FEE: $7.00 per North American entrant $8.00 for all other, a maximum of ( 4 ) entries may be submitted by one entrant.

1. Conditions of Entry:

The San Antonio International Digital Exhibition is open to photographers worldwide and all entries will be judged unless the sponsoring organization believes the image does not conform to the rules or conditions. Reasonable discretion will be used in evaluating submitted images.

By submitting images the entrant implies and certifies the work to be owned by them and the sponsoring group does not assume any liability for misuse of copyright by the entrant nor incurrence of any charges or fees. Images will be presented in the catalog for a given period of time without fees or charge for publication viewing via the internet website. Entries are to be submitted by electronic file only but may be from scanned images creating an electronic file. Files are to be sent by e-mail only no zip files, CD or other hard copy submission will be excepted.

Closing date is February 10, 2008.

2. Competition Division/Section:

Electronic Imaging Division with PSA EID recognition with one section. 
Section:  Color General.

3. Entry Form:

The entry form must be completed electronically and submitted by e-mail. Payments are expected to be done through PayPal and entries will not be accepted until all fees are paid.

Instructions for completing the entry form are on the form page and images will be submitted with the entry form with payments. The status of the entries will be available on the salon entry status page and final results of judging will be at the salon scores and results page. All entrants are advised to check the status of their entries frequently.

4. Image Files:

All images must be submitted on the image entry form in JPEG format. A maximum of (4) entries may be submitted by one entrant. 

Entries must be submitted by online form only, no zip files, CD, or other form of file storage device will be accepted or returned. Entrants are required to use the form found on the website.

All images should be sent at once to avoid problems organizing your files for judging.  Once submitted, the number of images recieved is displayed on the salon entry status page.

5. How to identify your JPEG files:

On upload of jpeg images, the website renames your files, therefore the actual file name does not matter. However, we recommend that there is no spaces or special characters in the filename.

The files will be renamed to the format "lastname-firstinitial-unique4digitsbasedontime-sectionletterimagenumber.jpg

Ex: Doe-J-1834-A1.jpg,Doe-J-1834-A2.jpg

There is a separate line on the entry form for the TITLE. DO NOT USE THE TITLE FOR FILE NAME. Doing so my cause your entry to appear as having no title and therefore not by judged.

6. Entry File Dimensions and Size:

The maximum file dimensions are 1024 pixels by 768 pixels. If a file size does not meet criteria the online submission form will not accept the submission. Please keep the overall image file under  4 MB.

7. Judging:

Images will be judged while projected on a screen with electronic projector using a 1024 X 768 pixels set to 16.7 million colors. Entrant’s files will be distributed into the 4 rounds of judging with each judge having a score of 2-9. A total of the judge’s scores will be a composite not to exceed 27 points for each file. Three persons will be used to make a judging panel all of whom have experience in the general color photographic field.

Scores will be available on the website and entrants are encouraged to visit the site to monitor their entries.

Judging will occur February 16-17, 2008 with acceptance results posted by the 22nd of February, 2008.

Acceptance notification will be held on the website for 6 months.

8. Scoring Notification:

CD's will be mailed, but entrants can see outcomes on the scores page showing the results of the judging. This page is printable and can be downloaded for the entrant's records related to star ratings. Data will be provided to PSA concerning star rating information.

9. Exhibitions/Public Showing:

The Greater San Antonio Camera Club
2809 Broadway
San Antonio, TX 

Lions Field Adult Center
Brackenridge Park
Broadway at Mulberry
San Antonio, TX

Our Sponsor

The sponsors of this International Exhibition of Photography have been awarded Recognition by PSA, the world's largest patron of international photographic exhibitions.

Acceptances received by PSA members in approved sections of this exhibition are eligible for PSA Star Ratings, listing in the worldwide PSA Who's Who in Photography and credited toward the PSA Distinctions PPSA and EPSA. PSA is a nonprofit organization promoting the advancement of photography in all its forms to novice, amateur and professional photographers worldwide.

For information on membership and the many services and activities of PSA, contact:

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
3000 United Founders Blvd. Suite 103
Oklahoma City, OK 73112 -3940, U.S.A.
E-mail: hq@psa-photo.org
Web Site: http://www.psa-photo.org