toddlajoie
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Welcome to the 2015 IAP 11th Birthday Bash Pen Photography Contest.
In addition to the Universal Bash Guidelines, the Pen Photography Contest contest rules are as follows:
The goal of the Pen Photography Contest is mainly to have fun in the Spirit of the BASH while showing your photography skills and pushing yourself to expand your knowledge and experience in displaying your pens for the world to see.
For the purpose of this contest the term "Pen" refers to any writing instrument used by hand to write with. This can include:
Photo Subject:
Photo Formats:
These are DRAFT RULES and are subject to change. Any Rules should not be considered final until posted in final form for the 2015 Birthday Bash. Please feel free to make any and all comments, questions or suggestions in this thread.
I'm not sure all of what is in the General Rules, but I will edit out any parts of this that are covered by those when they are posted.
In addition to the Universal Bash Guidelines, the Pen Photography Contest contest rules are as follows:
The goal of the Pen Photography Contest is mainly to have fun in the Spirit of the BASH while showing your photography skills and pushing yourself to expand your knowledge and experience in displaying your pens for the world to see.
For the purpose of this contest the term "Pen" refers to any writing instrument used by hand to write with. This can include:
- Ballpoint "stick", twist, click or otherwise retractable pens or pencils.
- Capped ballpoint, rollerball or fountain pens
- Desk Pens, including dip pens
- Stylus pens
Photo Subject:
Photos must at minimum contain one pen that is clearly recognized as a pen. The pen or pens in your photo must have been made by you. You may use commercially available individual components or component sets, including any and all modifications you make to them, or completely custom (i.e Kitless) pens. Blanks may be either made by you or commercially available as long as they are not supplied "ready to assemble". You must have done any and all turning, sizing, finishing, and assembly of the pen. THE PEN OR PENS USED IN YOUR PHOTOS MUST NOT HAVE BEEN SHOWN PUBLICLY HERE ON THE IAP OR ANY OTHER SITE (INCLUDING FACEBOOK) PRIOR TO ENTRY OR BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THIS CONTEST WINNERS. Please be aware that this rule means that these pens cannot be entered in any other IAP 11th Birthday Bash Contests.
Photography work:
All photography work submitted must be done by you, the person submitting and entering the contest. You may use another person's cameras and other equipment and get tips and pointers, but you must be the person doing ALL the photography work including, but not limited to: set up, lighting, set arrangement, focusing, composition, exposure, cropping, and basic digital editing. Photos can be from any date and do not have to be taken specifically for the contest but, THE PHOTOS SUBMITTED, AND THE PENS IN THEM, MUST NOT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY SHOWN PUBLICLY HERE ON THE IAP OR ANY OTHER SITE (INCLUDING FACEBOOK) PRIOR TO ENTRY OR BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THIS CONTEST WINNERS.
Please be aware that this rule, along with the similar rule on the pens used, means that these photos must not be used to enter the pens in other IAP 11th Birthday Bash.
Image Modifications:
Minor digital enhancement is permitted (see below), but images that have been significantly modified or appear unnatural will be disqualified.
Permitted Modifications:
- Images may be cropped and rotated as necessary.
- Red-eye removal and spot editing to remove minor dust, etc. (Please be careful not to go too far, see Not Permitted #1)
- One-step enhancement (such as "AutoFix", "QuickFix", "Auto Levels", etc.)
- Use of filters to sharpen, soften, blur, despeckle, or remove noise.
- Use of corrective functions to improve the natural appearance of the image, such as levels, contrast, brightness, curves, intensity, tone, hue, saturation, lightness, value, color balance, and tint.
Not Permitted:
- Manipulation or editing to hide flaws in the fit, finish, materials, composition or lighting.
- Borders, frames, or textures added to images.
- Watermarks, signatures, logos or copyright notices added to images. (logos, etc. on items in the photo are permitted)
- Adding or replacing significant elements in an image.
Digital images should be submitted using the Official Entry Form (LINK). File size must be less than 256K per image. Images may be no larger than 960 pixels in either width or height but can be any proportion (i.e. vertical, horizontal, or square) within that size. Any images submitted larger than that will be resized down using Adobe Photoshop using the "Bicubic Sharper (reduction)" method. The IAP and BASH Organizers will not be responsible for any loss in image quality because of this. Smaller images will not be resized and will be displayed at the size they were submitted. Entries may be color or black & white digital images only and should be submitted in either JPG (JPEG) or PNG format.
Photographer/Copyright:
Entries must be submitted by the original photographer. Do not submit a photo taken by someone other than you. You must be the sole owner of the copyright of any image submitted. Your submission of the photo is your guarantee that you are the author and copyright holder of the photo.
Ownership/Use Rights:
Photographers retain the copyright to their photographs. By entering the contest, photographers agree to have their submitted photograph displayed on the IAP website without any fee or other form of compensation. Photographers agree that IAP may display winning photos in a "past winners" photo gallery and retain copies of the photograph for promotional purposes. Photos will be credited to the photographer.
How to Enter:
Each IAP Member may submit only ONE photo to this contest. Photos need to be submitted through the Official Entry Form ( The 2015 IAP Photo Challenge ) (LINK) and ABSOLUTELY NOT POSTED HERE OR ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE FORUM. If it has been posted or otherwise shown on IAP or anywhere else publicly (including Facebook), it is not eligible for this contest. Your IAP username, E-Mail address, and First and Last Name are required on the entry form but I highly suggest that you include the other fields so that it will make it easier to send you your prizes if you win! All personal information will be kept strictly confidential (even from me!!) and will only be accessible to members of the IAP Birthday Bash necessary to administer and distribute prizes.
Be sure to select the correct category ("Pen Photography") on your submission, as the same entry form is being used for several contests.
Entries must be received by Friday February 20th, 2015 11:59 PM PST be eligible.
Judging:Be sure to select the correct category ("Pen Photography") on your submission, as the same entry form is being used for several contests.
Entries must be received by Friday February 20th, 2015 11:59 PM PST be eligible.
Saturday, February 21st, preliminary polls will be posted of all entries to be voted on by the entire IAP membership. If there are more than 10 entries, there will be several polls created so that each poll contains no more than 10 entries. The order of photos in the polls will be random. Preliminary voting will be open until Monday February 23rd, 2015 11:59 PM PST. Tuesday Feb 24th a final poll will be posted with the top top 10 photos by votes from all preliminary polls. Final voting will be between the time the final poll is posted and Saturday, February 28th, 2015 11:59 PM PST. In the event of 10 or less total entries are recieved, only one poll will be made on Saturday, February 21st and voting will be open until Saturday, February 28th, 2015 11:59 PM PST. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS CONTEST IS NOT OVER UNTIL THE RESULTS OF THE FINAL POLL ARE MADE PUBLIC!! As such you should not post your photo or any other information on this site or any others that would identify your photo to other members. Promoting your entry to other members in any way (in person, Private Message, E-Mail, Phone, posting pleas for votes) is strictly prohibited and will result in disqualification.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
- 1st Place: TBD
- 2nd Place: TBD
- 3rd Place: TBD
These are DRAFT RULES and are subject to change. Any Rules should not be considered final until posted in final form for the 2015 Birthday Bash. Please feel free to make any and all comments, questions or suggestions in this thread.
I'm not sure all of what is in the General Rules, but I will edit out any parts of this that are covered by those when they are posted.
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