Our next competitions will be Wednesday, 13 March 2019. We will have color prints and monochrome prints. You may enter three in each.

The theme this month is Low-Key or Hi-Key. Click here to see an Adobe Spark presentation on High-Key / Low-Key.

High-Key

A high key image mostly consists of highlights and mid-tones, is generally bright and even, and delicately toned, often with pastel and/or white shades. Click here for examples of High-Key.

Low-Key

A photograph that comprises predominantly of dark or monotone colors. Click here for examples of Low-Key.

Competition rules, which include how to prepare your entries are posted on our website.

• Monochrome and Color Prints– Prints must be matted. The print and mat assembly may not exceed 20” size on the longest edge. The contestant’s name, picture title, category, class, and contest date (month/year) must appear on the back of each print.  PLEASE include an arrow on the back of the image to reflect orientation. For example

Novice Digital
1st Place – Richard Stolarski – Chapel on the Rock
2nd Place – Marilou Burleson – Bath Time
3rd Place – Paul Wilcox – Pink Lily
4th Place – Ann Hickman – Rose Window
HM – Ann Hickman – Cathedral Nave
HM – Elaine Hambly – Beets All
HM – Paul Wilcox – Show Off

Unlimited Digital
1st Place – Fred Venecia – Arabian Nights
2nd Place – Richard Chomitz – Cameo Artist
3rd Place – Michelle Barkdoll – Valley View
4th Place – Mike Thomas – Conservatory
HM – Bob Webber – My Kid Sister 1972
HM – David Joyner – Elsa In Chips Studio
HM – Louis Sapienza – Launching
HM – Mike Thomas – Man in the Machine

Our next competition will be Wednesday, 27 February 2019. We will have our digital contests. You may enter three digital images.

The theme this month is Open, so anything goes.

Competition rules, which include how to prepare your entries are posted on our website http://arundelcameraclub.org/rules-summary/

• Digital –
  • Email your digital entries in by Tuesday, at noon. Remember that the email address to send your digital entries to is contests@arundelcameraclub.org.
  • Send your images as email attachments. Mac users need to put their images in a zip file and attach the zip file to the email.
  • Resize your images to 1024 pixels on the long side (1024 x ??? or ??? x 1024) and 72 DPI.
  • Files should be named according to the following convention:
    • A class identifier, ‘n’ for novice or ‘u’ for unlimited, should prepend the file name and be followed by an underscore.
    • The image name should appear next. For multi-word titles, it is helpful to either capitalize the first letter of each word or separate each word with an underscore. Although most mechanisms of uploading/transferring/emailing files handle spaces in titles, this is not universal. If you have problems sending files with space-separated titles, try the methods mentioned above instead.
    • An underscore and the owner’s first and last initials should follow the title.
    • Finally, make sure the file extension (.jpg) exists.
    • Examples: Here are file name samples using the above convention:
      • u_BridgeOnTheRiverKwai_cb.jpg
      • u_bridge_on_the_river_kwai_cb.jpg
      • n_thistitleisveryhardtoread_cb.jpg
      • n_some have trouble with this_cb.jpg
  • We will send you an email to confirm we have received your images and that they are named and sized appropriately. If you do not receive a confirmation, please contact the contest chairman at contests@arundelcameraclub.org.
  • If all else fails, you may bring your images to the meeting on a USB drive, but we may not be able to put them into the contest.

Novice Color
1st Place – Jackie Colestock – Peas N Teas
2nd Place – Rich Stolarski – Little River
3rd Place – Marilou Burleson – Going Your Own Way
4th Place – Paul Wilcox – Ocean Buoy
HM – Elaine Hambly – After the Rain
HM – Marilou Burleson – Pink Angel

Unlimited Color
1st Place – Michelle Barkdoll – Pot
2nd Place – Ron Peiffer – Constant Witness
3rd Place – Cathy Hockel – Tufted Titmouse
4th Place – Fred Venecia – Liz
HM – Donna Flynn – A Couple In Sync
HM – Ron Peiffer – Sunset on Jackson Square
HM – Dawn Grannas – Horse’s Tail

Novice Mono
1st Place – Jackie Colestock – Long Walk Home
2nd Place – Rich Stolarski – Tires
3rd Place – Ed Niehenke – Happy Visions
4th Place – Jackie Colestock – Warriors Each and All
HM – Paul Wilcox – Fountain Teeth
HM – Ed Niehenke – Madrid Monument

Unlimited Mono
1st Place – Donna Flynn – Juan
2nd Place – Cathy Hockel – Lazy Day at the Ruin
3rd Place – Ron Peiffer – Thunder in the Valley
4th Place – Donna Flynn – The Cellist
HM – Michelle Barkdoll – Hot in There
HM – John Milleker, Jr. – Solder Tin Type
HM – Christine Milleker – Fern