Tony Dunne Memorial Salon

Salon Rules

All entries must conform to the rules of the Salon

The Drogheda Photographic Club invites all photographers to enter the Tony Dunne Memorial Salon. The purpose of the salon is to promote digital photography and encourage all photographers to participate in an open digital competition.

Rules

1.    The salon open to all photographers.

2.    Results will be posted on the club website www.droghedaphotographicclub.com

3.    Images that have been used for commercial purposes should not be submitted.

4.    Where used, borders will be taken as part of the image. Any image text must not protrude beyond the image size or enter the border space.

5.    All entries must have originated as a photograph, either film or digital and been taken by the entrant. Final image must have a significant photographic content.

6.    All adjustments and manipulation must have been carried out by the photographer using any type of software

7.    All entries must be accompanied by a completed entry form and appropriate fee.

8.    The Drogheda Photographic Club reserves the right to reproduce any entry for publicity purposes which may include low resolution web reproduction.

9.    Copyright of the image and any components must belong to the photographer and remains his / her property. The DPC assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright.

10.                     An individual image may only be entered into one section of the salon.

11.                     All submitted CDs / DVDs will be destroyed at the end of the salon.

12.                     An entry may be removed from the salon if, in the reasonable opinion of the judges and Tony Dunne Memorial Salon committee, the image does not conform to the rules or is deemed unsuitable for public exhibition.

13.                     Each entrant will interpret submission to the salon as an acceptance of and compliance with the rules and conditions of the salon.

14.                     Images should be 1024 pixels on the horizontal axis and 768 pixels on the vertical axis, 72 dpi and saved as Jpeg quality 10

15.                     The Tony Dunne Memorial Salon is an open subject competition where a maximum of four (4) images may be submitted into each of the following sections;

Colour: Any colour image may be entered provided any manipulation or adjustment has not significantly altered the content, intent or believability of the original image.

Monochrome: Any black and white image that shows a full range of tones from black to white, fully or partially toned may be entered and where any manipulation or adjustment has not significantly altered the content, intent or believability of the original image.

Image Identification

Each image should be identified as follows:-

Image number _ Image name. Number images in each section 1, 2, 3 & 4. Please use an underscore_ between the image number and the image name i.e. 1_Beach scene

Submission

Each photographer must submit a completed entry form with all images submitted in entry on CD or DVD

Each photographer should submit their entry as follows:-

Create a folder for each section of the Salon (Colour or Mono) within which you create a folder of your name (SmithJ)  and within this folder place the entries for that section e.g.

Folder                            sub folder              Image name

Colour                            SmithJ                            1_Beach scene

                                                        2_Sunset scene              etc.

Mono                            SmithJ                            1_Shadows

                                                        2_Reading Goal              etc.

The CD should be marked with the photographers name and email address in permanent marker or by direct printing onto the CD. Do not use adhesive labels

Entry fee is €5 for 1 section or €10 for 2 sections. Payment by cheque drawn on an Irish bank or postal order made payable to Drogheda Photographic Club. €uro bank notes are acceptable.

DIGITAL IMAGING ADVICE

How to 'size' your file for digital imaging competitions These notes are supplied only as basic guidance to anyone who wishes to enter competitions and may require some assistance. There are several different ways to do anything in Photoshop, and many different image-editing programs available.

Using Photoshop & Elements

Remember if you have done work in layers in Photoshop you should flatten the image before resizing.

a) File > Open and left mouse-click on your chosen file and click Open

b) Image > Mode > RGB Color & 8 Bits ( if you are not prompted on opening, convert to 8 bits)

c) Image> Image Size (In Elements – Image > Resize > Image size) and tick all three boxes: Scale Styles, Constrain Proportions and Resample Image and choose one of the Bicubic options. The choice depends on whether enlarging or reducing the size. (Note: Older versions of Photoshop only have two boxes, tick both of these and carry on as above)

d) Still in the image size palette, you are required to set the Pixel Dimensions: If a landscape (horizontal) image in Pixel Dimesions Width > type 1024 (the height will be automatically filled in) or If a portrait (vertical) image in Pixel Dimesions Height > type 768 (the width will be automatically filled in) and left mouse click OK.

e) You are now ready to save: File > Save as…

f) Create a New Folder by left mouse clicking on the folder icon (if you are not sure which icon, hold your cursor over the icon to find the right one) and type in your Name, (just type where you see New Folder appear) as the New Folder name, and then press the Return/Enter key

g) Type in your filename (as explained above), select jpeg from the format drop down list and then click Save. When prompted for a jpeg quality level select 10