PPGCS Newsletter: May, 2006

Volume 17, Issue 5

1. Imaging Workshops of Colorado

2. A message from the President

3. May Meeting: Annual PPGCS Print Critique

4. PPGCS Print Critique Rules

5. The Twelve Elements of a Merit Print

6. Upcoming Events
   

7. Renew your Membership
   (Pricing and who to contact)

8. Membership and Advertising

9. Classified Advertising

10. PPGCS OFFICERS & CHAIRPERSONS– 2006

Did You Know?

  Imaging Workshops of Colorado is an official PPA affiliation. School. You can receive PPA merits while receiving “first class” instruction right in our very own picturesque backyard. Please visit
www.coloradoworkshops.com

(ONLY A FEW SEATS AVAILABLE
REGISTER TODAY)

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A message from the President

  Hello Members and Friends,

  It is already May, and that means that it is time for our annual print critique. My how time flies! I hope that each of you will submit up to 4 prints for review. The purpose of our print critique is to actually look at your images under the same conditions that they will be judged under….lots of light, and even the turnstile. We hope to provide you with constructive suggestions to improve your images, and hopefully your print score! Please make the images at least 8x10” (or larger) in size, and mounted on a 16x20” mount board so that they will fit on the turnstile. We will be looking at prints only for this critique, (not transparencies, albums or EI). Your prints may be of any subject…commercial, illustrative, portrait, or wedding. Make sure your name and the title of your print is on the back of your entry. No photographer names on the front please. We will offer an open discussion about each print within the panel of judges.

  Let’s have everyone participate. The more entries, the more everyone learns!

PPGCS President,
Pat Moore, Cr.Photog., PPA Certified

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MEETING REMINDER

Social 6:30 pm
Meeting 7:00 pm

May 18th

ANNUAL PRINT CRITIQUE

Click here for new print submission guidelines
Bring your best 8x10 mounted on
16x20 board.

ViewPoint
Retirement Center
555 Rockrimmon Blvd.
Activities Room

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PPGCS PRINT CRITQUE RULES

The May 18th Guild Meeting is our Annual Print Critique.
Below is valuable information to help you create your best images.

ELIGIBILITY

1. The entry must have been captured and created by the entrant.

2. The entrant's name shall not appear anywhere on the face of the entry.

3. A maximum of four (4) entries may be submitted per entrant.

4. No entry will be eligible that has been made under the supervision of an instructor or as a class assignment.

5. No two entries shall be of the same subject.

6. Entries previously merited at any PPA International Competition are not eligible including any image from a merited album.

7. Entry media includes photographic prints.

PHOTOGRAPHIC CRITIQUE CATEGORIES

1. Photographic Open will consist of Portrait, Illustrative, and Wedding entries.

2. Commercial consists of commercial and industrial entries.

MOUNTING

1. Print entries must be permanently mounted on standard mount board material. No masonite, glass, stretcher or conventional frames are allowed.

2. Images of any shape and size are allowed and must be mounted on 16x20" mount board. (recommended mounting thickness is 1/8" - 3/8").

3. No material may be added to the front or back of an entry that may damage another entry.

4. (Exception): PPA Master of Photography Degree holders may submit images of any shape and size on a mount board a minimum of 80 square inches to a maximum of 480 square inches, with the largest dimension no longer than 24".

SUBMISSION

1. Place your name on the back of the print/mount board.

2. Place the title of the entry on the back TOP of the print.

   
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12 ELEMENTS OF A MERIT PRINT

1. IMPACT
What you see first. What creates your first impression - It could be a strong feeling of power. What commands you to look -What holds your eye?

2. CREATIVITY
Using your imagination. Being very original or a fresh approach on subject matter.
Creative cropping. Creative use of subject matter. Content could be very abstract

3. STYLE
Individuality: that character of the photograph that sets one work apart from the rest.
The way of seeing or approaching a subject.

4. COMPOSITION
Good placement of the subject matter. Harmonious proportions. Using dynamic symmetry to place most important objects in design. Good rhythm is created by repetition, whether it's color, spaces, moods, or divisions of the photograph

5. PRINT PRESENTATION
Does the presentation enhance the photograph? Good cropping can add to the composition. Good color for the matting or mount can help. Daring to be different.
Using something dynamic or being very traditional.
Initial impression can be obtained by using creative mounting.

6. COLOR BALANCE
A good technique for the photograph. A good selection of color for the subject matter or objects. Using a very interpretative color (maybe not normal). Creative use of color - example: complementary colors, dark against light, strong against weak.

7. CENTER OF INTEREST
Dominance of objects or subject matter. A group of subject and arrangement of objects so one center of interest prevails. Subject matter holds the eye with no distractions. Strength and definition gives the center of interest secondary points that are very important to the photograph, but you must always be able to come back to the center of interest.

8. LIGHTING
Good dynamic lighting appropriate to the subject matter. Strong mood can be created by the lighting. Lighting is the art of reproducing the characteristics of the subjects or objects.

9. SUBJECT MATTER
An outstanding interpretation for the subject matter. Good camera angle for the subject matter is helpful. Selection of a photogenic model or object is important. Contrast here can be very creative in selection; example: old and Young, warm and cool. All of these will complement your work.

10. PRINT QUALITY
Good strong contrast. Using the middle tones. Good color balance. Expressions and artistic lighting. The simplest statements are the strongest. Good angle on the building. Backgrounds in key to the subject matter.

11. TECHNIQUE
Different technique for the subject matter. Technique is the foundation of photography, but a knowledge of the art principles are very necessary. Using creative and abstract can help. Design brings abstract ideas into concrete form.

12. STORY TELLING
A good strong statement. A complete story within the photograph. First glance has a complete meaning. Strong mood with the photograph, builds an emotional response challenging your imagination.

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