2006 Fencing Photography Contest
Sponsored by Fencing.net and FencingPhotos.com
Show the world how you can capture the action, excitement, and beauty of fencing! Fencing.net and FencingPhotos.com are proud to announce the first annual fencing photography contest. Open to all amateur* photographers from around the world, this year we’ll focus on three categories of fencing images:
• Artistic
• Action
• Posed
Prizes will be awarded to the top three images in all categories, and include fencing equipment and accessories along with shopping sprees on Fencing.net and FencingPhotos.com. Images will be published on both Web sites, presented at the U.S. Summer National Championships as well as in American Fencing.
Contest Judges:
• Carl Borack, Olympic fencer and Hollywood producer
• Craig Harkins, president, Fencing.net
• Jochen Faerber, FIE press officer and photographer
• Serge Timacheff, FIE photographer and president, FencingPhotos.com
Contest Entry Guidelines:
HOW:
• Images must be submitted digitally, either as an original digital image or as a digital scan of an original film negative, slide, or print. All entries should be emailed to Fencing.Net (send to craig at fencing.net) . No prints, slides, or negatives will be accepted except in digital format.
(Entry upload form will be up very soon - look to this thread for details.)
• There is no entry fee!
• Read the contest rules and fill out/sign the entry form.
• Only amateur* photographers are permitted to enter the contest.
• Images must be original, meaning they were taken by you only.
• Images may be in color, black and white, or sepia.
• Images must be in JPEG format with a resolution of 300 dpi and at least six inches on their longest side.
• You may submit up to five images for each category.
• Each image file MUST be named according the following system:
o YOURNAME–CATEGORY–NUMBER.jpg
Example: “BillSmith-Artistic-3.jpg”
WHEN:
• Deadline for entry is midnight, MAY 15, 2006, Eastern U.S. time. NO late entries will be considered.
• Finalists will be notified by June 20, 2006
• Winners will be announced, images will be presented, and prizes will be awarded at the United States Summer National Championships in Atlanta, Georgia in early July. If you are not at the event, we will contact you by email or telephone regarding prizes.
Category Specifics
• Action
o Show real fencers in real fencing action, either in practice or competition. Staged or posed fencing for the purposes of photography is not permitted.
o Any weapons, genders, or levels of fencers are permitted.
o Fencing action must be in the “Olympic style” of fencing, with regulation equipment and uniforms in use. Photos of fencing without masks, jackets, etc. will not be accepted. (Shots of coaching, practice, etc. in warm-up pants is allowed.)
o Images may not be altered digitally, beyond basic exposure correction/touchup (color, contrast, sharpening, brightness, gamma). No other digital filters, alteration, or changes may be made to images.
• Artistic
o Be as creative as you like!
o Apply any and all photographic methods to your image, alter it with an image editing package, or even use a paintbrush on a photo print and then have it scanned.
o Images must obviously involve fencing in some way. They do NOT, however, have to be of fencing action.
o No nudity.
• Posed
o Images must represent a fencer or fencers so that they obviously are part of the sport.
o Fencers do not have to be in complete fencing gear or uniforms, but must be recognizable as fencers in some way.
o Images can be creatively or traditionally presented.
o Poses can be part of a medal ceremony, outdoors, in a club, or any other location.
o No nudity.
* An “amateur” photographer, for the purposes of this contest, means that you do not make any money from photography as a professional or by selling your images.
Entry Forms
1. Complete Photographer’s Entry Form
2. Complete an Image Entry Form for EACH image.
3. Submit completed forms via email (craig at fencing.net)
Photographer’s Entry Form
Name:_____________________________________________ ____
Address:__________________________________________ _____
City:__________________________ State/Province____________
Mail Code:___________ Country:___________________________
Telephone:________________________________
Email:____________________________________________ _____
Are you a fencer (circle)? YES NO
What Weapon (circle)? EPEE FOIL SABRE
What other personal information would you like to submit? _________________
__________________________________________________ _______________
Number of images submitted (Circle):
Action: 1 2 3 4 5
Artistic: 1 2 3 4 5
Posed: 1 2 3 4 5
I have read and understood the rules for entering the 2006 Fencing Photography Contest, and I agree to comply with them. I understand that if I do not comply with the rules, I can be disqualified from the competition. I also understand that any photos of recognizable individuals must have a model release that has been signed by them, and that I am solely responsible for submitting their image to the contest. (Please email us if you do not have a model release form and need one.)
_______________________________________
Photographer Signature Date
If photographer is under 18:
_______________________________________
Parent/Guardian Signature Date
Image Entry Form
Please Complete One for Each Entry. Duplicate as necessary. Give us as much information as you’d like so we can know more about the image.
EXAMPLE:
Image File Name: sergetimacheff-action-3.jpg
Image Title: “Bill’s Final Touch”
Date Taken: April 30, 2004
Category: Action
Format (digital, film, etc.): digital
Camera details, if known (type of camera, settings, etc.): Canon 1D Mark II, 70mm lens, f/2.8, ISO 400, 1/500th second
Details about the image (optional): “This was Bill Smith’s last bout to finalize his placement for the summer national championships. I was lucky enough to be standing on a chair behind the end of the strip, so I had a high perspective as he jumped in the air and screamed.”
Image File Name:
Image Title:
Date Taken:
Category:
Format (digital, film, etc.):
Camera details, if known (type of camera, settings, etc.):
Details about the image (optional)
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Image File Name:
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Date Taken:
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Image Title:
Date Taken:
Category:
Format (digital, film, etc.):
Camera details, if known (type of camera, settings, etc.):
Details about the image (optional)
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