The Georgia Circuits
2013 - Celebrating 23 Years
International Exhibition of Photography
ENTRY FORMS
The GEORGIA CIRCUITS
Guidelines for Entering the 2013 NORGA Circuit
For club entries
contact the Exhibition Chairman, Bob Ginn at (404) 790-1000 or beeginn@aol.com
Personal checks will be accepted but must be made on USA Banks and made out to Robert Ginn.
US Currency or Euros are always acceptable.
Mail All Entries To:
GEORGIA PRINT CIRCUIT
c/o Robert Ginn, Circuit Vice-Chairman
Post Office Box 900
Guadalupe CA 93434
United States of America
The CLOSING DATE IS July 27th, 2013
All shows will be judged August 9th thru the 18th, 2013
The order of judging will be the Atlanta, the Woodstock and Dixie on the first weekend, with the Rome and Peachtree on the second weekend.
Any entries arriving late will NOT be judged!!!
Report cards for all shows will be e-mailed or mailed by August 31, 2013.
Shows (via PowerPoint shows) will begin August 23, 2011 & end by
December 22, 2013.
Medals - - mailed by October 1, 2013, with an online catalogue at that time.
Early Bird Discount it 25% if entry arrives at the address on the below mailing label by July 15th, 2013
Definitions in effect
for the TRAVEL, NATURE,
and PHOTOJOURNALISM Divisions
in the 2013 NORA Print Circuit!
TRAVEL Definition!
The current and corrected definition is: "A Photo Travel image must express the feeling of a time and place, and portray a land, its distinctive features or culture in its natural state. There are no geographical limitations. Close-up pictures of people or objects must include distinguishable environment. Techniques that add to, relocate, replace or remove any element of the original image, except by cropping, are not permitted. All adjustments must appear natural. Conversion to full monochrome is acceptable. Derivations, including infrared, are unacceptable.
PHOTOJOURNALISM Definition!
Photojournalism images shall consist of pictures or sequences with informative content and emotional impact, including human interest, documentary and spot news. The journalistic value of the photograph shall be considered over pictorial quality. In the interest of credibility, photographs which misrepresent the truth, such as manipulation to alter the subject matter, or situations which are set up for the purpose of photography, are unacceptable in Photojournalism. Human Interest images depict a person or persons in an interactive, emotional, or unusual situation, excluding sports ACTION.. Only cropping, resizing, lightening, or darkening and restoration of original color are permitted. Color images can be converted to greyscale monochrome.
HUMAN INTEREST DEFINITION In Photojournalism!
Human Interest is defined as an image depicting a person or persons in an interactive, emotional or unusual situation, excluding sports action.
NATURE DEFINITION!
Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict observations from all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject material and to certify as to its honest presentation. The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while maintaining high technical quality. Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements enhance the nature story. The presence of scientific bands, scientific tags, or radio collars on wild animals is permissible. Photographs of artificially produced hybrid plants or animals, mounted specimens, or obviously set arrangements, are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement. No techniques that add to, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are permitted. Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial content are permitted. All adjustments must appear natural.
Informative Note: Human elements are not limited to people in the image. Artifacts made by humans, such as roads, fences, signs, and buildings (or parts of buildings), are also considered human elements. Jesses and thongs on legs of raptors and other birds are also considered human elements, not scientific banding and are therefore included in this prohibition. Sensor dust on digital captures and rounded corners of scanned images are not considered pictorial elements.
WILDLIFE DEFINITION; Authentic wildlife is defined as one or more organisms living free and unrestrained in a natural or adopted habitat. Therefore, landscapes, photographs of zoo animals, game farm animals or any living subject taken under controlled conditions are not eligible for Wildlife competitions. Authentic wildlife is not limited to uncontrolled zoological subjects. Land and marine botanical subjects in the wild (including fungi and algae) are also eligible subjects, as are animal carcasses.
