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Definitions
The Societies' Monthly Image Competition Rules and Instructions
The Societies Monthly Image Online Competition Rules 2012
- Entrant must have captured and created the original exposure.
- All digital manipulation must have been performed by the entrant.
- Any images that violate copyright, trademark or any other applicable law
will be disqualified.
- The entrant’s name, or any other distinguishing marks, must not appear
on the face of the image.
- Only one image per category per month is to be entered.
- No entry will be eligible that has been made under the supervision of an
instructor or as a class assignment.
- No image that receives a Gold award or a Merit in the 20x16" annual
competition may be entered more than once under any condition.
- No exact same image may be entered into more than one category.
- Any images uploaded which are not correctly named will be automatically
disqualified.
- Any entry which has been reproduced from an existing photograph,
portrait, graphic or any other artwork produced by another person is a
violation of the competition rules and will be disqualified.
- Entrants agree that any photograph entered may be used by The Societies
and or Professional Imagemaker in any of the publications, printed
materials, or electronic media. Also the image may be used for promotional
use by The Societies, unless otherwise agreed.
- Images entered into Wedding Avant Garde and Wedding Traditional must
have been taken on the day the registrar was signed and must be commissioned
work only.
- Prizes will not be awarded if the winner does not attend the annual
awards presentation or provides an acceptable reason for absence.
- By uploading and entering in to the Societies' Monthly Competition, You
agree to have read and fully understood the
Rules of the
Competition and Category
Definitions.
- Only open to current Societies' Members
- We reserve the right to: change or modify the rules without notice.
To upload your competition entries, follow these simple instructions:
- To prepare your images for upload please open with an appropriate program.
- Make sure your image is 2000 pixels on the longest side and there are no
names
or distinguishing marks on the entry. No bigger than 2000 pixels on
the longest side
- Select ‘Save As’ from the menu and ensure that the following information
is entered as the file name: Your Name (followed by the Category (ie
landscape), followed by the month (ie February) followed by your country of
origin (England, USA etc) and year For example John_Jones_landscape_February_UK_10.jpg
- Click the following link
The Societies Monthly Image Competition
- Go to login -
Forgotten the upload instructions - no
problem visit the Forum
http://bppa.ws/forum/index.php/topic,21861.0.html
- You will now be able to upload your images.
- Go to 'Upload Your Images HERE'
- Click on Album and choose the category
- Browse for the image that you would like to enter and double click.
- Click the Submit button at the foot of the page to upload the image.
- To submit more images (to other categories) go to 'Upload Your Images
HERE'
Important Points To Remember
FAILURE TO TITLE YOUR IMAGE AS ABOVE
WILL RESULT IN YOUR IMAGES BEING DELETED.
ALSO UPLOAD ONLY ONE PRINT PER CATEGORY
MAX FILE SIZE 2MBs
Fig 1

Reasons why you may not be able to log on or upload
Cache full on your PC
Your ISP Proxy Server
Broadband connection speed may have dropped
Cookies should be enabled
Security setting set to high
Firewall settings to high
Too many programmes open at the same time on your PC
Our server may be busy with other members uploading
Plus about another 1,000,000 other possible reasons
You could try login on from a different computer
Please note In the image title the following information must be entered Name Category
ie Landscape,Country
Remember to log out before leaving the site.
Preparing your images for upload..........
- All files should be in Jpeg format
- Files shall be maximum 2000 pixels on the longest side (landscape or portrait format) at 200dpi
If you have any technical questions please drop me an email.
Possible reasons why files will not upload
- No category chosen
- File too big (keep below 2mg)
Link to upload page: The
Societies Monthly Image Competition
Photo Quote: The moon develops the imagination, as chemicals develop photographic images. Sheila Ballantyne