ORGANIZERS
Photo club EMERALD, Sligo, Ireland
CONTACTS
a.
Chair: Aleksandar Sasic
F91HH33, Sligo
b.
Exhibition
Email address: office@photoclubemerald.com
c.
Website: https://photoclubemerald.com
d.
Location
of Entry Form: Authors must fill out online entry form
https://photoclubemerald.com
Name of
Exhibition Software Provider
Photo Club Emerald
SECTIONS
- There are 5 sections, all digital:
A)
OPEN
COLOR (color only)
PID-C
B)
LANDSCAPE (color only) PID-C
C)
WOMAN (color only) PID-C
D) OPEN MONOCHROME (monochrome only)
PID-M
E) PORTRAIT MONOCHROME (monochrome only) PID-M
ENTRY FEE
12 EUR for 1, 2 or 3 sections
15 EUR for 4 or all 5 sections
No Discounts
Possible ways of payment:
- PayPal transfer (office@photoclubemerald.com) – Cash, Checks and IRC are not accepted.
-
the works of the authors who did not pay the fee will
not be taken into consideration.
CALENDAR
Closing date: 15.02.2025
Judging: 20.02.-08.03.2025.
Notification: 15.03.2025.
Awards mailed by: 07.05.2025.
On-Line Gallery posted by: 15.03.2025.
On-line PDF Catalog posted by: 07.05.2025.
REPORT CARD NOTIFICATION
All participants will receive
report card notification via e-mail.
The results of the exhibition will
also be published on the website: www.photoclubemerald.com
EMAILS SPAM
BLOCKING:
Confirmations of entry submittals
and Report Cards will be sent to entrants. Please be sure that this email
address gets included in your “safe” email addresses to assure receipt of these
emails instead of having them blocked by your security system. Also check your
Junk E-Mail or Spam folder to see if your email software placed any messages
from the exhibition there.
JUDGES
Brian HOPPER EFIAP/d2,
ARPS, FIPF, Ireland
Eva LAMBROPOULOU, GMPSA,
EFIAP/d2, GPU VIP5 CR4, HERMES c***MoL, Greece
Tianyi XIONG, China
PSA Rules for the Judging Process
- The
exhibition will be conducted in accordance with the rules of the PSA.
- An
entrant’s images will not be presented to the judges consecutively.
- An
entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of
judging in that section.
- Distribution
of images will be in the same round order as submitted by the entrant.
- At no
stage will a judge be able to view all the entrant’s images together.
AWARDS
PSA Gold medal
in each section (5 altogether)
SALON Gold,
Silver, Bronze medals in each section (15 altogether)
+ 3 SALON e-honorable mention in
each section download/print (15 altogether)
DPA Badge
for the best Author
Medals will be posted.
E-awards will be downloadable from the exhibition website.
CATALOG
PDF
Downloadable from web site by exhibitors on our web site: www.photoclubemerald.com
DIGITAL ENTRIES
AUTHOR MUST FILL
OUT ENTRY FORM AND SUBMIT PHOTOS ONLINE
Photos must be
in in JPG file format, Max image width (horizontal) is 1920 pixels. Max. image
height (vertical) is 1080 pixels.in 300 dpi. Compression 7-12, max 2Mb
ACCEPTANCES AND AWARDS
Judging Method
Remote judging of images will be with
calibrated computer monitors (minimum 19 inches) or high definition TV screens
at exactly 100% of the submitted pixel size (1920x1080 pixels).
Equipment will not resize any submitted
images or change the aspect ratio of the original image to “Fit to screen” or
to “Fill screen” by monitors or HDTV equipment.
Exhibitions are not allowed to resize images. In such cases the entrant is required to
resubmit their entry with properly sized images.
Target Acceptance Range
- The target acceptance rate will be no more than 30%
in each section.
- No image may receive more than one individual award
in a section, but in circuits an image may receive an award in different salon
sections. Only one award can be given to an entrant in any one section.
- For sections with more than 230 images, no more than
10% of the acceptances can receive medals/awards.
EXHIBITION REQUIREMENTS
Image And Entry Requirements: This
exhibition is open to anyone; however, an entry maybe rejected when the
exhibition chair believes the entry does not conform to exhibition rules and
these ES-COE. Membership in any photographic organization is not required.
Neither awards nor acceptances will be granted to any
entrant who is on the PSA Penalties List for Ethics Violation. Entry fees are
not refundable in these circumstances.
PSA Star Ratings: To
receive proper star ratings credit from PSA, entrants must provide their names
and country exactly the same way in each exhibition. Aliases are not permitted.
Please contact PSA in the event of a name change or relocation to another
country. Using one’s name differently in different exhibitions exposes the
entrant to the risk that many of their acceptances may not be recognized in PSA
Star records.
Reproduction: The
entrant permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material
free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the
exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. PSA may
request specific permission from entrants to reproduce entered images in its
educational materials. The terms of that permission will be mutually agreed
upon between the entrant and PSA except in the circumstances where the entered
image is found to breach the PSA Ethics Policy. In those circumstances, the
image may be reproduced by PSA without the entrant’s further permission, for
educational purposes, or to illustrate serious exhibition rule violations. For
those reproductions, the entrant’s name will be withheld.
Entries will not be accepted from entrants who indicate
that their images may not be reproduced in materials related to the exhibition.
The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright.
Re-use of accepted images:
Any image that has been accepted in this exhibition, past or present, may not
be entered again in the same division star ratings class in any future
instances of this exhibition. It may, of course, be entered in any other PSA
recognized exhibitions but must always have the same title. Re-titling
in another language is not allowed.
Entry:
An entry consists of up to and including four (4) images
entered by a single entrant into the same section. The same image can receive
no more than a total of twenty (20) acceptances (per star path). Identical or
similar Images shall not be allowed in the same section or different sections
of the same exhibition as determined by the judges or exhibition chair. Similar
images are those which are practically equivalent, as defined on this page: https://psa-services.org/pdf/Practical-Equivalence.pdf When a group of similar images is uploaded by
the entrant, all similar images in all sections will be disqualified. Be
advised: while similar images may be entered in different exhibitions, these
images and acceptances may be disallowed by the separate review process
associated with applications for stars, diamonds and galaxies. To avoid
disappointment, do not enter images that are practically equivalent.
Titles:
Each image must have a unique title that relates to the
content of the image. That unique title must be used for entry of that image
into any and all PSA-recognized exhibitions. Titles must be 35 characters or
fewer. No titles may be visible to the judges, and nothing in the image may
identify the entrant. Titles may not include file extensions such as .jpg or
.jpeg (or any other camera capture file names such as IMG_xxxx). Titles may not
consist of personal identifiers possibly augmented by a number; and may not
include words such as “untitled” or “no title.” Titles may not consist solely
of numbers unless those numbers are prominently contained within the image,
such as a contestant number in a race. When entering titles, exhibitors may use
Latin1 or Latin2 character sets (ISO-8859-1 or ISO-8859-2) which allow
diacritical marks (é, ñ, ü, ą, ę, ś, etc). While text written in
non-Latin writing systems (Hanzi, Cyrillic, Arabic, Devanagari, etc) might be
accepted by exhibition software, this practice is discouraged because it may
yield unpredictable results in galleries, catalogs and may be rejected in Star
applications.
Color and Monochrome: Color
and monochrome images from the same capture that share substantial pictorial
content in common will be considered the same image and must be given the same
title.
DATA PROTECTION
By entering this exhibition, you are explicitly
consenting to the personal details you have supplied, including physical
addresses and email addresses being held, processed and used by the exhibition
chair for purposes associated with this exhibition. You also explicitly consent
to such information being sent to organizations that have accorded official
recognition, patronage or accreditation to this exhibition. You acknowledge,
agree and accept that by entering this exhibition your participation status which
includes your first and last name, name of the country used during registration
at the exhibition, number of sections entered, and number of photos entered in
those sections will be made public in a published status list, and that the
results of your entry will be made public in the exhibition gallery and
exhibition catalog. You also agree and accept the policy regarding non-
compliance to the rules of PSA.
SUBJECT MATTER AND DEFINITIONS
Image creation
and ownership
In all sections of
the exhibition, images must originate as photographs made by the entrant.
They may not
incorporate identifiable images produced by anyone else (for example: clip art,
replacement skies, or stock images). Images created in whole or in part by
image creation software (frequently called ‘AI’
images) are not
allowed. Editing or alteration of images is permitted within the limits
specified in the relevant section definitions that are available here https://psa-photo.org/page/division-definitions
Any person submitting
or attempting to submit a totally AI generated image that does not begin with a
light capture from the maker to any Photographic Society of America exhibition,
social media, event, or publication, other than for editorial purposes, shall
be prohibited from PSA for a period of from 3 years to Life.
Statement on Subject Matter - applicable to
all sections
The fundamental rule that must be observed at all times
and applies to all sections offered in exhibitions with PSA recognition
is that the welfare of living creatures is more important than any photograph.
This means that practices such as baiting of subjects with a living creature
and removal of birds from nests, for the purpose of obtaining a photograph, are
highly unethical, and such photographs are not allowed in any exhibition with
PSA recognition. Under no circumstances may a living creature be placed in a
situation where it will be killed or injured for the purpose of obtaining a
photograph. Images that show live creatures being fed to captive animals, birds
or reptiles are not permitted under any circumstances.
There are also concerns about the use of aerial
photography, using drones, helicopters, or low flying aircraft. These should
not cause any interference with other individuals or animals which causes a
disturbance in their normal activity or disrupts the way any individual or
animal interacts with their environment. Entrants in PSA recognized exhibitions
should comply with all relevant laws and regulations associated with aerial
photography in the country in which the image was taken.
Entry into PSA
recognized exhibitions is conditional on accepting the above policies. The
images must comply with the division and section definitions listed on the PSA
website and other conditions. Images that do not comply will be disqualified by
the judges.
PSA Color Definition
The Image category for PID color must be a color image. A
greyscale or multi-colored image modified or giving the impression of having
been modified by partial toning, multi toning or by the inclusion of spot color
on a monochrome image is considered a Color Image.
PSA Monochrome Definition
An image is considered to be monochrome only if it gives
the impression of having no color (i.e, contains only shades of gray which can
include pure black and pure white) or it gives the impression of being a
grayscale image that has been toned in one color across the entire image (for
example by sepia, red, gold, etc.) A grayscale or multi-colored image modified
or giving the impression of having been modified by partial toning,
multi-toning or by the inclusion of spot coloring does not meet the definition
of monochrome and shall be classified as a color work.
• Monochrome images may not be entered in color
sections of PPD or PID.
Pictorial Image Division Definition
PID includes open or general subject photography. There
are no limitations on subject matter or techniques used for image capture or
post processing other than the restrictions described in the PSA Statements on
Artificial Intelligence, Image Creation and Authorship, and Subject Matter,
which apply to all divisions. These restrictions include prohibited image
elements not authored by the entrant (for example textures, replacement
skies from third party software, clipart or stock images).
Open sections have unrestricted subject content and may
include creative images. PID theme sections have specific definitions which
assist both the judges and entrants.
Landscape Definition (Color Only) PID C
This category is typically a photograph that captures the presence of nature and may include sea/oceans/water/underwater.
It can have man-made features (e.g. city skylines) or disturbances of landscapes, with or without people on photography.
Representational landscapes (more natural and realistic), an impressionistic landscape or abstract landscape photographs are allowed.
Woman Definition (Color Only) PID C
The closest
definition of Woman section, photography where the only condition is that the
subject is female.
Portrait Monochrome Definition (Monochrome
Only) PID M
Our definition of the Portrait
section: a photograph of a person
or group of people who are
aware they are being photographed. Only
monochrome images allowed in this section.
EXHIBITION SPECIFIC
RULES:
Borders
For the purpose of this exhibition any border added to a
digital file must be a single border of white or grey, no greater than 3-5
pixels in width.
License
agreement:
By submitting an entry, the entrant
certifies legal Age, and own all rights to these images, including copyright or
parents or guardians gives permission on his/her behalf if he/she is not of
Legal Age.
The exhibition assumes no liability for
any misuse of copyright.
PSA RULES
Non-compliance
See the PSA Ethics Policy at https://psa-photo.org/page/ethical-practices
See the PSA statement on Subject Matter, Statement on
Artificial Intelligence, and Image Creation and Authorship at https://psa-photo.org/page/division-definitions
If an entrant submits an image that appears to be
non-compliant, the chair or judges may request the unedited or raw file of the
submitted image to verify compliance, including authorship. For composite
images all files are required. Such entries may be referred to PSA for further
investigation of possible ethics violations. Entrants who do not respond to
this request or who do not cooperate with the investigation team may be
penalized.
PSA retains the right to investigate all complaints, impose penalties if deemed
necessary, void the acceptances of any image found to violate the PSA rules,
and add the entrant’s name to the PSA Penalty List which is shared with PSA and
FIAP chairs. Entrants automatically agree to these terms by entering the
Exhibition.
Agents and other indirect submissions:
- Agencies and third-party entities who process or submit
images on an entrant’s behalf must register with Exhibition Services. This
is to ensure both the agency and the entrants are aware of the rules prior
to submitting images. Agencies who frequently submit images which incur
violations may also be penalized.
- Entrants will be held responsible for adhering to the
entry rules and will be subject to penalties for any violations to
these Conditions of Entry or to PSA’s Statement of Ethics, regardless of
whether they submit images through a third party or not.
NOTICE: When entrants fill in the
entry form to submit an entry they will see the following feature to affirm
they have read these COE
“I hereby confirm that I have read and understood
and agree to the Conditions of Entry of this exhibition. I have read
and understood the PSA document to be found at https://psa-photo.org/resource/resmgr/pdf/exhibitions_/exhibition-entrants-agreemen.pdf
I am aware that PSA may apply penalties for
non-compliance to these Conditions of Entry”
Failure to agree will mean that the application will not
proceed.
