| 4-H PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT G Superintendent: Jeanette Ward, Decatur ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ RULES AND INFORMATION 1. The 4-H Photography Division is open to all qualified 4-H members in Wise County. 2. Each entry should be the work of the exhibitor and must be made since the previous Youth Fair. 3. The Wise County Youth Fair 4-H Photography division works in conjunction with Wise County 4-H to offer two photography shows: A. Wise County Youth 4-H Photography Show (see General Rule #1 for eligible participants). B. Wise County 4-H Photography Contest which is a district qualifying event. Entry process is through the Wise county Extension Office and eligibility to participate is determined by Wise County 4-H guidelines. The Wise County 4-H Photography Contest is not a part of the Wise County Youth Fair, it is merely held in conjunction with WCYF due to necessary timing of the Qualifying Event. Awards will be presented in a separate ceremony following the WCYF Photography Awards. 4. Please pick up label release forms at the extension office upon Youth Fair registration date. You may also order mounting boards at this time as well for $2 each (prepaid). The deadline to order boards at the Extension Office is the last day of late registration. Boards must be ordered and paid for on or before that day. Complete one form per entry and affix to the back of your mounted photograph. In addition to your birth date, please indicate Junior, Intermediate or Senior. Entries will be disqualified if it does not contain a label or if the label is incomplete. . Exhibitor can have only one entry in each class up to 17 entries. 6. Entries are due in the Women’s Building between 7:30am—10:00 a.m. on Thursday. Judging will begin at 10:30 a.m. 7. Entries will be placed first through sixth place according to merit. All others will receive participation. 8. Winners will also be named to continue to the State and District competitions. There will be one photograph per class to advance to the District Round-Up in the Junior and Intermediate age groups. (Total 30 entries). Only Senior 4-Her’s will qualify to go to State (Total 15). Only those enrolled as a 4-H member can advance to district and state competitions. All photos must have a signed release on the back and MAY OR MAY NOT BE RETURNED. (READ THE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION). 9. Copies will not be allowed. Print must come from original negative or JPEG. Copies will be disqualified. 10. For uniformity the exhibit will consist only of 8” x 10” black and white or colored prints flush mounted on white mount board. Poster board mounts are not acceptable. The prints must be affixed to a mount board the same size as the prints. 11. Junior Division & Intermediate Division-photography go together to District 3 competition level. 12. Senior Division-automatically goes to state. 13. Photography will be judged as stated by the District 3 ruling. CLASSES: 1. PEOPLE Photos focus from all walks of life, parenting and family children, babies, models/fashion, sports, and couples. (See Rule #8 of the Texas 4-H Photography Contest Rules.) Examples include: Kids & Family, Models/Fashion, Sports 2. ANIMALS—WILDLIFE Category focuses on animals not tamed r domesticated and commonly found in the wild throughout the country and world. Photos can be of wildlife in nature, zoos, and/or petting zoos. Examples include: Deer, snakes, insects, rodents, elephants, etc. 3. ANIMALS—DOMESTIC Photos focusing on the various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment. To be considered domesticated, the animal must have their behavior, life cycle, or physiology systemically altered as a result of being under human control for many generations. Examples include: Dog, Sheep, Pig, Goat, cow, Cat, chicken, Horse, Camel, Goose, Duck, Hamsters. 4. MARINE/AQUATIC Photos of any living organism in bodies of either fresh or ocean (salt) water. Examples include: Fish, stingrays, shipwrecks, whales, starfish, etc. 5. ELEMENTS OF DESIGN Images use of graphic elements of design. Photos that showcase line, shape, pattern, form, texture, perspective, etc. Photo can consist of any subject matter. Category is not for graphic illustrations made in commercial programs (i.e. Adobe Illustrator) nor for extreme digital creations. Examples include: Perspective, Line, Pattern 6. NATURE & LANDSCAPE The focus of this category includes landscapes, outdoor scenics, nature images, sunsets, urban landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, and farms. Images focus on the beauty of the outdoors. Examples include: Landscapes, Scenics, Outdoors 7. PLANT/FLORA Photos of interesting, unique, and beautiful flowers and flora. Photography can occur outdoors or indoors. Photo subject should be that of a single flower, plant, bush, tree, etc. Large collections of plant/flora should be considered for entry into the Nature & Landscape category. Examples include: a rose, an upward shot of a tree, a flower bouquet, etc. 8.DETAILS & MACRO Getting in close is the name of the game for this category. We welcome pictures of small details that suggest a larger story. This is also the place for macro photographs (although a macro image of a flower might equally go into the Flowers category). Examples include: detail of a knot, a lock, or an abstract close-up—anything as long as it is a tight composition of a detail. Macro examples include flowers, insects, stamps ice crystals, etc. 9. DIGITAL DARKROOM Photos are for digital art—images created or drastically altered in software like Adobe Photoshop*. Although digitally manipulated images are also allowed in the other categories, this is a category exclusively showcasing such art. If the digital darkroom work is the main attraction of the photo, or plays a big part, enter it here. Examples include: Photoshop* composities and creations, images greatly manipulated with a variety of filters, photos with artistic borders, photos stitched into a panoramic. 10. THEME Theme photos focus on a subject as announced and outlined in the contest rules. Theme to be announced. 11. NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY Photos taken outdoors between dusk and dawn. Generally these photos are achieved by using artificial light or using long exposure. This category can include any subject as the focus should be on the skill and technique used to acquire the photograph. Examples include: building/structures, animals, plants/flora, people, etc. 12. FOOD Category is a still life specialization of photography, aimed at producing attractive photographs of food for used in such items of advertisements, packaging, menus and/or cookbooks. NO PHOTOGRAPHS OA ALCOHOL BEVERAGES ARE ALLOWED. Examples include: Thanksgiving dinner, cakes/pies, fruits and place settings, Easter eggs, sandwiches, ingredients, etc. 13. DOMINANT COLOR Photos with a dominant color. The dominant element in the image must be a specific color, such as red, yellow, blue, white, black, white, green, etc. Black & White photos, duotones are excluded from this category. 14. CATCH-ALL Category for photos that do not fit into one of the other categories. This includes such photos as still-life, motion-blur, Polaroid transfers, SX-70 images, handcolored photos. Examples include: Polaroid image & emulsion transfers, still-life, long exposure zoomed images, and painting with light. 15. BLACK & WHITE PEOPLE See #1 for description. 16. BLACK & WHITE ANIMALS (Wildlife Or Domestic) See #2 & 3 for description. 17. BLACK & WHITE ELEMENTS OF DESIGN See #5 for description. 18. BLACK & WHITE LANDSCAPE See #6 for description. 19. BLACK & WHITE DETAILS & MACRO See #8 for description. 20. STORY BOARD Story Board—A series of photographs that tells a story WITHOUT words. Participants are allowed to decorate the board as they wish and the size of the board is not mandated. You may only use 3 to 5 photos that can be no larger than 4x6. Cropping and bordering is allowed. For more information or questions on registration, call the photography superintendent or go to the official 4-H Photography Contest Rules at: http://texas4-h.tamu/events/photographyindex.html |
2012 Wise County Youth Fair April 2 - 7 |
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