2008 Annual Photo Contest
Cindy Mitzen
It’s
time once again for our member’s annual amateur photo contest.
The categories are as follows:
East Coast Lighthouses
West Coast & Great Lakes Lighthouses
New Jersey Lighthouses
Lighthouses Doors
Winner’s Circle
Reminder: To keep things simple I’m asking that all photos submitted be
either a 5x7 or 8x10. Anything smaller is hard to view and larger
hard to display.
Who can enter the
photo contest? Any member in good standing of
NJLHS who is an amateur photographer. What is an amateur?
For the photo contest you are considered an amateur if you don’t sell
your photos or make a profit from them. This is a fun “lighthouse”
photo contest not a “Photo Contest”. The best technical picture
may not place because the photos are judged by the general
membership. And we all know lighthouse people look at lighthouse
photos different then the rest of the world.
Those in the
Winner’s Circle may submit 2 lighthouse photographs of any
type in the Winner’s Circle. You may also submit one photo in the
Lighthouse Doors category. Postcards were mailed out in February
as reminders to all members of the Winner’s Circle. Any other
NJLHS member may submit up to 3 photographs in any category or
combination of categories.
Who’s in the Winner’s Circle? Anyone who was in last year’s
Winner’s Circle for the first time is still in the Winner’s
Circle. If this is your second year in the Winner’s Circle and
you do not win a first, second, or third place this year, you will be
dropped from the Winner’s Circle. In other words, if you don’t place in
the Winner’s Circle for two years you drop into the general photo
contest.
How do you get in the Winner’s Circle? Win first or second in any
general category, easy!
I have again made arrangements with Pat Alcoro at the Sandy Hook
Keepers House to display the winners of this year’s contest
there. They will be displayed in the media room (where the
kitchen use to be) for the month of April.
All pictures must have a registration slip with them. The
photographer’s name should not be anywhere on the picture. The
lighthouse in the picture may be identified. Please feel free to
make copies of the entry form, more blank forms will be available at
the meeting for each contestant to fill out if needed. You will
notice an area on the entry form to sign giving NJLHS permission to
publish your picture on our web site.
Thank you to all those who have volunteered to help with the photo
contest as registrars, etc. I can still use more help, please
show up early and see me before the meeting and I will get every one
set up.
Any questions call me at 908-281-6879, if you get the machine, leave a
message and I’ll get back to you.
NOTE:
Those wishing to may have their
winning photo put on our web site. The webmaster will be at the
meeting to scan or take
a digital
picture of your photo. Please answer yes and
sign the entry blank.
If the photo is digitally generated it can also be emailed to the
webmaster at a later date.
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