PRINTS
PRINT COMPETITION RULES AND ENTRY FORMS
Entries for the Print Competition must be sent by post to Mike Russell at the address on the entry form to arrive no later than Wednesday 23 May 2007. They may also be brought to the May BSoUP meeting on Wednesday 16 May 2007. The Print Competition will be on display at the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth from 16 June, for judging by Aquarium visitors (see below for more details).
ENTRY FORMS
Entry forms may be downloaded as an Adobe PDF file
Prints.pdf
OR they are available from: mjrussell@onetel.com
PRINT CATEGORIES
As last year we have teamed up with Plymouth's National Marine Aquarium to stage a major, four-week exhibition and competition, opening on 16 June. The prints entered into the competition will be displayed at the Aquarium and judged by the many members of the public who visit there from 16 June to 7 July, and will then remain on display until 14 July (with the photographer's name added to the display for this last week).
This year only one copy of each print is required.
There are three categories in the Print Competition:
- British & Irish (images taken in UK and Irish waters)
- Overseas (images taken in overseas waters)
- Advanced (images taken underwater anywhere in the world)
Advanced competititors must enter that category (see below); all others may enter the British & Irish and the Overseas categories.
The Advanced category is for anyone who has:
- won a major national or international underwater photographic competition such as BSoUP’s Open Portfolio competition, Antibes, BUIF, U/W Photographer of the Year or Wildlife Photographer of the Year
- takes or has taken underwater photographs for a living
- or is otherwise significantly involved in commercial underwater photography.
Anyone who is uncertain whether they qualify as Advanced should consult the BSoUP Committee whose decision is final.
The competition is being staged in association with The Wildlife
Trusts, which is seeking an image for its Marine Bill campaign. The
current face of the campaign is Paul Naylor’s well known tompot
blenny, and they are looking for an equally striking image to take
forward the campaign in 2007-08. The purpose of the campaign is to
ensure that the Marine Bill (to be drafted by Government later this
year) contains strong and effective measures to protect marine
habitats and wildlife, including a suite of Marine Reserves. The
photographer of the image(s) selected (in either the British & Irish
category or the Advanced category) will be asked to allow his/ her
image to be used for purposes of the campaign.
PRINT RULES
1. Images entered must not have come first, second or third in a national or international competition, such as BSoUP's Open Portfolio or Beginners' Portfolio Competitions or the BSoUP or St Abbs splash-ins, BUIF, BSAC Travel Club, U/W Photographer of the Year, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Marine Conservation Society etc.
2. All images must have been taken within the three years prior to Saturday 7 July 2007.
3. One copy of each print should be supplied, unmounted, and will be mounted by BSoUP. Please note that when the print is mounted approximately 5 mm will be lost on each edge so a border of 3-4mm should be provided.
4. Prints (including borders) must either be A4 size or 7” by 10”. No other sizes will be accepted.
5. Prints shall be genuine underwater photographs i.e. not from outside a fish tank.
6. The entrant must be the photographer.
7. A maximum of three prints may be submitted per entrant, two in any one category (three in the Advanced category).
8. Prints will not be returned.
9. On the reverse of each print along one edge you must put an arrow clearly showing which direction is up. Do not write anything else directly on the reverse of the prints.
10. Attach a post it note or a piece of paper using a small piece of sellotape to the reverse of each print with the entrant’s full name and an identifying number 1 to 3.
11. In addition, a single piece of paper must accompany the prints, headed with the entrant’s full name, and containing for each print (using the identifying number referred to above) the category it is entered in, the subject, the location taken and the camera used.
12. All entries must be sent to Mike Russell, 69 Moffats Lane, Brookmans Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 7RT with a completed entry form to arrive no later than Wednesday 23 May 2007. Entries may also be brought to the May BSoUP meeting on Wednesday 16 May. Payment must accompany entries.
13. The entries will be on display at the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth from 16 June, for judging by Aquarium visitors. Entries will also be judged by the participants in the Splash-in and other attendees at the Saturday evening event at the Aquarium on the day of the Splash-in competition.
14. BSoUP reserves the right to publish winning images both in the society magazine and on the website. Winning images may also be used in future promotional material for the event royalty free, but copyright remains with the photographer. BSoUP may ask for a digital or slide version of the image to be provided.
15. A maximum of 140 prints can be displayed at the Aquarium. The committee reserves the right to pre-select images for display if more entries are received than can be displayed.
16. The organisers' decision on any matters arising from these rules shall be final.
PRIZES, TROPHIES AND INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
A total of 3 trophies and 7 individual awards will be awarded.
The winning Overseas Print will receive the Alan James Photography Print Trophy, a £250 voucher to spend at Cameras Underwater, and a year's family membership to the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth.
The winning British & Irish Print will receive the Ocean Optics Trophy, a £250 voucher to spend at Ocean Optics Ltd, and a year's family membership to the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth.
The winning Advanced Print will receive the Greenaway Marine Trophy, an Olympus SP-550 digital camera donated by Olympus and a year's family membership to the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth.
The winner and runner-up in each category will receive individual acrylic trophies.
The runner-up in each category will receive a book kindly donated by Edge Underwater Photography or by Ultimate Sports.
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