Photographic Competitions
The Executive Committee has decided that the Society will run a competition for the best photographs for the following categories:
- Best photograph of a specimen fish (Junior & Senior Competition
- Best photograph of a net of fish (Junior & Senior Competition)
- Best fishery/landscape photograph (All Members)
- Best wildlife photograph (All Members)
The competition will be based on a calendar year, not the season, so that entries may be judged before the Annual General Meeting in February at which the prizes will be awarded. Complimentary permits for the following season will be awarded to the winners of each category at the AGM, runners up shall receive FAS clothing.
This year’s competition will run from 20th February 2010 and all entries for this year, for all categories, will need to be submitted by 14 January 2011 and remember that you may enter as many times as you wish, so keep sending us your photographs !
I look forward to receiving your entries from you and wish you continued success with Farnham Angling Society.
Ian Gray - Honorary Secretary
There are two ways you can enter:
- Digital images - can be sent to us via email, address shown below. The resolution of your electronic image should be A5 in size and at least 300 dpi (118 pixels/cm). As a guide, a JPEG is the best format to do this in as it provides the highest quality at the smallest file size. Other acceptable file formats include TIFF and Photoshop EPS. Please do not send GIFF or BMP files. If using a digital camera please ensure you use the highest resolution/quality settings available on your camera when taking the shot. You can send more than one photo and enter as many times as you want.
- Hard Copies (from film or printed digital) – Please send by post, address shown below. If sending your photograph as a hard copy print, please send us the original photo, at least 6 “x 4” (15cm by 10cm) in size. Photographs cannot be returned unless you send an SAE with them.
Please do not send us prints produced on a home inkjet or laser printer and please do not send negatives. You can also burn your photos to a disk / CD and send them in as well.
In order to protect your photographs, it is suggested that you put your photos between two sheets of rigid cardboard to avoid them getting bent in the post.
The Executive Committee or elected Officers will judge the entries for the photographic competitions, the winners being announced at the Annual General Meeting each February.
Please remember that we are not expecting professional quality photographs to be entered, but remember the basics of: Framing, Light, Focus and Fish Care - see attached guidance.
For the benefit of You, the Fish and your own personal photographs: whether submitted for competition or not.
You can submit entries using the Submit Photographs for the Competition form and must be submitted by 14th January each year.
Please remember to send no more than 3 images at a time so that the file size does not cause problems with receipt.
For reasons of Copyright, we must bring the following to your attention.
All entrants/ photographers will retain copyright and moral rights to their submitted images however, by entering, all entrants grant Farnham Angling Society (FAS), permanent non-exclusive rights to use the images to promote FAS, to use in any FAS publications and FAS advertising campaigns or for any similar future FAS use.
If you or the photographer does not want to grant these rights, please do not submit your contribution to us and withdraw any submission already made by return of email.
FAS WEB SITE
If the photographs are considered acceptable for web use, they will be put on the 2010/11 Entries for the Photographic Competition Gallery. After the winners are announced at next years Annual General Meeting, all photographs will be placed within the various galleries: Fishery, Junior, Wildlife, Landscape and Species and if appropriate the Specimen Trophies Gallery.
We will aim to post entries, if accepted, on the web site within 14-21 days and possibly sooner.