Annual Photographic Competition
"Recording Ribchester's Past, Present & Future"
Can you take a prize-winning photograph of Ribchester or its people? Can you produce an image that says something about Ribchester's history - ancient or modern? Ribchester Local History Society is offering prizes at the annual Village Field Day in June (for both under 16s and over 16s) for the winning photograph. There will be additional prizes for second and third placed entries respectively.
Your subject might be an ancient building, part of an ancient road or track, a found object - or even a village event; literally anything that helps record the story of Ribchester village life from its earliest days to the present. How, for example, has the village developed and grown, what groups and organisations contribute to village life? The scope is almost literally endless. Remember too, to add a few words to your image to accurately date it and place it in context.
This is a great opportunity to add to the Society's archives - where all photos, new or old, whether part of the Annual Competition or not, are always gratefully received and carefully conserved. The Society aims to develop over the years a visual record of the life of the village, its regular and special events, its anniversaries and occasions - as well as its day-to-day activities. The Competition rules (see below) are simple. So set your imagination to work to become a winner in this, the Ribchester Local History Society's Annual Photographic Competition.
RULES OF ENTRY:
- The Ribchester Local History Society Annual Photographic Competition ("the Competition') is an annual competition open to all, not just members of the Society.
- By entering into the Competition you agree to abide by its rules (the 'Rules') as follows.
- Images that have won an award in another public photographic competition will not be eligible for entry.
- Entries can be made from digital files or from film originals. You can use any type of camera or mobile phone to create your images. It is recommended that you use the highest image quality setting your camera can achieve.
- Entries must have been taken in the 12 months, prior to the Village Field Day.
- All final entries, which must be prints, should be sent to:
The Secretary, 25 Ribblesdale Road, Ribchester PRESTON PR3 3YL.
For final judgement, prints not smaller than 6in x 4in and not greater than 10in x 8in (approx) must be submitted. - No more than 3 prints will be accepted from any one competitor.
- The judges reserve the right to view original digital files/negatives/transparencies.
- Closing date for entries to the Competition will be the 31st May.
- There will be two sections of the competition, one for Juniors (under 16 years old) and one for Seniors (over 16 years old). For the Junior Competition, there will be a £25 Gold award and a £10 Silver award. For the Senior Competition, there will be a £30 Gold award, a £20 Silver award and a £10 Bronze award as prizes.
- The winners of the Competition will be the person whose image or images are judged as the best submitted.
Entries will be judged equally for their past or potential future historical interest, and their artistic merit. - Digital manipulation is permitted only to remove dust/scratches and to make standard photographic adjustment such as contrast/shadow and highlight detail etc.. Wholesale manipulation is not acceptable.
- By entering this competition, permission is implicitly granted to the RLHS to use the entries non-commercially (e.g. for its archives, website etc.). Copyright remains with the author.