• 2023 Whanganui Salon Entry Form

    Entries open 29 March and close midnight on 23 April 2023
  • The Whanganui Salon is for digital images in three categories under the theme:

    Humanity and Earth - demonstrating the impact of human beings on, and their interaction with, our planet

    The three categories are 

    Aotearoa New Zealand Heritage (AH)

    Humanity and the Natural World (HN)

    Living in a Changing World (LC)

    Detailed category descriptions are on the full salon page. It is advisable to have all your images correctly sized, labelled and ready to upload prior to completing this form. 

    Eligibility, entry limits and specifications

    • Entry is open to all New Zealand based photographers.
    • Entries must be, or derive from, exposed images generally considered to be photographs. All elements of the photograph must be the work of the photographer/entrant. Creative techniques in camera and post processing are acceptable but must not introduce elements that were not originally exposed by the photographer. For clarity, internet sourced AI generated images or parts of images are not eligible.
    • Up to four images may be entered in each category, for a maximum entry of twelve images.
    • All entries must resonate with the overall Salon theme HUMANITY and EARTH. Images may include people or show the influence of people and their works on the earth, sea and in the atmosphere. Images can be from anywhere in the world.
    • EXCLUSIONS: Images of people on the moon or in space; traditional or “pure” landscapes and natural history/nature images that don’t contain a human element; objectionable material; images entered in any previous Whanganui Salon.
    • Entries must be submitted as distinct files in JPEG format. Image dimensions must be no more than 3840 pixels wide and no more that 2160 pixels high. In addition, image file sizes must be no larger than 9 MB each. The files must be named with the Category prefix followed by a space and an image title of up to 35 characters. eg HN Monkey in Zoo.jpeg or AH Cape Reianga Lighthouse.jpeg or LC Climate protesters.jpeg.
    • The title must NOT include your name. This is to ensure the images are judged anonymously. Any contact with the judges that could lead to identification of the author of any image may result in exclusion from the Salon at the discretion of the Salon Committee.
    • Images should be submitted by file transfer below. If you have any problems with the file transfer please contact the team at whanganuisalon@gmail.com to assist.
  • Aotearoa New Zealand Heritage

    Please complete the following section with the titles of your entries:
  • Humanity and the Natural World

    Please complete the following section with the titles of your entries:
  • Living in a Changing World

    Please complete the following section with the titles of your entries:
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  • Fee Summary & Payment

    Please count your entries from the above section and select from the following options for your TOTAL TO PAY. A fixed fee of $5 is already included in the payment. The form does not cross check your entries so please take care to ensure the number of titles entered and number of image files uploaded are the same and match the total of entries selected below.
  • Payment is by direct bank transfer (internet banking). Please enter your Surname and Initials in the Reference tab and Salon in the Code tab and pay to:
    Whanganui Salon a/c 03 0791 0039920 00

    Payment should be made as soon as possible after submitting this form and no later than 24 April. Your payment will be confirmed by email when received. Please be patient, this may take a day or two (or three).

  • Terms and Conditions

    1. The Salon Committee reserves the right to DECLINE any entries that do not conform to the entry requirements.
    2. The person submitting the entry must be the author (photographer) of the image, and owner of copyright in the image.  Entering the salon indemnifies the Whanganui Camera Club Incorporated against any legal action from the entrant's failure to comply with this and any other terms and conditions specified here.
    3. If submitting an image with a person in it who is easily able to be identified the entrant should ideally have their permission (or better yet, a model release form) allowing use of the image. This does not need to be submitted to the Salon Committee.
    4. An image which constitutes a copy of, or an infringement of copyright of, another’s original work is not eligible.
    5. Entry fees will not be refunded if any terms or conditions are not met, nor if an image is deemed ineligible for any reason.
    6. Copyright to images submitted as entries remains at all times with you (the entrant). You hereby grant the Whanganui Camera Club Incorporated (the club) the right to reproduce entries for publicity or other purposes related to the Whanganui Salon either on our club website or club Facebook or Instagram pages or in any digital or print presentation of the salon images authorised by the club. We will acknowledge you as author of your images in any such reproduction.

    NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS

    We hope to have judging completed before the end of May and will let you know your results soon after that. The full salon results will be announced at our regular club meeting on Wednesday 14 June (7.30pm). You can find more details on these events on our web site and you are most welcome to attend either via Zoom or in person.

  • Please ensure your entries are correct before pressing the submit button. You can't change these once the form is submitted.

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