75 Years GENESEE YACHT CLUB 1934-2009

GYC Photo Contest, 2010

The Fifth
GYC Annual Photo Contest


Objective:
To foster an artistic interest in the world around us.

Participants:
Open to GYC members, provisional members, and their immediate family.

Format:
Photographic prints of minimum size 9 x 7 inches, mounted on white or pale cream card stock of maximum size 18x13 inches.

Categories:
Categories shall be set annually. Fifth year categories:
The Best of the Past
Creeks and Rivers
Shadows
Action”.

Entries:
Entries shall have been personally taken by the entrant, and shall be limited to two per entrant per category. Entries shall be judged on artistic merit, and appropriateness to the category. Entries may have a typed title, but NO attribution. There will be a charge of $1.00 per photo entered, to defray the costs of prizes.

Prizes:
There will be a prize for the best in each category, second prizes if more than 8 entries in a category, and third prize if more than 12 entries in any category; and a prize for best in show.

Period:
All entries for 2010, except for “The Best of the Past”, shall have been taken in the period between Dec 1st, 2009 and Sept 30th , 2010. The closing date for receipt of entries will be the Nov 2010 GYC club meeting.

Judging:
Entries will be judged by a professional artist or photographer who is not a member of the Club. Judging will take place on the Sunday morning after the November GYC meeting, and the results announced at the Cups and Flags meeting in 2010.

Comments, Entries, and Enquiries
To Jack Cotton, 442-1458.