Welcome to the Friends of the Petaluma River First Annual Photography Contest. We very much look forward to seeing what the Petaluma River means to you.
What to enter:
- Any River-related photos you have made that express what the River means to you. Wildlife, people, boating, the marsh, birds, commercial traffic, celebrations, mud, kids having fun, the River itself in all its glory: we want to see the River through your eyes!
- There will be two categories: color and black and white. Each category will have a first through fifth place winner, for a total of ten winners. In addition, ten Honorable Mention prizes will be awarded. A grand prize of $500 will be awarded to the top entry.
- The purpose of the Contest is to celebrate the River. Accordingly, the emotional content of the photo will be at least as important as the technical quality of the photo.
Term:
The First Annual Contest begins now, and all entries must be received by no later than November 15, 2011.
Who may enter:
Anyone of any age, other than the judges or family members of the judges.
Details:
- Photographs must be made within the Petaluma River watershed.
- Photos that violate or infringe upon another person’s rights, including but not limited to copyright, are not eligible.
- By entering the contest, entrants grant Friends a royalty-free and non-exclusive license to display and reproduce any prize-winning entry and any Honorable Mention entry. Any photograph reproduced will include a photographer credit.
How to enter:
- Each entrant may enter up to six photos.
- Entry fee is $25 for members of Friends and $30 for non-members.
Send entry fee by check to Friends of the Petaluma River, PO Box 4928, Petaluma CA 94955. Make your check out to “Friends of the Petaluma River” and mark it “PC” (for Photo Contest) in the lower left hand corner of the check. - Photographs must be in a .jpeg, .jpg or .gif format. Files submitted may not be larger than 1Mb.
- High-quality scans of non-digital photographs are acceptable.
- Make sure to include your name, phone number, email address, and where each photo was taken along with each photo submitted. As we want the judging process to be completely anonymous, do not watermark or in any other way imprint the actual photos with your identity.
- Send all photographer info and photos to patrick@tierradivinavineyards.com.
Judging:
Judging will be conducted by Petaluma Fine Art and Portrait photographer Murray Rockowitz and Gretchen Singer of the Barry Singer Gallery, which offers social documentary photographs by the great photographic masters and contemporary works by internationally renowned artists.
Prize Winners:
- No photographer may win more than one award in each category, for a maximum of three prizes (one each in the color, black and white, and Honorable Mention categories).
- The ten winning photos and the ten Honorable Mention winners will be announced on November 21, 2011.
- Each winning and Honorable Mention photo will be framed and wired to hang at the photographer’s expense and discretion.
- Printed photos must be representative of the digital images submitted for judging.
- The Friends of the Petaluma River annual meeting will be held in mid-December, and the winning photos and Honorable Mention photos will be displayed at the meeting.
Friends members, local press, River aficionados, and art collectors will be invited to the meeting.
Prizes:
- Cash prizes: Grand prize – $500, first prize = $200, second = $100, third = $75, fourth = $50, fifth = $25; for a total of $1400.
- Each winning photo and each Honorable Mention photo will be auctioned to the highest bidder at the annual meeting with the proceeds going to Friends.
- Each prizewinning photographer will be given a membership to Friends and will be invited as our guest to a wine and cheese River Tour. Skipper and Friends founder, Dave Yearsley, will lead the Tour into the backwaters of the Petaluma River marshlands for great photo opportunities!
- Each Honorable Mention photographer will be awarded a year’s membership in Friends of the Petaluma River.
