{"id":494,"date":"2012-09-04T00:23:39","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T00:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=494"},"modified":"2023-06-02T12:24:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T16:24:18","slug":"competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span>Competition Menu (Work in Progress)<\/span>\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"#overview\"><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"#FAQ\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?cat=7\"><strong>Competition Announcements<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?p=14726&amp;preview=true\"><strong>Competition Schedule<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=416\"><strong>Competition Themes<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=500\"><strong>Rules of Competition<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Preparing Images for Competition<\/span><\/strong>\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=4239\"><strong>General Information on Digital Images<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Preparation-for-Digital-Projection-Competition_v2-2.pdf\"><strong>Detailed Guidance on Preparing&nbsp;Digital Competition<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;(PDF)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=14750\"><strong>General Information on Print Images<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DIRECTIONS_MAT-CUTTING_10-09-2017.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">Guidance for Cutting Mats<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=502\"><strong>Competition Upload<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/home\/?cat=8\"><strong>Competition Results<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li><strong>Monthly Awards<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><strong>Cumulative Scores<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"overview\">Overview<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14834\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14834\" style=\"width: 387px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Class3M_2_Kevin-Egan_1913-Mercer-Raceabout.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14834\" title=\"Jan Ponder\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Class3M_2_Kevin-Egan_1913-Mercer-Raceabout-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Class3M_2_Kevin-Egan_1913-Mercer-Raceabout-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Class3M_2_Kevin-Egan_1913-Mercer-Raceabout-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Class3M_2_Kevin-Egan_1913-Mercer-Raceabout-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Class3M_2_Kevin-Egan_1913-Mercer-Raceabout.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Class 3 Monochrome: Kevin Egan &#8220;1913 Mercer Raceabout&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the third Tuesday of every month, members bring out their best work to compete. Members compete in classes from novice to advanced skills in three categories: digital images, color prints, and monochrome prints. Several competitions are themed. A list of themes can be found <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/competition-themes-present-and-past\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp;Judges are asked to critique and place each image submitted. Our judges include working professionals who come from varying fields of photography.&nbsp; The current and past winning competition images can be seen in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.smugmug.com\/NVPSGallery\/Monthly-Competition-Winners\">Monthly Competition Winners<\/a> gallery.<\/p>\n<p>The official rules of competition can be found here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/competition\/competition-rules\/\">Rules of Competition. <\/a>For help with preparing your digital images for competition see <a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=4239\">Preparing Digital Images for Competition.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;To obtain a user name and password for the digital competition upload contact &#x63;&#x6f;&#109;&#112;e&#x74;&#x69;&#x74;&#105;&#111;n&#x73;&#x75;&#x70;&#112;&#111;r&#x74;&#x40;&#x6e;&#118;&#112;s&#x2e;&#x6f;&#x72;&#103;<\/p>\n<p>For help with preparing your color or monochrome prints for competition see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=14750\">Preparing Prints for Competition.<\/a>&nbsp;To see the placing results from monthly competitions see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?cat=8\">Competition Results<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Judging in competitions is often subjective, but there are several things you can do to improve your images.&nbsp; To learn tips you might consider when composing your next image see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=14864\">Tips for producing more competitive&nbsp;images<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Judges are invited to have dinner with members of the club before the competition. Watch for notices on the NVPS website to determine whether a particular judge has accepted the invitation, the restaurant location and time to meet for dinner. This information will also be emailed to members a few days before the competition.<\/p>\n<p><!--OLD\n\nOn the third Tuesday of every month, members bring out their best work to compete. Judges are asked to critique and place each image submitted. Our judges include working professionals&nbsp;that come from varying fields of photography. Members compete in classes from novice to advanced skills in three categories: digital images, color prints and monochrome prints. Several competitions are themed.&nbsp;\n\nA compelling image starts with a good composition and a strong subject. Here are several tips you might consider when composing your next image:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=14864\">Tips for producing more competitive&nbsp;images<\/a>.\n\nThe official rules of competition can be found here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=500\">Rules of Competition Competition<\/a>. For help with preparing your digital images for competition, please see the following page:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=4239\">Preparing Digital Images for Competition.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;For help with preparing your color or monochrome prints for competition, please see the following page:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=14750\">Preparing Prints for Competition.<\/a>&nbsp;To see the placing results from monthly competitions see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?cat=8\">Competition Results<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;And of course, the winning images from past and present competitions can be seen in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.smugmug.com\/NVPSGallery\/Monthly-Competition-Winners\">NVPS Photo Gallery<\/a>.\n\nTo obtain a user name and password for the competition upload in the digital image category, please contact &#99;&#x6f;&#x6d;p&#101;&#x74;i&#116;&#x69;&#x6f;n&#115;&#x75;p&#112;&#x6f;&#x72;t&#64;&#x6e;v&#112;&#x73;&#x2e;&#111;&#114;&#x67;.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>&nbsp;If you experience any problems with the upload, you must contact us prior to the competition cut off time. You can email your images to us for upload, but we must receive them before the competition cut off time.<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<strong>Dinner with the Judge<\/strong> - Judges are invited to have dinner with members of the club before the competition. Watch for notices on the NVPS website to determine whether a particular judge has accepted the invitation, the restaurant location and time to meet for dinner. This information will also be emailed to members a few days before the competition.\n--><\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<h3 id=\"FAQ\">Frequently Asked Questions about Competitions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n<ol>\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=500#eligibility\"> Who can submit images for competition?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=500#3ACompetitionClasses\">Which class should I compete in?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=500#eligibility\">How many images can I submit?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=4239\">How do I resize my digital image for competition?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=502\">How do I upload a digital image?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=14750\">How do I prepare print images?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=500#1DSubjectMatter\">Can I submit the same image in more than one competition or in different categories?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=500#5AEligibility\">What images are entered in the End Of Year competition?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?page_id=500#EOYAwards\">What awards are given in the End of Year competition?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<\/ol>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview On the third Tuesday of every month, members bring out their best work to compete. 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