- ENGAGING–FUN– CHALLENGING
- PARTICIPATE JUST IN THE MONTHS YOU WANT
- LEARN FROM OTHERS’ COMMENTS
The monthly Notch Above Photo Contest is open for posting, commenting and voting by both active club members and sign-ups on Meetup. Both groups will be eligible for monthly “Best of Category”, but only dues paying members will be eligible for the Annual Award.
“POST EARLY – VOTE LATE”
Posting your photos early in the monthly cycle ensures more people will see them and get a chance to vote and comment. Voting later in the cycle will let you vote on a larger selection of photos. Remember – 1 vote/person..
POST ON BOTH WEBSITE & MEETUP
Why? Well, posting on our website will draw more attention to the on-line hub for our club. Posting on Meetup will let sign-ups who are not yet active members see your photos, comment and vote on them. And by doing this you help to involve them in club activities.
Website link: www.NotchAbovePhotoClub.com
Meetup link: https://www.meetup.com/A-Notch-Above-Photography-Club-startup-Littleton-Franconia/photos/
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS
- The club dues are in lieu of any photo
submission fee for the Annual Award. - Each contest runs from one meeting (2nd
Saturday of every month) to the next. - Contest entrants are limited to two photos
per month, and only one can be a
previously taken photo. A previously taken
photo must still fit the category for the current
month. A specific photo can be submitted only
once per year. - Active members should post their photos
on both the website Photo Contest page
(NotchAbovePhotoClub.com) and the
Photos page of Meetup for maximum
visibility. Meetup sign-ups may post only on
Meetup. - Entrants are encouraged to post their photo(s)
in the first 2-3 weeks of each month cycle for
maximum visibility and to give others a chance
to vote and comment. Entrants should include
info about their photo(s). - If you post a photo on either site you
must comment on at least one other
photo. Commenting is encouraged even if not
voting. Posting, commenting and voting are
open to both active club members and Meetup
sign-ups. - Entrants prepare their own jpegs for
submission. In brief, images should be jpeg,
long side not more than 1200 px, preferably
“sharpened for web” and jpeg quality ~ 70-80.
Image file size should be not more than 500 KB. - One person/one vote per month, and you
cannot vote for your own photo(s). - Contest categories will be determined going
forward, and will be a mix of “open” and
“specific”. Consult the Photo Contest page of
our website or the Photos page of our Meetup
for the current category. - Monthly awards are in the form of recognition
as best in category, e.g. “Best in Flowers”, and
will be posted on both our website and Meetup. - There is one winner each month (unless there
are ties). In December, the Annual Award
winner(s) will be chosen from the monthly
winners. - If there is only 1 entrant there is no winner that
month. So encourage others to join up! - Active club members need to win in only 1
month to be eligible for the Annual Award. - All prior submissions will be retained for
viewing under that month’s listing on Meetup.
On our website they will be moved to the
member’s page, unless you instruct otherwise. - We will explore the possibility of displaying
prints of contest winners (members are
responsible for printing their own winning
photos).