What are the categories?

• Black & White Prints (Regular Class & Novice Class)

• Color Prints (Regular Class & Novice Class)

• Slides (Regular Class & Novice Class)

• Digital Slides (Regular Class & Novice Class)

• Photo Essay (Submissions accepted in April, see below for details)

What are the judging criteria?
(1) TECHNIQUE
(2) COMPOSITION
(3) INTEREST  

How do you enter?
Turn your entries in to the Competition Coordinator listed above.  Club competitions are held monthly, with print and slide/digital competitions alternating monthly.  See the schedule page to determine dates.  It is preferred that you turn in your competition entries to the coordinator by the DMCC 1st meeting of the month, but no later than the Saturday before competition.

N4C INTER-CLUB COMPETITIONS
CLICK HERE to download a printable .pdf version of the N4C guidelines. 

CLICK HERE for detailed information about a new N4C "trial" contest for digital images.

Did you know?
The North Central Camera Club Council (N4C) sponsors inter-club contests in 15 different categories, 12 of them are monthly.   Each N4C camera club can submit 8 entries in each of the 15 different categories every time that contest is held.

Why Participate?
There are many reasons to participate:

• it gives you an opportunity to share your photographic work

• to receive feedback and critique

• to earn points towards DMCC photographer of the year

• to help DMCC earn points for photographic club of the year in N4C

What are the categories?

• 2 x 2 Pictorial Slides
  These can be any subject.  Pictorialism may be accomplished by meticulous photographic technique, proper presentation, and careful composition.
  -submissions accepted monthly

• 2 x 2 Nature Slides
  Nature photography is intended to convey the sense of the natural world, be that fauna, flora, or geology.  No hand of man can be present.
  -submissions accepted monthly

• Black & White Pictorial Prints (Class A & B)
  These can be any subject.  Class A the photographer must both take the photograph and print the photograph. Class B the photographer must have taken the picture, but a commercial finisher was used to print it. Maximum size 16” x 20”
  -submissions accepted monthly

• Nature Prints (Class A & B)
  Nature photography is intended to convey the sense of the natural world, be that fauna, flora, or geology.  No hand of man can be present.  Class A the photographer also printed the photo, Class B a commercial photo finisher was used. Maximum size 16” x 20”
  -submissions accepted monthly

• 2 –1/4 Slides
  These can be any subject.
  -submissions accepted monthly

• Color Prints (Class A & B)
  These can be any subject.  Class A the photographer printed the photo, Class B a commercial finisher was used. Maximum size 16” x 20”
  -submissions accepted monthly

• Contemporary / Creative Prints & Slides
  These can be any subject where an experimental and creative forms of photographic expression is used.  These will include derived images, ultra-high contrast, black light, bas-relief, solarization, multi-images, trick lenses and filters, and other ways to alter the image to produce an abstract affect.  Anything goes.  Prints maximum size 16” x 20”
  -submissions accepted monthly

• Photojournalism Prints & Slides
  PJ means telling a story by the use of a picture.  An element of human interest is important. Captions are important in this category.  No mats on PJ prints. Can be mounted with no borders - size either 8” x 10” or 8” x 12”
  -submissions accepted monthly

• Photo Travel Slides
  Photo-travel photography suggests the photographic depiction of a new environment.  Try to emphasize the character that makes the place unique. Maximum size 16” x 20”
  -submissions accepted monthly

• Stereo Slides
  These can be any subject.
  -submissions accepted in Sep, Nov, Feb, Apr

• Slide Essay
  The slide essay can be any subject.
  - CLICK HERE for the 2008 photoessay announcement
  - CLICK HERE for photoessay Mac and PC software resources.
  - CLICK HERE for the photoessay entry form
  -submissions accepted in April

What are the judging criteria?
(1) TECHNIQUE
(2) COMPOSITION
(3) INTEREST

How do you enter?
Turn your N4C print entries into Larry Milroy and your digital entries into Rick McCubbin.  Larry’s phone number is 255-6860 and email address is larrymilroy@yahoo.com.  Rick's phone number is 224-1831 and email address is rmccubb@aol.com. Please call to make drop off arrangements. It is preferable that you turn in your N4C Contest entries at the DMCC 1st meeting of the month, but other arrangements can be made.