SUBMITTING ENTRIES
BOTH PRINTS AND DIGITAL IMAGES MUST BE ENTERED THROUGH THIS SYSTEM.

Group payments can be done by one person creating a group and all members joining the group BEFORE they make any payments. You cannot join a group if you make a payment. Once you join a group, payment is managed by the group owner.  You cannot leave a group once you join. 

Each entrant must enter their own images using this website. Print entries may be submitted as a group but each entry must be labeled using the provided labels for each entrant.

PRINTS
Each entrant submitting prints must complete the on-line entry form and include an exact digital copy of the print.  This image must be no larger than1920 pixels wide and 1200 pixels tall when viewed in the correct orientation. The file must be JPEG and no larger than 2 megabytes.

Print sizes: Prints must be no larger than 508 x 406mm (20” x 16”) and no smaller than 203 x 203 mm (8” x 8”) or equivalent area. The size of prints we recommend for Exhibition purposes should be no smaller than 30 x 21cm (A4).
Unmounted prints are preferred. Mounted prints will be accepted provided the total thickness of the print and the mount does not exceed 4 mm. These restrictions are necessary because of the method used to display accepted prints. Black mounts are preferred and images with mounts of any other colour may not be displayed in the public art gallery.

Identification. Please print the provided label set and attach the label to each entry to the back of each print in the top left hand corner of the print. Attach the mailing label portion to your postage packet.

Posting. Entrants are advised to send their entries by airmail and allow adequate time for delivery. Packages arriving after the closing date for entries will not be judged. The postal address for print entries will be made available as part of the entry payment process.

Prints will not be returned.

DIGITAL IMAGES
The maximum image size is 1920 pixels horizontal and 1200 pixels vertical when the image is viewed with correct orientation. Maximum size of closed file is 2 MB.
Images larger than the permitted size will be rejected. Smaller images are permitted but will be projected smaller on screen.
File format must be JPEG.
Digital files should have the same name as the title of the relevant digital image in the online entry system. For example, an image called “Golden sunset” should have a file name “Golden sunset.jpg”. Titles and file names must use the English alphabet and may include numbers. No other characters are permitted.
Images will be displayed to the judges at the size submitted, using an Epson EB-1985WU projector with a display resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels and operating in sRGB colour space.
The projection background is black.
Any borders should be included within the dimensions shown above. Please keep borders to a minimum, e.g. to separate images from the background if necessary.

PAYPAL PAYMENTS
All entry and catalogue fees must be paid using the PayPal gateway provided.  You do not need a PayPal account, to use the online payment system as major credit cards are accepted

Unless you join a group, each entrant must submit an individual PayPal payment.

NAME OF ENTRANT
PSA requires entrants in all PSA recognized exhibitions to provide name and country data exactly the same in each exhibition entered in order that they might receive proper credit for acceptances. Entrants must use the name they have used for membership of PSA, RPS or APS, or the name they intend to use when applying for honours from those or other photographic organisations. Aliases are not permitted.
NAMING IMAGES
In the online entry system, both prints and digital images should be given titles exactly as you want them to appear in the catalogue.

Filenames should be simple using only letters and numbers with no special characters.

Titles must use the English alphabet and can contain no more than 35 characters (including spaces). Image titles may be in a foreign language, but the English alphabet must be used.

 

The 6 sections of the salon are:

1. Monochrome Prints (PSA-PPD)
2. Colour Prints (PSA-PPD)
3. Nature Prints (colour or monochrome) (PSA-ND)
4. Colour Projected Images  (PSA-PID-C)
5. Nature Projected Images (colour or monochrome) (PSA-ND)
6. Photo Travel Projected Images (Colour or monochrome) (PSA-PTD)

Each entrant may enter a maximum of four prints or electronic images in each section.

Monochrome images may be entered in the PID colour section. Entrants are reminded that monochrome images entered in a PID colour section only count towards PID Colour Class stars, not Monochrome Class stars.

The same or substantially the same image cannot be entered in more than one section of this exhibition regardless of image titles. Colour and monochrome images produced from the same image capture are considered the same image for this rule.

Images accepted in previous Maitland salons, or images considered by the organising committee to be substantially the same, are ineligible for entry in any of the sections.

There are no restrictions on the subject matter of images except as outlined in the definitions for Nature and Monochrome sections.

Entries in Nature sections must comply with the Nature or Wildlife definitions.

Wildlife Awards: To be eligible for these awards the entry must comply with the Wildlife definition and the entry must be marked with a ‘W’ in the online entry system.

Entries in the Photo Travel section must comply with the Photo Travel definition.

2018 AWARDS
AWARD	Monochrome Prints	Colour Prints	Nature Prints	Colour Projected Image	Nature Projected Image	Travel Projected Image
PSA Gold Medal for Best Image	X	X	X	X	X	X
FIAP Gold Medal for Excellence	X	X	X	X	X	X
RPS Gold Medal (selectors Choice)	X	X	X	X	X	X
APS Gold Medal	X	X	X	X	X	X
Salon Gold Medal	X	X	X	X	X	X
Salon Silver Medal	X	X	X	X	X	X
Salon Bronze Medal	X	X	X	X	X	X
FIAP Honourable Mention Ribbon	X	X	X	X	X	X
FIAP Honourable Mention Ribbon	X	X	X	X	X	X
Salon  Honourable Mention Ribbon	X	X	X	X	X	X
Salon  Honourable Mention Ribbon	X	X	X	X	X	X
Salon  Honourable Mention Ribbon	X	X	X	X	X	X
Salon  Honourable Mention Ribbon	X	X	X	X	X	X
Salon  Honourable Mention Ribbon	X	X	X	X	X	X
Salon  Honourable Mention Ribbon	X	X	X	X	X	X
Salon Certificate of Merit	X	X	X	X	X	X
Salon Certificate of Merit	X	X	X	X	X	X
Salon Certificate of Merit	X	X	X	X	X	X
Salon Certificate of Merit	X	X	X	X	X	X
Salon Certificate of Merit	X	X	X	X	X	X
Salon Certificate of Merit	X	X	X	X	X	X
FIAP Blue Badge for the Best Author of the Exhibition FIAP Best Author   –  FIAP Blue Badge for the best Author of the Exhibition. FIAP will offer organisers of salons with FIAP Patronage a special badge (light blue) to be awarded to the best author of the salon i.e. the one who has achieved the highest number of total acceptances of all the sections of the salon added together.  In the event of a tie, the salon will irrevocably decide Best Author ” taking into consideration eventual attributed awards”.

 

PRINT ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE WILL NOT BE JUDGED – please post early.

President: Ian English  EFIAP

The submission of entries signifies acceptance of the following conditions:

Eligibility: The exhibition is open to anyone; however an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to the exhibition rules and conditions.

The Salon Chairman, persons closely involved in the organisation of the salon, persons in charge of the handling of the salon software, and judges are not permitted to enter the salon.

Recognition: The salon is conducted in accordance with the recommendations of and approval by:

The Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique (FIAP)           2018/063

The Photographic Society of America (PSA)                                     2018/006

The Royal Photographic Society (RPS)                                             2018/008

The Australian Photographic Society (APS)                                       2018/001

Subject to the rules of the relevant organisations, acceptances in this exhibition are eligible for inclusion in applications for FIAP honours, APS honours, PSA Star/Galaxy Ratings and PSA ‘Who’s Who’.

In order to have legal authority on those who do not respect the rules of FIAP, all participants in the 2018 International Salon must tick the box when entering the Salon which states:

FIAP info-317-patronage-e

For more information contact FIAP

“I hereby expressly agree to the FIAP document 2014/317 E  <Conditions for application and regulations for organization if international photographic events> and especially to chapter II  <Regulations for International photographic events under FIAP patronage>  dealing under Section II.2 with the FIAP participation rules and the red list.”

Participants who do not tick the box will be excluded from the 2018 Salon.

Image creation and reproduction: Entries must originate as photographs (image captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally.

All final work must be on electronic file, or on photographic or electronic print material, mounting excepted.

By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his/her own (aliases are not permitted).

The entrant permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. Note: Entrants who indicate that their images may not be reproduced or used may not be eligible for awards or inclusion in audiovisuals of the exhibition and could be subject to disqualification by the exhibition sponsor.

By submitting an entry the entrant certifies that in the process of capturing the image the entrant did not violate any of the standards of ethical practice of FIAP, PSA, RPS or APS.

Authenticity: With the sole act of submitting his/her images or files to a salon under FIAP Patronage, the entrant accepts without exception and with no objection that the submitted images can be investigated by FIAP to establish if these obey FIAP regulations and definitions even if the entrant is not a member of FIAP; that FIAP will use any means at its disposal for this undertaking; that any refusal to cooperate with FIAP or any refusal to submit the original files as captured by the camera, or failure to provide sufficient evidence, will be sanctioned by FIAP and that in case of sanctions following the non compliance with FIAP regulations, the name of the entrant will be released in any form useful to inform the breaches of the rules. It is recommended to leave the EXIF data in the submitted files intact in order to ease eventual investigations.

Copyright: The copyright of each image entered always remains with the author of the image. The exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright.

Note: The salon committee reserves the right to check all accepted images for copyright violation.

Image alteration and computer generation: Except for the restrictions on Nature images described in the Nature definition and Travel images as described in the Travel definition, images may be altered, either digitally or otherwise, by the entrant.  Images may not be constructed entirely with a computer and all photographic components must have been photographed by the entrant who holds copyright of the complete works submitted.

Image titles: Each image must have a unique title. Images without a title will not be judged.

Once an image has been accepted in a PSA Recognized exhibition, that same image, or a like “in camera” or a “reproduction” duplicate of that image:

1. May not be re-entered in any section of the same Division Star Ratings class in that exhibition regardless of media, format, or title.
2. May not be re-titled for entry in any other PSA Recognized exhibition.

Titles may not include file extensions such as .jpg or .jpeg. (or any other camera capture filenames). Words such as “untitled” or “no title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, nor are camera capture filenames or titles consisting of only numbers.

Titles must use the English alphabet and can contain no more than 35 characters (including spaces). Image titles may be in a foreign language, but the English alphabet must be used.

The titles of prints and digital images should be exactly as you want them to appear in the catalogue.

No title or identification of the maker shall be visible anywhere on the face of an image or print mount.

Titles will not be announced at judging.

Email List 

By virtue of submitting an entry, the Entrant accepts that his/her email address will be used for communicating information about this salon and future Maitland salons. The Entrant may opt out of this email list by notifying enquiries@maitlandsalon.org.  Warning: opting out of this email list before the salon catalogs are posted may result in the entrant not receiving important information about the salon.

Monochrome images may be entered in the PID colour section. Entrants are reminded that monochrome images entered in a PID colour section only count towards PID Colour Class stars, not Monochrome Class stars.

 

Definitions

Maitland International Salon of Photography has patronage from the following organisations:
The Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique (FIAP)
The Photographic Society of America (PSA)
The Royal Photographic Society (RPS)        
The Australian Photographic Society (APS)
All entries shall conform to the stricter of the following definitions for acceptances to be validated by all the International Organizations granting recognition or patronage.

MONOCHROME

PSA: An image is considered to be Monochrome only if it gives the impression of having no color (i.e. contains only shades of gray which can include pure black and pure white) OR it gives the impression of being a grayscale image that has been toned in one color across the entire image. (For example by Sepia, red, gold, etc.)

A grayscale or multi-colored image modified or giving the impression of having been modified by partial toning, multi toning or by the inclusion of spot coloring does not meet the definition of monochrome and shall be classified as a Color Work.

FIAP: A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey.

A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black and white category; such a work can be reproduced in black and white in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage.

On the other hand a black and white work modified by a partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category; such a work requires colour reproduction in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage.

NATURE

Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject material and certify its honest presentation.

• The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while maintaining high technical quality.
• Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the nature story such as nature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where those human elements are in situations depicting natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves.
• Scientific bands, scientific tags or radio collars on wild animals are permissible. Photographs of human created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domestic animals, or mounted specimens are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement.
• No techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are permitted.
• Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial content, or without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning.
• Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise, and film scratches, are allowed.
• Stitched images are not permitted.
• All allowed adjustments must appear natural.
• Colour images can be converted to grey-scale monochrome.
• Infrared images, either direct-captures or derivations, are not allowed.

WILDLIFE

Images entered in Wildlife sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above are further defined as:

• One or more extant zoological or botanical organisms free and unrestrained in a natural or adopted habitat.
• Landscapes, geologic formations, photographs of zoo or game farm animals, or of any extant zoological or botanical species taken under controlled conditions are not eligible in Wildlife sections.
• Wildlife is not limited to animals, birds and insects. Marine subjects and botanical subjects (including fungi and algae) taken in the wild are suitable wildlife subjects, as are carcasses of extant species.

Wildlife images may be entered in Nature sections of Exhibitions.

PHOTO TRAVEL

PSA: A Photo Travel image expresses the characteristic features or culture of a land as they are found naturally. There are no geographic limitations. Images from events or activities arranged specifically for photography, or of subjects directed or hired for photography are not appropriate. Close up pictures of people or objects must include features that provide information about the environment.

Techniques that add, relocate, replace or remove any element of the original image, except by cropping, are not permitted. The only allowable adjustments are removal of dust or digital noise, restoration of the appearance of the original scene, and complete conversion to greyscale monochrome. Other derivations, including infrared, are not permitted. All images must appear natural.

 

All fees are in Australian Dollars (AUD).

Four images can be entered in each section.

Entry Fee for:

1 section:     $15

2 sections    $25

3 sections    $30

4 sections    $34

5 sections    $38

6 sections    $40

Group Entries

 

Group of 10 Entrants receive a 10% Discount in Entry Fees

Group of 20 or more Entrants receive a 15% Discount in Entry Fees

Non-Return Of Prints
Due to changes in exhibition dates at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery for 2018, PRINTS WILL NOT BE RETURNED.

Catalogue

A printed 48 page catalogue with all award winners reproduced will be available at an additional price.  All entrants who do not want a printed catalogue may download a PDF version of the catalogue from the website.

Cost of 48 page printed catalogue:

Australian entrants:          $25

Non Australian entrants   $35

The only method for paying ALL ENTRY AND POSTAGE FEES is PAYPAL using the Salon’s online payment system that appears at the end of the entry process. You do not need a PayPal account.

You can make your PayPal payment at any time before the competition closes.

Each entrant must complete a separate ONLINE entry and pay for their entry with PayPal.

Print entries may be bundled together and sent in a single package.  Please ensure the provided mailing labels are used and each entry is labelled.

ANY ENTRY THAT HAS NOT BEEN PAID FOR BY THE CLOSING DATE WILL NOT BE JUDGED OR RETURNED

 

Exhibition Venue for 2018

 Exhibition at Maitland Showground

Fine Art Pavilion

12th to 18th February 2018

 

Exhibition at Maitland Regional Art Gallery

High Street Maitland

10th March to 20th May 2018

A printed 48 page catalogue with all award winners reproduced will be available at an additional price.  All entrants who do not want a printed catalogue may download a PDF version of the catalogue from the website.

Cost of 48 page printed catalogue:

Australian entrants:          $25

Non Australian entrants   $35

• 2017 Catalogue
• 2016 Catalogue – high quality 56Mb.
• 2016 Catalogue . (12Mb)
• 2016 Awards-and-Acceptances.
• 2015 Catalogue
• 2014 Catalogue
• 2013 Catalogue

2018 JUDGES
Judge	Monochrome  Prints	Colour  Prints	Nature Prints	Colour Projected  Images	Nature Projected  Images	Travel Projected  Images
Ron Willems  FAPS AFIAP ARPS	X	X				X
Joanne Stolte FPSA MPSA EFIAP				X		X
Joseph Tam GMPSA EFIAP/p APSEM	X			X		X
Dianne English AFIAP	X	X
Neville Foster GMAPS EFIAP/b		X	X		X
Roy Killen GMPSA  EFIAP APSEM			X	X	X
Rob Smith AAPS			X		X

Judging: Each section will be judged by a panel of three judges who will each allocate the image a score between 1 and 5. The decisions of the judging panel with regard to acceptances and awards are final and without appeal.

Judging reports. Each entrant will receive an individual judging report, which will be sent by email. Where e-mail is not available, reports are sent Air Mail.

Catalogue: A printed catalogue contained all award winning images, a selection of accepted images and a full listing of awards and acceptances will be available entrants at an additional cost.

A PDF downloadable version of the catalogue will be available on the Salon website.

Ron Willems is a seasoned creative digital photographic artist.   He became one of New

Zealand’s most successful photographers of all time in the medium of colour transparency last century, winning the National Salon of Photography, Robinson Cup & PSNZ Gold Medal six times with a range of creative images.   Ron has judged at all levels of competitive photography over 45 years.

In recent digital years he has won many major exhibition awards, including twice being the most successful participant in the Australian Digital Photography Awards.   In 2015 he was made an Honorary Life member of the Photographic Society of New Zealand for his contribution to photography in New Zealand and Australia, being a photographic Fellow of both countries.

Joanne Stolte has earned the photography distinctions MPSA and EFIAP. She has been General Chair of the S4C International Exhibition since 2001 and is the Judge Selection and Training Director for S4C. She often judges internationally; for example, the Welsh, the Great British Small Print Circuit, Fotoferia, PSA China (Beijing &Takesi), Polish, the Holland Circuit, GiaDinh (Vietnam), and AC-FOTO German Mega Circuit. Joanne is the PSA-GPU Liaison Officer.

Joanne served on the PSA Board of Directors as Membership Vice President from 2005 to 2010 and as Information Systems Vice President from 2010 to 2011. Joanne is Chair of the Southern California Roundup Chapter of PSA, the PSA Journal PID News Editor, and Directs the PSA PID Photo Essay Contest. She serves on the PSA Nominating, International Understanding Through Photography (IUTP) Award, Projected Image Collections, and Portfolio Committees. She is a trained PSA Portfolio Assessor. For her exceptional service to PSA she received the President’s Award in 2009 and was elected a Fellow (FPSA) in 2012.

Joseph Tam started to enter into photographic exhibitions worldwide in 2010 and is now an accomplished international exhibitor.  To date, he has collected over 11,000 international acceptances and won more than 1,500 awards from exhibitions over 70 countries.

Joe has consistently ranked top 3 positions in the PSA World Top-10 Exhibitors for three consecutive years between 2012 and 2014.  He has received 32 FIAP Blue Badges for Best Exhibitors from numerous international exhibitions.

Joe is the PSA Star Ratings Director of Photo Travel Division and Country Representative of ICS in Australia.

 

Dianne English has a keen interest in all forms of photography.She has achieved International and National recognition with Gold, Silver and Bronze medals for her images in many categories.

At an International level her highest achievement has been Overall Winner in the Royal Horticultural Society 2017 Award for floral photography.  Along with this award she was chosen as winner of the International Gardens in Focus in 2014.

She has judged numerous International and National competitions and is a regular presenter at NSW Camera Clubs.

 

Neville Foster has been involved in the camera club movement since 1967. In 1976 he joined the Australian Photographic Society where he joined Nature Division. In 1988 he was elected to the Council of Nature Division and became Chairman of the Nature Division and

Executive Director of the Society in 1992, a position held for four years. He held the position of Senior Vice President of Australian Photographic Society from 1996-98; and wasPresident of the Australian Photographic Society from 1998-2000.
Hehas submitted entries in National and International competitions to compete with his fellow photographers and to receive catalogues where he has been able to see the different trends in photography over the years. He has judged many National and International exhibitions.

 

Roy Killen lives in Newcastle and is a keen traveller and nature photographer. He has been participating in National and International exhibitions since 2008 and has achieved over 4600 international

acceptances and over 300 awards in international exhibitions. He has received the APS’s highest award for exhibition success, the APS Exhibitor’s Medal, and the Grand Masters distinction from the Photographic Society of America. In addition to photographic honours from APS, FIAP and PSA, Roy was awarded the Nature Medallion by the Australian Photographic Society in 2015. He frequently judges at club, national and international level and is a regular workshop presenter.

 

 

Rob Smith is a retired corporate photographer/videographer who has been judging at club, national, and international levels since 2009. Rob’s particular photographic interests include expressive landscape and nature photography, and the creation of multimedia productions. He is also an accomplished speaker who prefers to speak on topics related to the practice of photography as an art form. Rob’s motto is “If it moves you, shoot it!”