AIS Photo Contest (updated April 5 2013)
The 2013 Photo Contest has now commenced.
Every year the American Iris Society sponsors a photo contest. Concentrating generally on irises, the people who grow and hybridize them, and their use in garden or natural settings, the contest is open to anyone who submits a picture. The specific categories vary from year to year, and are open to adults and youth alike with separate awards for youth submissions.
To see previous photo contest winners go to the Photos and Puzzles menu on the left.
Please note: "Digital photo submissions to the Photo Contest must be high resolution (300 dpi or higher) and at least 4 X 6 inches in size. (Saved as a "maximum quality" jpeg, that would be a file size of approximately 1.4 MB)
2013 AIS Photo Contest
The AIS invites you to participate in our annual Photo Contest. Submissions for the 2013 AIS Photo Contest will be received from April 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013 (midnight). This contest is free and open to everyone, with the exception of contest Judges and the contest chairperson who are not eligible to enter or win. The winning photo of each category will be published in the AIS January Bulletin and on the AIS web site.
Prior year’s winners and honorable mentions can be viewed on the AIS web site at www.irises.org.
The 2013 winner of each category will receive a 2013 introduction (within USA only). The winner of each category will also receive a single annual membership or annual membership extension to AIS. Winners who are AIS life members will receive an annual membership in an AIS Section of their choice. Runners-up of each category will receive a 2011-2012 introduction.
Anyone can do it! Additionally, there is an article on photographing irises in the Information and Reference section of our Resources link in the column on the left of this page.
How to Enter
The full details on how to enter are included on the official entry form that can be downloaded using the following link: AIS Photo Contest Entry Form (Adobe
PDF file)
This is a PDF file that can be downloaded and filled in using Adobe Acrobat, saved, and emailed to the contest chair along with your entries or alternately it can be printed and mailed in.
Simply fill out the entry form designating in which category you are entering your digital photos. Then send a CD or e-mail your digital (jpeg) photos to the AIS Photo Contest Chair, at the address below. You may submit up to five (5) photos in this contest.
The deadline for submissions to the 2013 Photo Contest is no later than midnight June 30, 2013.
(NOTE: Any photo submitted that was a winner in previous years will automatically be disqualified.)
Irises in photos should be of the genus Iris. Entries will be selected and judged in six (6) categories:
1. Irises in a landscaped garden.
2. Irises in a field or home garden.
3. Events, tours, a person or people (at iris location).
4. Close up of an iris or irises.
5. Iris photos- art effects, macro of bloom segments.
6. Photos of pets, wildlife or garden art with the irises.
*** Any photos taken by a youth photographer
(under 19) in any of the six (6) categories will be judged
separately from the adult entrants.
Digital photos are preferred. Please do not send a print of your digital photo. If you only have prints, please do not send any smaller than 4 x 6 or larger than 5 x 7. We ask that your print submission be on photo paper. The digital photos should be saved as a ‘jpeg’ file. (Each image must be titled and numbered to match the entry form.) Make sure you identify the variety or person in each photo on the entry form. Please provide AIS with a self-addressed stamped envelope if you want the prints returned. Prints will otherwise not be returned and may be destroyed when not selected.
A panel of three judges will judge photos received and their
decisions will be final.
Submissions for the 2013 AIS Photo Contest will be received from April 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013 (midnight).
Send your printed photos and entry form to:
The American Iris Society Photo Contest, c/o Janet Smith, P O Box 1585, Coarsegold, CA
93614-1585, Send inquiries
to aisphotocontest@irises.org
Email your digital photos and entry form to: aisphotocontest@irises.org
The full details on how to enter are included on the official entry form provided on the link below: AIS Photo Contest Entry Form (Adobe PDF file)
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Anyone can do it.
Photo Contest runner-up, "Through the Iris." M. Lacey
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