Ocean County Photography Competition

On behalf of the Ocean County Camera Club I would like to invite you, the photography students to compete in the annual print competition. 

(1)    ARCHITECTURE – Architecture can be a building or structure of any type, or any part thereof, including windows, doors, roofs, stairways, steeples, towers, domes, etc.  

(2)    PEOPLE/ANIMALS – An individual or a group of people and/or pets or other animals including birds, fish, reptiles, or insects, a combination being acceptable.  

(3)    SCAPES – A scene as of land, sea, city, clouds, etc. can be part of scapes.  

(4)    PHOTOJOURNALISM – A photo recounting a story or news item generally dealing with news events, human interest, sports, disasters, etc., are acceptable.  (Cannot be manipulated in any way)  

(5)    COLOR PHOTOGRAPHER’S CHOICE OR CREATIVE – This category can be a photo of any subject.  (This is an open category, and use of any photographic technique, photo manipulation, or software is acceptable.

(6)    MONOCHROME PHOTOGRAPHER’S CHOICE OR CREATIVE – This category can be a photo of any subject.  (This is an open category, and use of any photographic technique, photo manipulation, or software is acceptable.

Basically pick out your photos and have each student fill out the PSA youth entry form for each photo. Cut off the bottom third and glue (glue stick works best) that part to the back of the photo. Don’t bother about the control numbers. Teacher fills out the HS sponsor form with each photo info and your contact information. Send all the entries and forms to us by March 23, 2015. They will not be returned. We will have 3 judges per category and winners will receive ribbons and certificates. Winning entries include 1^st through 4^th place plus a grand prize winner.  Once this is complete we can send up to 8 entries onto the National competition of the Photographic Society of America for their judging. For the past few years we have had winners at PSA. Last year a student from Msgr Donovan HS in Toms River won the national first prize. To see the NJ winners you can log onto our website http://oceancountycameraclub.photoclubservices.com/Club/Galleries.aspx. Click on any student year to see the winners. 

A few notes on pictures. You can have one or 18 students participate. We strongly suggest you print 8x10 photos. Although 5x7 is fine we have noticed the larger photos are 90% of winners. I think it is because you can see the details in the larger photos.

Anjali Patel, JFKMHS graduate in 2011 used her Portrait Series project for this contest and was awarded an honorable mention as well as exposure on their website!

© Anjali Patel 2011