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Definition
The objective of Photojournalism is to capture spontaneous moments in our world to make informative images with impact.
Photojournalism Entries Are:
- Images with informative and truthful content with emotional impact,
- Reflecting the human presence in our world.
- The journalistic (story-telling) value of the image receives priority over pictorial quality.
Images that misrepresent the truth, such as those from events or activities arranged specifically for photography, or of subjects directed or hired for photography, are NOT eligible.
Editing Guidelines for Photojournalism
Processing or editing is limited to making the image look as close to the original scene as possible, or complete conversion to greyscale monochrome.
Allowed Editing Techniques:
- Cropping, straightening and perspective correction
- Removal or correction of elements added by the camera or lens, such as dust spots, noise, chromatic aberration or lens distortion
- Global and selective adjustments such as brightness, hue, saturation and contrast to restore the integrity of the original scence
- Several images (typically 2-4), each with a small white border, combined into a single image that depicts a progression of events or related activity (in other words, a diptych or triptych or ... is there a "quadtych?) is allowed.
Editing Techniques That Are Not Allowed
- Removing, adding, moving or changing any part of an image, except for the eligible techniques.
- Blurring or darkening parts of the image during processing to obscure elements in the original scene.
- Partial color or partial toning.
- Unnatural colour, extreme saturation or desaturation.
Artificial Intelligence (AI):
Images must originate as photographs made by the entrant. They may not contain images produced by anyone else, including clip art, stock images or replacement skies. AI generated images (in whole or in part) are not allowed.
Signed PSA Permission
Members intending to participate in PSA competitions must sign a form permitting PSA to use and display their photos as stated therein. Permission is specific to the photographer, not the image, and is valid for three years. VCC must upload permission forms for every photographer before their photos can be entered in the PSA website.
Download the PSA Individual Inter-Club Competition Form or View the Form
Submissions
Members may submit up to 2 images to VCC by October/January/March 15 for consideration by the External Competition Committee for inclusion in our Club submission. Each Club may submit 6 images, all from different photographers. Each image should have a title descriptive of the image no longer than 35 characters in length. Please not the larger size allowed when you export your JPEG.
PSA Statements on Artificial Intelligence and Subject Matter apply to all sections.
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Specifications
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Images should be in JPEG format, 1920 pixels on the horizontal x 1080 on the vertical, but will accept 1400 wide X1050 tall.
- sRGB colour space is recommended.
- A size of under 3 MB is recommended.
- Maximum number of submissions per VCC member is two
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