Travel Competition - 10/18/2022 at 6:00 PM

On October 18, 2022, Lancaster Photography Association will be hosting a Travel Competition. We encourage all our members to enter. It is a great way to learn how to improve your images, as each image gets a short critique from the judge. We are looking forward to seeing everyone’s travel images!

The deadline for entry is: October 11th at 11:59 p.m., so make sure to get your images uploaded before then. ENTER HERE.

The Zoom link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87033723879?pwd=NzJpV3hkdGg2bWFMRlpaM2hXTFJ4Zz09
Meeting ID: 870 3372 3879
Passcode: 515962

Travel is a reality-based class, so you need to make sure to follow the rules as given below regarding the images.

TRAVEL - 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.

Note 1: An image taken just while traveling may or may not fit this definition. The primary elements of the image must be characteristic with respect to features or culture.

Note 2: Entrants are cautioned that the sentence on arranged events or activities includes any images that appear to be arranged to the judges even though the judges will give the benefit of the doubt to the maker. Entrants are therefore advised that such images may well be disqualified.

Alterations: As with all reality-based divisions, (Nature, Photo Travel, and Photojournalism), techniques that add, relocate, replace or remove any element of the original image, except by cropping, are not permitted. The only allowable modifications are the removal of dust, scratches or digital noise, restoration of the existing appearance of the original scene, sharpening that is not obvious, and complete conversion to grayscale monochrome. Other derivations, including infrared, are not eligible. All allowed adjustments must appear natural.

Note: “Restoration of the appearance of the original scene” may include techniques such as HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning provided they do not alter the contents of the original scene and the result looks natural.

Borders: Borders are optional, but must be 3 or 4 pixels in width and must be white or a shade of gray.

ABOUT OUR JUDGE: Joanne Stolte, HonFPSA, MPSA, EFAIP, ESFAIP will be our judge. She has done a wonderful job judging for us in the past and we are looking forward to having her be with us via Zoom.

Joanne Stolte has earned the photography distinctions MPSA and EFIAP and is a respected international judge.

She served on the PSA Board of Directors as Membership Vice President from 2005 to 2010. Joanne was Chair of the PSA Southern California Chapter from 2013-2022. She is a trained PSA Portfolio Assessor. For her exceptional service to PSA, she received the 2009 President's Award, received the 2019 PSA Volunteer Award, the 2020 PSA Teaching Award, the 2022 President’s Award, and was elected Honorary Fellow (HonFPSA) in 2022.

Joanne is President of the Photographic Alliance of America (PAA), the national photography organization for the USA and is the FIAP Liaison Officer for the USA.