Image Titles in S4C Competitions
Since it is the beginning of the year, it is a good time to remind you that there are restrictions on titles of images entered into S4C Competitions. Violations of these restrictions may, sadly, result in an image being DQ’ed.
Regardless of how many times it is entered into however many Divisions, the same image - whether digital or print - must always bear exactly the same title. However, an image entered into Monochrome may have the additional abbreviation Mono or BW appended. Also, an image entered into Creative may be titled differently from the original image(s) from which it was derived, provided it is clearly a different image.
- Titles of images may not exceed 35 characters.
- The characters may not include any of the following reserved characters: *, $, !, %, #, =, ?.
- Titles may not include file extensions such as .jpg or .jpeg (or any other camera capture filenames) or words such as “untitled” or “no title”.
- This limitation of 35 characters includes any ‘qualifiers’ used for the maker’s convenience to distinguish images that would otherwise have the same title.
- Any qualifiers are limited in length to 5 characters plus if required, an additional optional qualifier to indicate that the image is a monochrome version (Mono or BW). Thus, for example 'Rain In Spain 45DGH BW' is acceptable.
- Apart from such qualifiers, titles must be composed of understandable words or common acronyms.
- Except in qualifiers, no digits are permitted in the title (use ‘Two Flowers’ rather than ‘2 Flowers&rsquo
. - Titles may not consist solely of numbers.
- Titles may not contain a UEN.
Just as a reminder, our October competition - the first of the competition year - is now open for entries. The deadline is midnight Saturday, October 3rd at 11:59 PM.
Thank you for participating in S4C. We look forward to your entries.
Stuart Lynn
Competition Chair
Southern California Council of Camera Clubs (S4C)
by Bonnie J Matthews-Franke
Bonnie has been taking pictures since she was a little girl, but she didn't get into digital photography until about 2009, just before she joined the club.
Matthews-Franke finds the club to be very beneficial to her. The interaction with other members, being able to ask questions, the workshops and the knowledge that I take away from the club is phenomenal.
She believes the meetings, workshops and field trips are very beneficial, specially to the new members. Her favorites were the Fall Color Trips; Mono Lake Trips and the workshops were she had her camera and could play along.
She love landscapes. She just finished a vacation trip to Oregon where she photographed lighthouses, old barns and covered bridges. The older the structure the better
.
She also loves portraits, and shooting in her own studio.
Matthews-Franke has more than a few Canon's, a Canon 7D, a Canon 5D MKII and a few more with a variety of lenses and accessories. Her favorite lens is a 28-135mm ,70-200mm. & 100mm.
Matthews-Franke was our secretary of the club for a few years and helped made many changes to help us grow.
Matthews-Franke finds the club to be very beneficial to her. The interaction with other members, being able to ask questions, the workshops and the knowledge that I take away from the club is phenomenal.
She believes the meetings, workshops and field trips are very beneficial, specially to the new members. Her favorites were the Fall Color Trips; Mono Lake Trips and the workshops were she had her camera and could play along.
She love landscapes. She just finished a vacation trip to Oregon where she photographed lighthouses, old barns and covered bridges. The older the structure the better
.She also loves portraits, and shooting in her own studio.
Matthews-Franke has more than a few Canon's, a Canon 7D, a Canon 5D MKII and a few more with a variety of lenses and accessories. Her favorite lens is a 28-135mm ,70-200mm. & 100mm.
Matthews-Franke was our secretary of the club for a few years and helped made many changes to help us grow.
