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1 FIAP SALONS DEMYSTIFIED

2 Club Photography Structures Outlets for your Photography Distinctions & Salons Explained Preparation and entering Salons

3 Club Photography Structures

4 International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) Irish Photographic Federation (IPF) Southern Association of Camera Clubs (SACC) Blarney Photography Club (BPC)

5 International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) Irish Photographic Federation (IPF) Southern Association of Camera Clubs (SACC) Blarney Photography Club (BPC)

6 International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) Irish Photographic Federation (IPF) Southern Association of Camera Clubs (SACC) Blarney Photography Club (BPC)

7 International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) Irish Photographic Federation (IPF) Southern Association of Camera Clubs (SACC) Blarney Photography Club (BPC)

8 The Southern Association of Camera Clubs is frequently referred to as the SACC The SACC is a regional governing body of photography The SACC is the largest photographic region It covers the southern part of the country from Bray to Ennis There are approx. 50 clubs in the region It hosts both Club and Individual competitions Blarney Photography Club is the No. 2 Club in the region.

9 The Irish Photographic Federation is the national governing body Frequently referred to as the IPF The IPF runs all sorts of photographic activities including competitions and distinction sittings Blarney Photography Club came 6 th overall in the 2016 Club Championships and was the highest scoring club in the SACC region

10 The Irish Photographic Federation also enters international competitions One of these is the FIAP Biennials Ireland came 2 nd in the world recently

11 Outlets for your Photography Social Media The Club Web Page Club Competitions External Competitions Photographic Distinctions

12 Competitions Club SACC IPF League SACC POTY IPF POTY POTY SACC Nature POTY IPF Nature POTY Creativ e IPF Shield Inter Club National Championships

13 Distinctions & Salons Explained

14 Distinctions IPF FIAP Licentiate (LIPF) Associate (AIPF) Fellowship (FIPF) Artiste (AFIAP) Excellence (EFIAP) Master (MFIAP)

15 Distinctions IPF FIAP LIPF AFIAP AIPF EFIAP FIPF MFIAP

16 How do you get your LIPF You present a panel of 10 prints to an assessment sitting.

17 How do you get your LIPF You present a panel of 10 prints to an assessment sitting. What The Assessors Will Look For: Camera work / technical quality: Is the choice of viewpoint sympathetic with the subject? Is focusing, exposure etc. correct? Image Quality: Have contrast, highlights, shadows and colour balance all been properly controlled? Are the images clean and blemish free? Cohesion: Is there cohesion and variety in the panel? Composition & Editing: Is there good arrangement and composition in the images? Have the images been edited to present the strongest panel? Imagination & Creativity: Are imagination and creativity present in the images? Visual Impact: Has the panel got visual impact? Light: Is there good use of light in relation to the subject matter?

18 Distinctions IPF FIAP LIPF AFIAP AIPF EFIAP FIPF MFIAP

19 What is AFIAP AFIAP i s the entry l evel distinction awarded by FIAP. It is awarded to photographers whose photography is cons idered to be of a high enough standard

20 How do you get your AFIAP Unlike the LIPF, where you present a single body of work at an adjudication sitting, you get your AFIAP by presenting your work online or by post at International Salons FIAP sanctions hundreds of Salons around the world every year. All Salons under FIAP patronage are listed in the FIAP website. You s hould only refer to this list.

What is a Salon A Salon is a photographic competition under the patronage of FIAP. Salons are normally run by other Camera Clubs using external judges.

21 What is a Salon A Salon is a photographic competition under the patronage of FIAP. Salons are normally run by other Camera Clubs using external judges. The purpose of Salons is to allow a photographer to gain awardsand acceptancesfor his or her work. Salons generally have up to 6 sections (eg. CO, MO, Nat, PT, Sport, Creative) and photographers are generally allowed enter 4 images in each section. In a typical salon you could be looking at entering up to 24 images. Most Salons are digital, as opposed to print, and entry and payment are done online.

22 How do you get acceptances An acceptance is granted to an image, entered in a salon, if it achieves a high enough score. In a typical salon you could be looking at entering up to 24 images and potentially receiving 24 acceptances, depending on how well your images score. When all the images are judged, images that score above a qualifying score are considered accepted. Entrants are sent a score card indicating the images that were accepted or not. Entrants keep a record of all acceptances

23 What good are acceptances FIAP will award your AFIAP distinction when they gain sufficient acceptances It s a bit like collecting green shield stamps but with a twist.

24 Requirements for AFIAP Distinction 2. THE AFIAP DISTINCTION 2.1. The distinction "Artist FIAP" (AFIAP) is the first artistic distinction that can be obtained. It is awarded to photographic artists whose artistic qualities, technique and production of work have been acknowledged through their participation in international salons under FIAP Patronage The candidate for this distinction must: a) Have taken part with success in internationa l salons under FIAP Patronage for at least 1 year; i.e. his first FIAP -recognise d acceptance must have occurred at least 1 year ago. b) Have taken part with success in at least 15 international salons under FIAP Patronage in at least 8 different countries. I n this respect a Circuit is to be considered as a single salon. c) Have obtained at least 40 acceptances with at least 15 different works in international`s a lo ns under FIAP Patronage. d) Include in his works a minimum of 4 different works, which have each received at least one acceptance in Print salons under FIAP Patronage Candidates for AFIAP distinction must submit: a) A complete application using forms prescribed by FIAP (which can be downloade d from FIAP s website, see 9.1.). b) 5 photographic works of the candidate in form of a digital file. All the submitted works must have obtained 3 FIAP - recognised acceptances in different salons. In this respect a Circuit is considered to be a single salon The following procedure must be followed: a) Send the completed document (pages A, B and C) by electronic mail to the FIAP distinctions Service and also to the FIAP Collections Service. Also send a paper copy of page A, duly signed by the responsible person of the national federation, to t he FIAP Distinctions Service. b) Send a paper copy of page B, duly signed by the candidate, to the FIAP Collections Service.Page 3 / 8 c) The digital files of the works have to be sent to the FIAP Collections Service by WeTransfer. d) The fee has to be paid to the FIAP Treasurer When the AFIAP distinction is awarded, the candidate will receive a diploma and a badge with green enamel.

25 Requirements for applying for your AFIAP Distinction CONTESTING ACCEPTANCES SALONS COUNT RIES IMAGES PRINT S IPF RULES You must be contesting, with success, in Salons for at least 1 year At least 40 acceptances With success in at least 15 salons With s ucces s in at leas t 8 different countries With success with at least 15 different images With s ucces s with at leas t 4 different im ages 4 qualifying images from IPF competitions SUBMISSION 5 images with at least 3 accepts in different Salons (Note: a circuit is counted as 1 salon)

26 Preparation and entering Salons

27 Preparation before entering Salons Salon entry process Deciding what Salons to enter and maintaining records AFIAP Application

28 Preparation before entering Salons Preparation before entering salons 1. Talk to someone who has gone through the process already 2. Go to Salon web sites and check out the gallery of previous winning images. Many Salons publish their Catalogue of winning images online. Other Salons send all those who have had work accepted a printed Catalogue 3. If you think your images are good enough, select of your best images. 4. Process them and remove any Judge Bait from them. 5. Create a Salon Folder to hold the original full size JPG s. 6. Title each image. You need to use same title on an image for every salon you enter it in. Rules

29 Preparation for an individual salon Preparing your images for an indiv idual salon 1. Create a new folder with Salon No and Name 2. Export the selected images from the Salon Folder, with correct sizing into this folder. 3. Make sure the image title is consistent with what you called the image in previous salons 4. Update your records to keep track of Salons entered. 5. When you are happy that all the images are in order, you are ready to do your entry. Rules

30 Salon entry process

31 FIAP Salon Website Decide what Salon y ou are going to enter

32 Check out Salons that are still open FIAP Salon Website

33 FIAP Salon Website Pick a Salon f rom the list and go to the Salon s website

Salon Website - Rules Before you start read the Salon Rules carefully 1. Confirm the Salon number 2. Confirm closing date 3. Check that the sections suit you (eg, Landscape, Portrait etc) 4.

34 Salon Website - Rules Before you start read the Salon Rules carefully 1. Confirm the Salon number 2. Confirm closing date 3. Check that the sections suit you (eg, Landscape, Portrait etc) 4. Read the Salon Rules 5. Number of images per Section (normally 4) 6. Upload file type (normally jpg) 7. Image dimensions (generally you will be told the max width for landscapes format and the maximum height for portrait format. 8. Where applicable you will be told the paper and print sizes and delivery address 9. There may be a maximum file size (normally 2mb) 10.File naming 11.Prepare you images Rules

35 Tallaght International Salon of Photographic Art Rules Conditions of Entry Entry is open to all photographers, amateur and professional, worldwide. The maximum entry in each Class per author is four. An entrant s four images will be presented to the judges randomly. The same image must NOT be entered in more than one Class This includes altered and unaltered images. Entries must originate as photographs, (image captured of objects via light sensitivity), made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting and entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own and permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright. Name, address and title must be shown on each piece of work and numbered, to correspond with the entry form. Please limit titles to 25 characters. Entries accepted at a previous TPS Salon of Photography, or so similar as to be almost identical regardless or title, are not eligible. All imagery MUST be the total and exclusive work of the submitting author and may not include any element that was originated by or is the copyright of other photographers. The right of reproduction in relation to the exhibition, including digital representation, will be assumed unless specifically withheld. Entries will be treated with care, but no liability is accepted for loss or damage. An illustrated catalogue will be sent to each entrant and a label for each acceptance. An entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to the exhibition rules and conditions. ENTRIES RECEIVED WITHOUT FEES WILL NOT BE JUDGED ONLY ENTRIES WITH RETURN POSTAGE WILL BE RETURNED. THE SUBMISSION OF AN ENTRY SIGNIFIES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE RULES & CONDITIONS.

36 All About Your Entry Print Sections UNMOUNTED PRINTS ONLY and these will only be returned where return postage has been paid. Ov erseas return by surface mail only. Up to 4 Prints, with PAPER SIZE of A3 (420mm x 297mm) or A4 (297mmx210mm). The image can be any size as long as it f its on these paper sizes, this is to help with f raming prints for exhibition purposes. Prints may be entered in each of the f ollowing sections: Open Monochrome, Open Colour, and Landscape Colour. Entrants may also enter up to 4 projected images in each of the Open digital section, Photo Travel and the Nature digital section. Each print must have entrant s Name, Address and Title (as per the entry form) on the back of the print. Our Catalogue will include a listing of accepted images for the exhibition for all sections and will include all award winning images with statistics, PSA approval. After completing the online application form, please send your printed images to: Paul Power 3 Glenvara Park, Knocklyon Dublin 16, Ireland.

37 Digital Sections (PDI) The Open PDI section is a PSA PID color class section. Maximum size of any image 1440 pixels on the horizontal side x 1080 pixels vertical resolution of 300dpi and saved as a large jpg file to be titled as per entry form. PDI Images will be display ed with a calibrated projector with a resolution of 1440 x 1080 pixels All entries to be made via our electronic entry system accesible from Any questions, please info@tpssalon.com

38 Additional Rules The judges decisions are f inal. Images entered in one section cannot be entered in any of the other sections either altered or unaltered. As organisers we will take the utmost care of your entry but will not accept liability for any damage or loss howsoev er caused. Images will only be returned where the correct return postage has been receiv ed. Tallaght Photographic Society will not accept responsibility for returning images where incorrect return postage has been receiv ed. Images of a pornographic nature are not acceptable. Images accepted in our prev ious International Exhibitions are not acceptable. Ev ery image will be marked by 3 judges awarding f rom 1 to 5. The highest mark achiev able is 15. FIAP and PSA Requirments Monochrome and Nature entries must meet the definitions of FIAP to be eligible for FIAP awards which are posted below. Travel and Nature entries must meet the PSAdefinitions set out below to be eligible for PSA awards

39 Section Definitions Monochrome FIAP A black and white work f itting f rom the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with the v arious shades of grey. A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black and white category ; such a work can be reproduced in black and white in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage. On the other hand a black and white work modif ied by a partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work (poly chrome) to stand in the colour category; such a work requires colour reproduction in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage. Monochrome PSA An image is considered to be Monochrome only if it gives the impression of having no color (i.e. contains only shades of grey which can include pure black and pure white) OR it giv es the impression of being a grey scale image that has been toned in one color across the entire image. (For example by Sepia, red, gold, etc.) A grey scale or multi-colored image modified or giv ing the impression of having been modif ied by partial toning, multi toning or by the inclusion of spot coloring does not meet the def inition of monochrome and shall be classified as a Color Work.

40 Photo Travel PTD A Photo Travel image must express the feeling of a time and place, and portray a land, its distinctive features or culture in its natural state. There are no geographical limitations. Closeup pictures of people or objects must include distinguishable environment. Techniques that add to, relocate, replace or remove any element of the original image, except by cropping, are not permitted. All adjustments must appear natural. Conversion to full monochrome is acceptable. Derivations, including infrared, are unacceptable. Nature PSA ND, FIAP, RPS (as of 1st of January 2015) Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject material and certify its honest presentation. The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while maintaining high technical quality. Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the nature story such as nature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where those human elements are in situations depicting natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves. Scientific bands, scientific tags or radio collars on wild animals are permissible. Photographs of human created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domestic animals, or mounted specimens are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement. No techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are permitted. Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial content, or without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and dodging / burning. Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise, and film scratches, are allowed. Stitched images are not permitted. All allowed adjustments must appear natural. Color images can be converted to greyscale monochrome. Infrared images, either direct-captures or derivations, are not allowed. Images entered in Nature sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above can have landscapes, geologic formations, weather phenomena, and extant organisms as the primary subject matter. This includes images taken with the subjects in controlled conditions, such as zoos, game farms, botanical gardens, aquariums and any enclosure where the subjects are totally dependent on man for food.

41 Payment & Entry Fees All pay ments to be made via PAYPAL Entry Fee EUR 13 One Section 21 Any Two Sections 28 Any Three Sections 35 Any Four Sections 42 Any Fiv e Sections 45 Any Six Sections All pay ments must be made via PAYPAL

42 Sample entry process When you are ready to enter the Salon 1. Go to the Salon website 2. Registration 3. Upload images 4. Payment section 5. Checking your status on the website if this is available 6. Make sure you get a verification from the salon and print this for you records 7. The good bit ---- waiting for your results Rules

43 Tallaght Salon entry example

56 The site then links to the payment via PayPal. After you make the payment you should receive a confirmation of payment

58 Keep track of your results 1. Keep a printed copy of all you results 2. Set up a spreadsheet to keep track of your progress 3. Be familiar with the qualifying criteria for AFIAP

59 Summary 1. Use FIAP Website for the official list of FIAP sanctioned Salons 2. Read the Salon rules carefully before deciding to enter. 3. If you decide to enter, enter the salon in your salon diary. 4. Prepare your images in accordance with the rules (image title, size) 5. When all your images are prepared, go the Salon website and commence the entry process 6. Register with the Salon 7. Upload your images to the various sections which you decided to enter 8. Make your payment, normally done by PayPal 9. Make sure you get confirmation of payment 10. Make sure you get confirmation either online or of your entry. 11. You then wait for results. Sometimes they re late but more often than not they re early. 12. You will get a score card by which you should retain and print 13. Update you Salon Diary (and spreadsheet) with Salon acceptances. 14. Repeat the above process until you have satisfied the criteria for AFIAP

60 A word of caution to Non-Advanced members Entering salons, with success, may jeopardise a non-adv anced (Grade 2) photographer s chance of competing in the National Shield and other IPF competitions in the non-adv anced section. It may also jeopardise their club grade. Please note that Grade 2 club members who receiv e acceptances at salons are obliged to inf orm the Club Secretary once they comply with rule 9 (d) below. They will then be regarded to Grade Photographers who come under any of the following categories will be deemed to be Adv anced photographers. Persons who hav e (a) received an IPF distinction or similar ie. FIAP, PSA, RPS or any other distinctions; (b) been awarded more than one IPF medal in IPF national competitions; (c) whose image(s) hav e represented the IPF in international competitions; (d) received an Acceptance or Acceptances with five or more image titles or one or more Awards, including a Ribbon, in FIAP and/or PSA recognized salons. (e) Persons whose club considers them to be of adv anced standard in any discipline of photography (eg. Monochrome, Colour Print, Projected Image, AV etc.). (f) Photographers who, in the opinion of the Federation, are of advanced standard are not allowed to enter as Non Adv anced.

61 Web Links IPF FIAP distinctions section IPF distinctions section FIAP Distinction regulations nctions- en.pdf FIAP Salon List FIAP Home Page IPF Home Page SACC Home Page Blarney Photography Club website Blarney Photography Club Official Facebook page Blarney Photography Club Members Facebook meet up page (Members Only Group) 002/

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