RRCEC Club Policy regarding use and identification of photographs for the RRCEC Newsletter (Roster), Website and Calendar
To vote for your favourites for the RRCEC 2009 calander click the link below:
For the website home page quarterly contest and annual calendar:
The photographs should be those taken by club members and of their dogs only. Photos must be identified.
For the photo gallery (website/newsletter), the rescue page and other general use:
The photographer should be identified but not the dog if the dog is not owned by a member. The photographer does not need to be a club member if the photo is of a member’s dog.
Photos can be submitted in smaller file size for the above uses.
General group photos, photos of moving dogs taken at events or picnics, do not require that the dogs or photographer be identified.
This policy came into effect January 1, 2007.
Pictures are always welcome and can be e-mailed in JPEG format or sent by regular mail to be scanned. The dog(s) and photographer in/of each picture must be identified in your e-mail or covering letter.
Pictures for everything other than the calendar contest should be emailed or snail mailed to the editor AND the website manager.
If you have submissions for the calendar contest that you also wish to have considered for the website home page contest or for general use on the site or the newsletter, please send them along to the editor AND website manager.
If you have any questions about photos that you wish to submit, please contact the editor for clarification.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PHOTO SUBMISSIONS FOR THE ONLINE ANNUAL CALENDAR CONTEST
Keeping in mind that photos for the calendar should be taken by club members and the ridgebacks in the photos should be their own, here are the instructions to enter the calendar contest:
The calendar contest entries must be submitted through the official RRCEC contest website therefore allowing us to use professional printers to cut our costs while increasing the quality of calendars.
The printing industry now demands all persons submitting photos to be used in print sign a legal release form in the event they accidentally crop or cut off any parts of an image during print, or if colours do not match 100%, etc.
For the calendar contest, please submit your photos in the largest file size you have. If photos do not meet the minimum number of pixels required for printing they will have to be excluded from the contest. The calendar coordinator will retain the right to crop photos if necessary for printing.
Your Entry Instructions:
To enter your Ridgeback's finest photograph in the annual RRCEC calendar contest please go to this link:
Don't forget to bookmark this link for future entries.
Read the Printer release form before digitally signing the Name, Email Address, and Witness Name boxes.
When ready, hit the BROWSE button and select any one photograph off your personal hard-drive.
Please don't forget to pick a category check box to have your photograph registered correctly.
In the large white box you must type the name(s) of your dog(s) visible in the photograph. We need the names of all dogs in each photograph you submit (to give the models credit) and/or the name(s) of any people caught in the image.
Finally, check the "I Agree to the Release Statements Above" to activate the "Submit" button to complete your contest entry.
You are welcome to enter as many times as you wish until the closing date.
2009 CALENDAR CONTEST CATEGORIES
January - Ridgebacks in Winter Wonderland
February - Ridgebacks Posing (Ridgeback Valentine)
March - Ahhhh! Ridgebacks and Kids
April - Ridgeback Puppies
May - Single Ridgeback Portrait
June - Ridgebacks in Action at a RRCEC social event
July - Ridgebacks at the Beach
August - Ridgebacks Among the Flowers / in the Garden
September - Ridgeback Fall Colours
October - Hallowe'en Ridgebacks or Best Dressed Ridgebacks
November - Let Sleeping Dogs (Ridgebacks) Lie
December - The Christmas Ridgeback