The Alpine Club of Canada wants you.... to submit your pictures to the 2009 Photo Contest!

Welcome to the ACC Calgary Section Photo Contest! I would like to invite a many people as possible to enter a couple of slides or digital pictures to the show. Who knows? That picture that you think is just so - so might be a diamond in the rough. Send in your favourite humour shot, or ice climbing picture (in my case they are usually the same one) and see what happens! The ACC Photo Contest is quickly approaching this year, and the submission end date even faster! The submission deadline is the section meeting May 19, 2009.

Some of the trophies for the ACC Calgary Section photo contest go back to the 30's. It is a real coup to have one of those trophies on your mantle for a year! Please see the rules below for more information. NOTE that there have been additional rules added to keep up with the technology. If you can scan your own slides into digital images, it would be greatly appreciated. I will scan them but the quality may or may not be as good as you would like.

The contest winners will be shown at the June 16th section meeting, with the winners receiving awards. The winner of Best in Show will receive a dry mounted 16x20" (or best size - depends on the resolution of the photo) print of their winning slide, picture or print.

Submission Instructions: Contact Alan Fortune: (email) fortune2@telus.net. The deadline for entries is the section meeting on May 19th. Please return the trophies from last year by this date as well or I will come calling. Slides, CD's, etc will be returned at the following section meeting. If you are interested in judging the photo contest or would like more information call Alan Fortune at 403-547-1155.

So, if you were involved in a club trip up Northover Ridge, just got back from Peru, did some awesome turns on Smuts Pass, had a good time ice climbing or skiing, (Campbell Icefields....Nordegg) etc. etc., you know who you are, then you probably have some great pictures!

Questions or concerns - contact the Photo Contest chair, Alan Fortune. fortune2@telus.net or phone: 403-547-1155

Rules for Contest

Digital Photos

1. No picture may be manipulated or modified in any way. So, submit it straight from your camera!
2. You can submit your pictures on a CD. If you would like to send them by email, give me a shout via email that you wish to do so (fortune2@telus.net).
3. As with slides, submissions start immediately.
4. Submissions should be clearly marked with your name, a list of the entries and the category.

Photo Competition Rules and Eligibility

Please read and follow these rules carefully. Failure to follow these rules will result in disqualification from the contest.

1. The contest is open to any section member whose membership is in good standing.
2. Entrants may win more than one place in a class. A maximum of 3 entries per class per person. Entries are not permitted from the judges or their family members. Each slide must be marked with the entrant's name, slide title, and class number. An asterix must be placed in the lower left corner of the slide when held for viewing.
3. Slides in glass mounts are not accepted.
4. Digital pictures should be on CD with an appropriate file name that indicates the category and title of the picture. Digital pictures WILL be accepted via email to fortune2@telus.net.
5. No award will be made if the judges feel that no entries are of the standard to receive a trophy.
6. All Slides, Digital Pictures, Photographs must have been taken within 3 years of the contest deadline.
7. All entrants must provide a list of their entries, including the respective class and title of entry, and include their name, address, and telephone number.
8. All entries are released for future reproduction in The Chinook, the summer and winter schedules, the section website, and other publications and promotional material of the section - including displays and slide shows.
9. Prints must be mounted and of a minimum 5"x7" size. Matting and presentation will be included in the judging criteria. The entrant's name and print title should be on the back of the print.
10. Entries from previous Calgary Section photo contests are not eligible.
11. The judges may move entries to another class when it is appropriate.
12. If you want to have slides mailed back, you need to include sufficient packaging material (self-addressed) and postage to ensure the safe return of your slides.

Photo Competition Classes and Trophies

Canadian Mountain Scenes: Richardson Trophy.

• Category: Main focus of interest is mountain scenery.
• History: This trophy was donated by Charlie Richardson who was prominent in the ACC and frequently the camp manager at many of the early GMCs. The Richardson family lived in a big old house on 15th street NW close to the now Jubilee Auditorium.