1st International Photography Contest of ALADAG is organised by Municipality of Aladağ and OTOFOKUS Photography&Art

1st International Photography Contest of OTOFOKUS is in 4 sections;
1-DIGITAL: OPEN (Color)
2-DIGITAL: OPEN (Monochrome)
3-DIGITAL: NATURE (Monochrome & Color)
4-DIGITAL: Lanscape (Monochrome & Color)

Closing Date: 19.08.2022/ 23.59 (Local Time)
Jury Meeting: 26-27.08.2022
Announcement of Results: 04.09.2022
Exhibition and Award Ceremony: Oct 2022, Dec 2022 Municipality of Aladag OTOFOKUS Photography&Art
Sending Date of Award and Web Catalog: Oct 2022

a) The entry of the contest is free.

a) The contest is welcome to all amateur and professional photographers all over the world, apart from the Salon Chairman, Jury and and their relatives
b) The participants who are currently filed under TFSF restriction for any of the above defined reasons, or the participants who are on the FIAP red list are not allowed to participate in this contest.
c) Salon will check FIAP red lists and eliminate if in the list before the jury session.
d) All participants can submit up to 4 (four) photographs for each category. The same image or color or B&W version of the same image cannot be submitted to more than 1 (one) category.
e) The participants declare and confirm all permissions are taken by them, the work sent for contest is completely his/her own and whole responsibility belongs to them in case of any kind of conflict or disagreement. Municipality of Aladag and OTOFOKUS Photography&Art will not be held responsible for any conflicts or disagreements.
f) The participant declares and accepts that any legal issues about his/her photos will be under his/her responsibility only.
g) If the participant submits a work which the copyright which does not belong to him/her, executes any alterations or changes on the photo that does not belong to him/her to mislead the jury, will be counted as making a rule violation.
h) The rule violation procedure shall be applied to those participants who act contrary to these statements and consents, and who make any alterations to any photograph with the intention of deceiving the Assessment Committee/Jury. The sanctions set out in Article 13 of the “TFSF/PAFT National/International Contest Regulatory Standards” shall be applied to the participants who violate the rules. In case of detection of any violation of the participation rules, the prize, title and any other gains awarded to such participants shall be withdrawn and the award place shall be left blank. The violation shall be reported to the FIAP. If an award has already beenpresented to a participant who has violated the rules, the award shall be returned by the participant.
i) With the sole act of submitting his/her images or files to a salon under FIAP Patronage, the entrant accepts without exception and with no objection that the submitted images can be investigated by FIAP to establish if these obey to FIAP regulations and definitions even if the entrant is not a member of FIAP; that FIAP will use any means at its disposal for this undertaking; that any refusal to cooperate with FIAP or any refusal to submit the original files as captured by the camera, or failure to provide sufficient evidence, will be sanctioned by FIAP and that in case of sanctions following the non-compliance with FIAP regulations, the name of the entrant will be released in any form useful to inform the breaches of the rules. It is recommended to leave the EXIF data in the submitted files intact in order to ease eventual investigations.
j) Municipality of Aladag, TFSF and OTOFOKUS Photography&Art may request the participants to deliver the original files of the prize-winning photographs or of the photographs that are decided to be exhibited.
k) The photographs will be presented to the jury in a completely darkened room, using a projector with Full HD/4K resolution on a screen with a diagonal length of minimum 1 m and maximum 2.5 m, or a 42/55-inch Full HD/4K LCD monitor.
l) Contest results will be announced on the website of the OTOFOKUS Photography&Art:
http://www.aladag.otofokus.org/?lang=tur ve http://www.otofokus.org http://www.aladag.bel.tr/
and TFSF’s website: http://tfsfonayliyarismalar.org. All participants will be notified of the contest results via email.
m) All awards will be sent to award owners by post. Municipality of Aladag, TFSF and OTOFOKUS Photography&Art will not be held responsible for damages occurring during transfer.

RIGHT OF PUBLICATION AND COPYRIGHT (USE)

a) The award-winning or accepted photographs shall be registered in the archive of the Municipality of Aladag, OTOFOKUS Photography&Art. Municipality of Aladag, OTOFOKUS Photography&Art shall have the right to use such photographs in any of its publications for promotional purposes by mentioning the name of the photographer. No royalty fee shall be paid to the photographers for such photographs. The name of the photographers will not be used in graphical works such as collages made using these photos.
b) Without any commercial purpose, Municipality of Aladag, The OTOFOKUS Photography&Art shall have the right to freely exhibit and use all ofthe photographs took part in this contest in any of its publications or printed papers, promotional documents, and other platforms (calendar, agenda, postal cards, catalogues, web pages, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, other electronic communication and recording environments, etc.) without any constraints. The participants irrevocably acknowledge, declare and commit that the permissions given with respect to their works will not be revoked, the use of the works as above will not be prohibited, or any material and moral indemnities or any royalty for the permissions/consents will not be asked for. Municipality of Aladag, OTOFOKUS Photography&Art will not make any payment of royalties for the permissions/consents to be given by the participants for their works. The usage rights will be held by the owners of the works and by the Municipality of Aladag, OTOFOKUS Photography&Art.
c) Municipality of Aladag, OTOFOKUS Photography&Art, under any circumstences, will not give permission to usage of photograps for other purposes that is not mentioned here.
d) The participants who submit their work for the contest shall be deemed to have declared and committed that the works submitted for the contest belong to them. Municipality of Aladag, OTOFOKUS Photography&Art shall not accept any responsibility regarding the permissions and copyrights for the participants’ photographs.
e) Any copyright responsibility for the architectural structures, work of art, human faces, etc. that appear on the photographs belongs to the participant. The participants who submit photographs for the contest declare and commit that the necessary permissions with regard to the photographs have already been obtained by them, and that they will assume full responsibility in case of any disputes that may arise in connection with these works. Municipality of Aladag, OTOFOKUS Photography&Art shall not accept any responsibility in this regard.
f) Award-winning photographs (prize/medal, honorable mention) shall be announced on the websites of the http://www.aladag.otofokus.org/?lang=tur ve http://www.otofokus.org http://www.aladag.bel.tr/ TFSF, http://tfsfonayliyarismalar.org, and on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.) accounts. They shall also be displayed on the pages allocated to our society in the Almanac 2022, a publication of the TFSF.
g) On the issues that are not addressed in the specifications, the decisions taken by the TFSF Board of Directors and the Organizing Committee shall be applicable together with the TFSF National/International Contest Regulatory Standards Directive.
h) By signing up on the OTOFOKUS Photography&Art website, http://www.contest.otofokus.org/ and uploading their photographs, the participants are deemed to have accepted the conditions of participating in the contest. This specifications document will become effective as of the date the contestant submits his/her photograph for the contest. By participation, the contestants are deemed to have accepted the terms and conditions of the specifications. Contestants are not entitled to object to the terms and conditions of the specifications at a later date.

a) All participants must enter the http://www.aladag.otofokus.org/ , http://www.aladag.bel.tr/ and http://www.otofokus.org to join the contest. They must accept the Conditions of Participation (entry rules). Participants must to check the accept box. Then check the accept box, Participants are deemed to have accepted all the terms.
b) While participating in the web page, all participants must tick a box next to which the following text is stated:
“I hereby expressly agree to FIAP document 018/2017 « Conditions and regulations for FIAP Patronage » and FIAP document 033/2021« Sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the red list ». I am particularly aware of chapter II « Regulations for International photographic events under FIAP patronage » of FIAP document 018/2017, dealing under Section II.2 and II.3 with the FIAP participation rules, the sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the red list.”
c) If you have any problem when upload\submit the Photos (over the Internet or user-induced errors occur in the system in the event) please contact and [email protected], addresses and the problem will be fixed as soon as possible. This address is only used if the photo upload problems experienced moments will occur. You must not send the photographs this e-mail. If you send your photos to this e-mail, we do not accept your entry.
d) Photographs are sent in digital form, as a picture file with JPEG format and photo size not lower than 1 Mb, greater than4 Mb.
e) Photography naming is mandatory. Name of the file must be maximum 31 characters. English letters and underscore ( _ ) can be used. Turkish characters ı, ö, ü, ç, ğ, ş must not be used.
f) Photographs will be loaded online http://www.aladag.otofokus.org/?lang=tur via using this web address.
g) Municipality of Aladag, TFSF and OTOFOKUS Photography&Art will not be responsible for potential problems related to the uploading of the works.
h) As the contest will be organized online, no other alternative submittal methods (e-mail, cargo, personal delivery, etc.) will be accepted.
i) Photographs containing Photographer’s name, mark, logo, date or signature will be rejected.

Mustafa AKGEDİK, President of Aladağ Municipality
Buket ÖZATAY, EFIAP/D2
Alperen AKHARMAN, EFIAP/s

Reserve Jury: Murvet RİŞVANOĞLU, EFIAP

(The jury meeting must be held with at least 3 members.)

4 x FIAP Gold, Silver, Bronze medal and 24 Honorable Mention
4 x IAAP Gold, Silver and Bronze medal and 24 ribbons
4 x OTOFOKUS Gold, Silver and Bronze medal and 24 diploma
1x Aladag Special Award
1x Otofokus Special Award
1x FIAP BLUE BADGE-BEST OF Competition

***Acceptances will be no less than 8% and no more than 25% in each category

a) Definition of Nature Photography:
Nature photography records all branches of natural history except anthropology and archaeology. This includes all aspects of the physical world, both animate and inanimate, that have not been made or modified by humans. Nature images must convey the truth of the scene that was photographed. A well-informed person should be able to identify the subject of the image and be satisfied that it has been presented honestly and that no unethical practices have been used to control the subject or capture the image. Images that directly or indirectly show any human activity that threatens the life or welfare of a living organism are not allowed. The most important part of a Nature image is the nature story it tells. High technical standards are expected, and the image must look natural. Adding a vignette or blurring the background during processing is not allowed. Objects created by humans, and evidence of human activity, are allowed in Nature images only when they are a necessary part of the Nature story. Photographs of human-created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domesticated animals, humancreated hybrid animals and mounted or preserved zoological specimens are not allowed. Images taken with subjects under controlled conditions, such as zoos, are allowed. Controlling live subjects by chilling, anaesthetic or any other method of restricting natural movement for the purpose of a photograph is not allowed. No modification that changes the truth of a Nature image is allowed. Images may be cropped but no other technique that removes, adds or moves any part of the image is allowed. Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise and lens flare are allowed. Complete conversion of colour images to greyscale monochrome is allowed. Partial conversion, toning and infrared captures or conversions are not allowed. Images of the same subject that are combined in camera or with software by focus stacking or exposure blending are allowed. Multiple images with overlapping fields of view that are taken consecutively and combined in camera or with software (image stitching) are allowed.

b) Definition of the black and white photography (monochrome):
A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with the various 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 modified by a partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category; such a work requires colour reproduction in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage.

a) Notification will be sent by email.
b) Awarded and the acceptances photos are exhibit in
c) http://www.aladag.otofokus.org will be exhibited in the area to be determined. Also awarded the prize, honourable mentions and special awards of the photos will be published on the site and TFSF broadcast www.tfsf.org.tr and will take place on the pages in the book of Almanac 2022.

Salon Chairman: Mustafa ŞAHİN EFIAP/g
E-mail: [email protected]