3F Photography&Art, Ankara

Snapshot 2022 International Photography Contest is in 4 sections;
1-DIGITAL: OPEN (Color)
2-DIGITAL: OPEN (Monochrome)
3-DIGITAL: NATURE (Monochrome & Color)
4-DIGITAL: TRAVEL (Monochrome & Color)
**Black and White photos have to suitable of FIAP and PSA Monochrome definition.
** Nature photos have to suitable of FIAP Nature Photo definition.
**Travel photos have to suitable of PSA definition.

Closing Date: 02.10.2022/ 23.59 (Local Time)
Jury Meeting: 08-10.10.2022
Announcement of Results: 11.10.2022
Exhibition and Award Ceremony: 25.10.2022, 11.11.2022 Organizer’s club center.
Sending Date of Award and Web Catalog: December 2022

a) The entry fee is mandatory for all participants. And the fee is for 4 sections 22€. Turkish participants will pay for 4 sections 200TL. All participants must pay the entry fee.
b) The fee can be paid via PayPal or bank account.
PayPal account: [email protected]
c) Turkish participants can also pay to this bank account;
Ali Fatih Sama
TR07 0011 1000 0000 0098 2227 76

d) You can participate the contest by group-photography club or group members. if you contact the salon chairman you will take discount;
6-10 participant: 20€,
11+ : 18€
e) The works of the authors who did not pay the fee would not be taken into consideration.

a) Snapshot photography contest is welcome to all amateur and professional photographers all over the world, apart from the Salon Chairman, Jury 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. Organizer 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) “ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS TO THE MAIN DIRECTIVE FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE TURKISH PHOTOGRAPHIC ART FEDERATION NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST AND THE DIRECTIVE ON RULE VIOLATION APPLICATIONS TFSF YG 02-D” are applied to those who violate the rules. The participant's awards, titles and all kinds of gains are taken back. The place of the canceled prize is left blank. The situation is reported to FIAP. If a prize has been awarded, the participant must return the prize.
i) With the sole act of submitting his/her images or files to a salon under FIAP, PSA Patronage, the entrant accepts without exception and with no objection that the submitted images can be investigated by FIAP, PSAto establish if these obey to FIAP, PSA regulations and definitions even if the entrant is not a member of FIAP, PSA; that FIAP, PSA will use any means at its disposal for this undertaking; that any refusal to cooperate with FIAP, PSA or any refusal to submit the original files as captured by the camera, or failure to provide sufficient evidence, will be sanctioned by FIAP, PSA and that in case of sanctions following the non-compliance with FIAP, PSA 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) TFSF and Organizers may request the participants to deliver the original files of the rizewinning 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 http://www.theiaap.com/snapshot and 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. TFSF and Organizer 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 Organizer 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, Organizer 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. 3F 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 organizer.
c) Organizer, 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. Organizer 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. Organizer shall not accept any responsibility in this regard.
f) Award-winning photographs (prize/medal, honorable mention) shall be announced on the websites of the 3F Photography&Art http://www.theiaap.com/snapshot and 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 FSF 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 website, http://www.theiaap.com/snapshot 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.theiaap.com/snapshot 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 hotographic 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 email. 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 than 4 Mb.
e) Photography naming is mandatory. Name of the file must be maximum 35 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.theiaap.com/snapshot via using this web address.
g) TFSF and Organizer 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.

Buket Özatay EFIAP/d2, EPSA (Cyprus)
Ertuğrul Korkutmaz EFIAP (Turkey)
Nino Mghebrishvili AFIAP (Georgia)

Substitute Jury Member:
Senol Zumrut AFIAP (Turkey)
** The jury will meet with at least three members.

4 FIAP Gold Medal and 8 Mention;
1 GPU Gold Medal and 2 GPU Ribbon,
1 x IAAP Gold, Silver, Bronz Medal ve 6 Mention;
1 SSS Gold, 1 SSS Silver, 1 SSS Bronze Medal;
4 x 3F Gold, Silver, Bronz Medal and 81 E-Sertificate;
***Acceptances will be no less than 8% and no more than 25% in each category
***All diplomas of the salons will be sent as an e-diploma (signed by salon chairman) to winners’s e-mail adresses.

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.
c) PSA Monochrome Definition: 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 gives the impression of being a greyscale image that has been toned in one color across the entire image. (For example by Sepia, red, gold, etc.) A greyscale or multi-colored image modified or giving the impression of having been modified by partial toning, multi-toning or by the inclusion of spot coloring does not meet the definition of monochrome and shall be classified as a Color Work.
Greyscale Monochrome images may be entered for Nature, Photojournalism and Photo Travel but toned images are not permitted for these divisions. Exhibitions must indicate whether Monochrome images may or may not be entered in PID Color sections and must include one of the following: Monochrome images may not be entered in PID Color sections. Or Monochrome images may be entered in PID Color sections but will only be eligible towards PID Color Star Ratings if accepted. Monochrome images may not be entered in Pictorial Prints Color Sections. Separate sections must be offered for Color Pictorial Prints and Monochrome Pictorial Prints. The interest of using aerial photography is growing and the legal and ethical use of drones, balloons and aircraft by photographers is needed within the PSA organization. The following polices and guidelines shall govern their use in all PSA Divisions and International Exhibitions. Aerial images captured by drone, balloon or aircraft may be used for division competitions, international exhibitions, portfolios of distinctions and audio-visual programs as described in the rules for each event if they comply with both the legal and ethical policies included herein.
d) A Photo Travel image (PSA): expresses the characteristic features or culture of a land as they are found naturally. There are no geographic limitations. Images from events or activities arranged specifically for photography, or of subjects directed or hired for photography are not permitted. Close up pictures of people or objects must include features that provide information about the location. Techniques that add, relocate, replace or remove any element of the original image, except by cropping, are not permitted. The only allowable adjustments are removal of dust or digital noise, restoration of the appearance of the original scene and complete conversion to greyscale monochrome. Other derivations, including infrared, are not permitted. All images must look natural.
e) PSA Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archeology, 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 images 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 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.

a) Notifications will be sent by email.
b) Awarded and the acceptances photos are exhibit in http://www.theiaap.com/snapshot 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.

3F Photography&Art:
Ali Fatih Sama
E-mail: [email protected]
GSM: 0090 532 3167718
Our Contest is approved by Photographic Arts Federation of Turkey (TFSF) with the number of TFSF 2022/081, International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) with the number of FIAP 2022/509, GPU L220152 , IAAP 2022/145, SSS 2022/039, 3F 2022/004.
Award (Medal & Mention) and Acceptance points can be used during FIAP distinction applications. TFSF Representative will not be present during contest.