Our camera club has held a yearly Turkey Shoot since 1994. Early in the year, we vote on a choice of 10 categories. By Christmas, we have to have a collection containing a single print minimum 4X6” and maximum 5X7” for each category mounted on a poster board size sheet. (The judging is of the prints only. The poster board is merely a means to display them and the prints are to be taken since the previous year’s Turkey Shoot Competition.) The committee chairperson chooses a panel of judges among our members. They will judge the entries and decide the winners of each category in time for the Christmas Party. Panels will have up to 10 prints mounted and numbered for the corresponding category. Panels are to be anonymous. The committee chairperson will record ownership of each panel and each owner will receive a number to attach to their panel. Less than 10 categories entered is acceptable.
At our Christmas Party, all members and spouses then choose their overall favorite panel for the “People’s Choice” award. The top winner used to receive a frozen turkey to take home for Christmas dinner but this was changed to $50 and all of the individual category prizes are $10 each. The rules of the competition do not allow for the winner of the overall competition to win in any other individual competition. The amount for the People’s Choice prize (that is judged by those attending the Christmas party) is $25.00. So, you don’t win an actual turkey, but you do receive a cash prize towards one.
This year’s categories are:
1. Eyes 2. Work 3. Flowers 4. Framed 5. Rooftops 6. Gates 7. Night Photo 8. Old Buildings 9. Farm Animals 10. Photographer’s Choice
View the Turkey Shoot winners: Overall and People’s Choice
View the Turkey Shoot Category Winners - View the Turkey Shoot Entries
The camera club has a monthly competition. The last meeting in the month is generally reserved for our Competition night. The categories vary and the winner of the previous month will decide the category for the next month’s competition. This is a test of one’s skills with the camera, not of member’s skills in Photoshop or similar editing programs.
The image is to be taken after the contest is announced. A wide interpretation is allowed. The image is to be received before or at the meeting when they will be judged, brought by either email, CD, or USB flash. The image is to be sent as a .JPG of reasonable quality, size about 1-2 MB. If the member can resize to 1024 X 768 pixels, that would be ideal. Resolution is irrelevant. The image can be a 4 X 6 inch print and be available at judging.
There is to be no heavy image manipulation. Sharpening, cropping, color balance, levels adjustments, etc., are allowed.
West Kootenay Camera Club Turkey Shoot 2011
West Kootenay Camera Club Monthly Theme Competition