Date: Dec 12, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Category:
Thursday December 12, 6:00pm – 9:00: Annual Photo Contest and Holiday Social at Swan Lake Nature House, Victoria, BC.
This year we are joining two fun events together – the annual photo competition and our holiday social. The photo competition is the signature photo show of the season! So start thinking about your favourite mountain shots from 2024 – let’s celebrate how we spent our mountain time this past year. And speaking of celebrations, this December we want to team our holiday social with the photo show. We get to mingle with friends, ooh and aww over gorgeous photos, put our judgy-pants on, nosh on a few treats, give out a few prizes, and get ready to usher in the holiday season – what’s not to like!
Comments, ideas, want to help out (it’s fun!) – contact Mary Sanseverino, photo show coordinator:
Here are all the details:
CALLING ALL ACCVI PHOTOGRAPHERS to the PREMIER photo event and holiday party of the year!
Thursday, Dec 12, 2024 at Swan Lake Nature House from 6:00 to 9:30PM. (Doors open – and party starts at 6 PM – show – with breaks for goodies – starts at 7:00)
If you are an ACCVI member please send your photos (maximum of 3 per member – you have to be an ACCVI member) to Mary Sanseverino at for your chance to win outdoor gear store gift cards.
DEADLINE FOR PHOTO SUBMISSION IS 8 PM, Monday, DEC 9th (see details below for how to submit an entry)
Please try not to leave your submissions to the last day, as it makes a lot of work for Mary!!
PLEASE READ & NOTE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
- Limit of three photos per member to be submitted;
- Photos that do not fit category guidelines may not be entered into the competition;
- All submitted pictures must have been taken in a mountain setting within the last year;
- If submitting a drone image please ensure you flew in a permissible location;
- Submitting a photo allows the photo show organizers to feature the photo on the ACCVI website. The winners/honourable mentions will also be featured in the Bushwhacker Newsletter and Annual;
- Please read to the bottom of this message. If photos are not submitted correctly and on time they may not make it into the competition.
CATEGORIES:
- VI – Vancouver Island Mountains (with or without people)
- AS – Summer Mountain Activity (people active in the mountains – summer)
- AW – Winter Mountain Activity (people active in the mountains – winter)
- MS – Mountain Scenery (no people)
- NA – Nature: flowers, trees, plants, animals, birds, rocks, etc. taken in the mountains
- HU – Humour: use your imagination!
- YU – Youth photographer: any mountain theme, photographer must be youth
HOW TO SUBMIT AN ENTRY:
Email your digital images to Mary Sanseverino () by 8 PM on Monday, Dec 9th . No entries will be accepted after this deadline.
Mary will try to confirm receipt of all photos by return email. If you do not get confirmation within 24 hours, it is possible that your email has gone astray or Mary is just busy, so please resend!
You MUST be an ACCVI member to submit photos. Not sure about your status? Contact
FILE NAMING – THIS IS IMPORTANT!
Category abbreviation-yourname-caption
For example, Phee Hudson’s entry in Mountain Scenery (MS) would be labelled:
MS-PheeHudson-Arrowsmith at dawn
Please no commas, @, * and especially no periods in the file name.
For instance, Mt. Cain should be “MtCain” or “Mt_Cain”
IMAGE SIZE:
Be aware that some email programs shrink photos when sending them, so the quality is much reduced. If you are not sure what your email program does, send a test file to yourself to make sure you are getting the full size.
To display effectively in the competition each image file should, at minimum, be within these 2 ranges:
Between 1280 x 1024 and 2048 x 1536 (4:3 ratio)
OR
Between 1920 x 1080 and 2048 x 1152 (16:9 ratio)
But don’t worry too much about this, especially if you are sending from your phone – just send the original size photo when prompted.
Photographers sending files from their desktop – don’t worry overly about file size. If you have something really huge (bigger than 25 MB) drop me a line
() and we’ll get it sorted.
DRONE SHOTS:
If you submit a drone image could you please indicate in the email where, approximately, you flew. Drone images are accepted, but not if the drone was flown in a drone-restricted area without a specific permit. If you did fly in a restricted area (e.g. a BC Provincial Park, a National Park), then please include a copy of your specific permit.
HELP/QUESTIONS:
Don’t hesitate to reach out to me (Mary Sanseverino – ) with questions/comments. I’m here to help you get those photos prepped and ready for the show!
We will be hosting a remote link via Zoom too, so remember to mark the date – even if you can’t be here in person (although we would love to see you In Real Life – or IRL as the hip kids say).