2012 Plainfield Photography Contest
Theme Announced!
Plainfield: Eating Out / Eating In
Counter at Area Diner, 1939.
Photo by Paul R. Collier
Part of the Library's Historical Photograph Collection
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"Eating Out / Eating In" images depict
scenes related to food and meals, including:
- Block Parties and Barbecues
- Community Festivities
- Family Dinners
- Food Markets
- Restaurants
- Broad interpretations are encouraged
Be creative, think outside the box, and HAVE FUN!
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Each year the Library holds a photography contest to enhance our local history collections through a community-wide photography competition. Local photographers, both professional and amateur, are encouraged to contribute to the building of Plainfield's visual archives for future historians.
Library employees are not eligible to win monetary prizes, but are welcome to submit photographs.
Entry form and details to be posted soon.
See below for judging criteria.
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Irving Georges at the Grill, May 1972.
Part of the Library's Historical Photograph Collection. |
Criteria for Winning Photographs
Photographs are selected through a blind judging process (i. e. photographer names are not presented to the judge). They are evaluated on a variety of criteria, including:
- Relationship to contest theme
- Composition - the arrangement of elements in the scene.
- Cropping - the removal of parts of an image in order to improve the image’s composition.
- Focus - the clear and sharply-defined condition of an image, as in “This image is in focus,” meaning it is sharp and well-defined.
- Lighting - time-of-day or artificial illumination
- Color - accent or overall effect
- Timing - right-place-at-the-right-time
- Emotion - such as joy, sadness, whimsy, etc.
- Unique perspective
- Creativity
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Each of the winning photographs below demonstrate the use of nearly all of these elements.
Criteria |
Winning Example |
Description |
| Theme-related |
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"Weinerman" by William Monroe
First Place - Amateur
2008 Contest, Storefronts & Shopping Scenes |
| Composition |
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"Golden Lamps" by Jackie Schnoop
Second Place - East Side,
2010 Contest, East Side, West Side, All Around the Town |
| Cropping |
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"North Avenue Scene" by Paul R. LeGrand
Second Place
2006 Contest, Plainfield In Focus |
| Focus |
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"Strong Family" by Louis Hickman
First Place, Black & White
2007 Contest, Plainfield - A Multicultural Community |
| Lighting |
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"Netherwood Christmas" by William Monroe
First Place,
2006 Contest, Plainfield In Focus |
| Color |
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"Front Street - Thanksgiving Eve" by Victor D. Reynolds
Second Place -Professional
2008 Contest, Storefronts & Shopping Scenes |
| Timing |
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"Heron" by Dan Damon
Third Place,
2009 Contest, Four Seasons in Plainfield |
| Emotion |
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"Thief!" by William Monroe
First Place - East Side,
2010 Contest, East Side, West Side, All Around the Town |
| Unique perspective |
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"Carts" by Sonja Sekely-Rowland
Second Place - Amateur,
2008 Contest, Storefronts & Shopping Scenes |
| Be creative but keep it simple |
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"Park Row" by Tony Grey
Third Place - Professional,
2008 Contest, Storefronts & Shopping Scenes |
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