ROCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15807, 2 January 1915, Page 9

ROCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS

I 17th PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION. CLOSES APRIL 30. 1915. .- MOST ATTRACTIVE PRIZE LIST P * OFFERED IX AUSTRALASIA. IMPROVED CONDITIONS. PWMEXTS FOR ALL HUNT? ( PUBLISHED. The proprietors of the AMUffl Wki.El-T News have much Pleasure m • nncuncins their Seventh Photo,rap!,:. Prize Competition. The sum of £30 is" offered under conditions winch i. <« hm-ed will »m« even more popular , f tw , imis The new feathan the?? of past }<»»»• iut . t . ro provides lor payment for ail entries xv-b^hed—with the exception of prize ,'nning photographs -at the rat* of 3, 61 each for whole-plate size, and 2s t>d ,a- for half-plate size and loss. These ,n, al competitions are promote with ft view to encouraging photographers— both professionals and amateurs—to produce pictures ' : the kind demanded by modem journalism. New Zealand is already famous for the high quality of its photographic wi-.k. hut still further progress can be made, and it is for the purpose of forwarding this progressive movement that th-> Weekly News competitions jre arranged Unrivalled climatic condition prevail in New Zealand, and photographers possess great opportunities far dolus the kind of outdoor work which an up-to-date, illustrated newspaper requires. The competition is arranged in seven classes, which fairly represent all the kinds of work required of the newspaper photographer. Every person who possesses a camera can find in one or other of the classes something which be or she can do. City people may not l>a able to send z. farm view, but they can easily secure a good seascape or a yachting snapshot, while the man on the land who never sees the ocean for years at a time might, be successful with a bush view or landscape. The competition is ad Used early, so that competitors may lia- ! the benefit, of the summer season and the Easter holidays in which to obtain good pictures. The competition will close on April 50 rest

The following axe the various classes and the amounts of prizes offered : —

1 A New Zealand Landscape (with or without figure). First prize, £3; second prize, £1.

2. A Ne-v Zealand Seascape (with or without figure). First prize, £3; second prize, £1.

3. Nr.w Zealand Atktlt Figure Sttdt {European or Maori). First prize, £3; second prize, £1. 4. New Zealand Child FicrEE Stcdt (European or Maori). First prize, £3: second prize, £1. 5. I: arm, Station, oe Bush Life Scene. First prize, £3; second prise, £1. 6. Yachting or Boating View. First prize. £3; second prize, £1. 7. Best General Collection of New Zealand Photographs. First prize, £4; second prize, £2.

Exhibits under Glass 7 can also he entered in the various classes previously specified. The number of pictures entered by each exhibitor to total at least six. The prizesi in Class 7 are open to all except those* 'who -win more than one firstpriza in the other . classes of the competition. - CONDITIONS. No phonograph previously published or entered for any other competition will be allowed to compete. The negatives must in *.\l cases be the -work of the competitor. Compet,tors should remember that small mows, although allowed to compete, are not so scalable for feproduction as halfplates or full-plates. ""'" '"" """" In awarding the prizes the suitability of the photograph for reproduction will be taken into consideration. Glossy bromide and glossy P.O.P. prints are the most suitable. The proprietors will have the first righ. to reproduce any photograph sentfin for competition. Such photographs, apart from prize-winning prints, will be [aid for immediately after publication at the rate of 3s 6d for whole-plates and 2s &d foe all sizes smaller than wholepiate. All pictures entered in the competition remain the property of the .Alxvklane Weekly News until such time as they are published by the proprietors.

O-jod typical pictures of general interest are preferable to those of merely local interest.

In sending in photographs, prints should be sent flat if possible. Particulars of tin; subject and the nam% and address of the competitor must be writU:on the biick of every print in pencil, without in any way damaging it. All photographs must be addressed to the " Competition Editor cf the Auckland Wktkly News, .and the class for which it is entered should be clearly marked both on back of the photograph as well as on the outside of the packet. The results will be published in the Wkeklt News on an early date after the (lay of closing. These conditions will be strictly adhered to, and the receipt of prints from a competitor will be taken as sufficient guarantee that he c;- she is willing to abide by them.