Photo of the Month Contest

The photo of the month contest is held at each monthly meeting of the Brentwood Photograph Group.  Members in attendance vote for the top pictures in both a themed category and an open category (any subject).  To participate, follow the rules below, bring your images to the monthly BPG meeting, and hang them on the stand provided in the lobby.  Winners will be announced at the end of each meeting, and images will be posted to the website and published in upcoming issues of the Williamson AM section in The Tennessean.

Rules:

  • The photos should be made in the 2 months preceding the monthly meeting. This is to keep photos current and to allow members to showcase their best recent works.
  • Members may enter up to two photos each month per category.
  • Themed Photo of the Month entries should illustrate the monthly theme.
  • Photos can be printed any size from 4x6 prints to 8x10 prints. Please do not make larger than 8x10, for space concerns.

 

Instructions for Photo of the Month Winners

  • Resize your image to 5x7" @ 200 dpi (see details below)
  • Save image with the format of .jpg and a your name in the file name (ex:first_last.jpg) (see details below)
  • Email the image to iwon@brentwoodphotographygroup.org with the subject of Photo of the Month Winner and the following info in the body of the email
    • Your name
    • Description of the image
    • Where & when you took the image
    • What equipment you used to take the image

 

How to Size your Image
Image size should be 5x7" @ 200 dpi. 

Instructions:

  1. Open your image in Photoshop and navigate to Image>Image Size
  2. Make sure that Constrain Proportions and Resample Image fields are checked
  3. Enter 200 into the Resolution field (Pixels/Inch)
  4. Enter 7 (inches) in either Height or Width field depending which dimension of your image is larger.  The other dimension will automatically fill in.
  5. Click OK
  6. Your image is now sized at (approx.) 7x5" at 200 dots per inch of resolution.

How to Save your Image 

 Save this file your name (ex: first_last.jpg). 

Instructions:

  1. Open your image in Photoshop and navigate to File>Save As.  
  2. Choose location and enter the file name in the Save As (or File Name) field
  3. In the Format field select JPEG
  4. Click Save
  5. Close the original image without saving it (if desired)