2025 Calendar Photo Contest
Get ready to showcase your Oiler pride through the lens! The Wolfe Center for Alumni, Parents & Friends is thrilled to announce our 2025 Alumni Photo Calendar Contest!
Dust off your cameras and dive into your UF photo archives and scrapbooks to uncover the snapshots that define your Findlay experience. Whether it's a cherished memory from your time on campus or a recent shot capturing the essence of Oiler life, we want to see it all!
2025 UF Calendar Photo Contest Entry Rules
Participation:
The 2025 University of Findlay Calendar contest is open to all UF students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, and friends. The winning photographers' names and hometowns will be included with their winning submissions on the 2025 calendar. Please read through the following entry rules carefully, and if you have any questions, contact Lee Ann Ireland at [email protected].
Terms and important things to note:
• In submitting a photo, you are acknowledging that the entry belongs to and was captured by and belongs to you.
• A photo contest entry form is required with your submission.
• If selected, a photography waiver must be signed before an entry can be used in the calendar. This allows the photographers to affirm that their photos can be reproduced in University media and for future promotions of this contest.
• Entries can be submitted only during the period of the contest duration: from Thursday, September 26, to Saturday, November 30, 2024, at 6:00 PM EDT. No late entries will be accepted.
• The voting will be open to all UF faculty, staff, and students. (In the event of a split vote, a committee will make the final decision on what 12 photos to include in our calendar.)
• The winning photos will be announced in December.
Entry Requirements:
To be considered for the 2025 University of Findlay Calendar, entrants must include only ONE photo that meets the following requirements:
1. It must be color (CMYK and RGB modes are acceptable).
2. It must be a full-size, high-resolution digital photo file format (JPG or TIFF). Please no low-resolution copies.
3. It must have a landscape (horizontal) orientation. No vertical or panoramic shots.
4. The preferred size is 3675 x 2775 pixels with an effective image resolution of 300 DPI at 12.25” x 9.25”.
5. The minimum size of 2756 x 2081 pixels with an effective image resolution of at least 225 DPI at 12.25” x 9.25”.
6. It should not be taken with a wide-angle lens that distorts the subject.
7. If it includes people’s faces, they must submit a marketing release form.
8. It should have minimal manipulation. Images with added borders, backgrounds, or other effects will be disqualified.
9. It must be a single-frame image. Compost/multiple-exposure images will not be accepted.
Entries will be judged on photographic quality, sharpness, correct exposure, composition, creativity, originality, and content. All prospective photos will be checked by our printer before the winners are announced.
If you have questions about the quality of your picture, please reach out to Lee Ann Ireland at [email protected].
When you’re ready and have picked a photo that follows the contest entry requirements, you may submit your photo to [email protected].