CALLING FOR PHOTOS FOR 2024 ARPH CALENDAR!!

 

      

Calling all ARPH Aussie adopters! It's time once again to showcase the beauty, intelligence, attitude and smiles of our rescued wiggle butts. Does your pup look adorable when she gives you a head tilt?  Do you have a champion ball or Frisbee chaser?  Learned some new tricks she likes to show off?  Found a mud puddle he just couldn’t resist?  We're sure you have a photo or two of your special ARPH Aussie being lovable.  So please share it with the ARPH community through the 2024 ARPH Calendar. 

Photos are voted on anonymously by a panel of judges and the photo with the most votes will receive the front cover position. The next 12 dogs with the highest votes will receive the large monthly positions. Featured dogs (front cover and 12 months) will receive a free calendar.  Every dog entered will be included somewhere in the calendar.

Please use the webform (http://aussierescue.org/Calendar-Contest) to submit your best ARPH Aussie photo(s) for consideration in the 2023 ARPH Calendar. We also suggest you add [email protected] to your email contact list (to avoid any email going to your SPAM folder) should we need to reach out to you about your entry.

Eligibility:

All ARPH dogs are eligible to be in the calendar. Purebred Aussies that were referred by an ARPH rep and adopted directly from a shelter or private home are also eligible.

Entry deadline:  Photos and payment must be received no later than Midnight (PT) June 14, 2023.

**Entry fee: $10 per photo. If multiple dogs are in one photo it is still only $10.**

 

Payment methods:
 

1.  PayPal.  You do not need a PayPal account to pay by credit card.  Please include your email address and indicate 2024 Calendar Entry in the “special instructions to seller” box when completing your payment.

 

2.  If paying by check, please make it payable to ARPH, Inc. and mail it to:

ARPH

c/o Jan Flatten

5355 Majeska Ln.

Cashmere, WA  98815
 

Please include a note with the dog(s) name, your name and a phone and/or email contact with mailed payments.
 

 

Submission Guidelines:

1.  Digital submissions should be JPG or JPEG format. Minimum resolution for digital submission is 200 ppi at 9" x 11.5" or  2300 x 1725 pixels.  Please do NOT place photos into Microsoft Word or Publisher. Do NOT put digital frames around the photo(s) or add text to photos. Please remove date/time stamps or any other digital photo enhancements.  Photos that are cropped, poorly edited or enhanced will be less likely to meet the specifications for printing. Meeting the resolution guidelines is essential for print quality for the calendar.   We will try to contact owners **once** if the photo doesn't meet the required calendar resolution. If no response, or not able to provide it after being contacted, we will move those photos to the "not to be judged" category. One photo of each dog will be used in the calendar but low resolution photos cannot be used for the winning 13 pictures nor monthly side pictures.

2.  We want to feature our wonderful ARPH Aussies so to be considered for one of the 13 top photos please do not submit photos that include people.

3.  A separate webform will need to be completed for each dog but several photos of the same dog can be added to each submission. (NOTE:  when submitting the webform, it can take a couple of minutes to upload and submit the photos so be patient.)  Renaming your photo files with the dog’s name will be helpful.  If there are multiple dogs in the photo, please be sure to identify all dogs by name, ARPH # (if an ARPH dog) and their position in the photo.  For example:  Joe ARPH #00001 (L) and Sally (R).  If the dog was an ARPH referral, please indicate that.  

4.  Minimum resolution for digital submission is 200 ppi at 9" x 11.5" or  2300 x 1725 pixels.  (This information can be found in the photo’s properties details. On your computer, if you hover the cursor on the photo, it should provide you with the dimensions). If you crop your photo, please be sure it still meets the minimum resolution before submitting. NOTE: if you use a THREE megapixel or higher camera and take photos on the highest/maximum resolution, the print reproduction quality will be acceptable if the picture is not cropped. If you are using a cell phone, be sure the camera settings are for the highest resolution or image resolution may not be high enough to be accepted.  Older cell phones may not be able to take high enough resolution photos. Any photo not meeting the minimum requirements will be returned to you for adjustments or replacement.  If you submit from an Apple product, please choose original resolution (Apple automatically sends emailed photos at a lower resolution). Meeting the resolution guidelines is essential for print quality for the calendar.   Again, we will only contact owners once if the photo doesn’t meet the required calendar resolution.   No response to our email or not able to provide a photo that does meet the resolution guidelines will result in the photo being moved into a “not to be judged” category.  The low resolution photo will still appear in the calendar but as a thumbnail or in the collage.

5.  Photos must be horizontal (landscape orientation) to be considered for the cover and large monthly photos. Vertical (portrait orientation) photos will be considered for the small side positions and thumbnails and collage only.

6.  If your entry photo was taken by a professional photographer, consent IS required.  An email from the photographer to [email protected] "approving use and allowing ARPH to modify any photo submitted by cropping, sharpening, increasing resolution, adding a text box, and/or adjusting exposure, if needed to meet the goals of the calendar", will be considered appropriate consent (photographer must use these exact words). We request that the photographer remove watermarks since photo credit will be given in the caption if the photo is used as a featured photo or one of the monthly side photos.

7.  In order to showcase more Aussies, photos that have previously been published in an ARPH calendar will not be eligible for consideration for ARPH's 2024 Calendar.

8.  Dog bios will be requested from the 13 lucky winners once they are identified.    

9.  Photos that are submitted without payment verification will not be considered for judging.  Please direct technical questions to Jan by email to:  [email protected]

 

Entry deadline:  Photos and payment must be received no later than Midnight (PT)  June 14, 2023.