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AIS Photo Contest:  (updated February 27 2010)

The American Iris Society is very pleased to present the winning photos from the annual Photo Contest. Follow the links to read the reports and view the photography:

The 2009 AIS Photo Contest Results report + photos are available at the AIS Photo Contest website: www.irisphotocontest.org  

2008 AIS Photo Contest: Results report + photos
2007 AIS Photo Contest: Results report + photos
2006 AIS Photo Contest: Results report + photos

2010 AIS Photo Contest information

AIS invites you to participate in our annual Photo Contest. This contest is free and open to everyone, with the exception of contest Judges and the contest chairperson who are not eligible to enter or win.

The 2010 winner of each category will receive a 2010 introduction from the Madison Area Iris Society (AIS Convention Host). They will also receive a single annual membership or annual membership extension to AIS. Winners who are AIS life members will receive an annual membership in an AIS Section of their choice. Runners-up of each category will receive an 2008-2009 introduction. The 2010 winning photo of each category will be published in the AIS Bulletin and on the AIS web site.

How to Enter:
The full details on how to enter are included on the official entry form provided on the link below:
AIS Photo Contest Entry Form  (Adobe PDF file)

You may submit up to five photos in one contest. The deadline for submissions to the 2010 Photo Contest is June 30, 2010.

Irises in photos should be of the genus Iris. Entries will be selected and judged in six (6) categories:
1. Irises used in a landscaped garden.
2. Irises in a field or home garden.
3. Events, tours, a person or people (at iris location), shows.
4. Close up of an iris or irises.
5. Iris photos with art effects, macro photos of bloom segments.
6. Photos of pets, wildlife or garden art in the irises.
*** Any prints/digital photos taken by a youth photographer (under 19) in any of the six (6) categories will be judged separately from the adult entrants.

Please do not send any prints smaller than 5 x 7. We ask that your print submission be on photo paper. The digital photos should be 300 dpi, 4” x 6” in size, and saved as a ‘jpeg’ file. (Each image must be titled and numbered to match the entry form.) Make sure you identify the variety or person in each photo on the entry form. Please provide AIS with a self-addressed stamped envelope if you want the prints returned. Prints will otherwise not be returned and may be destroyed when not selected.

A panel of three judges will judge photos received and their decisions will be final. At the discretion of the judges, photos not selected in the current contest may be held for further consideration in future contests. Please provide AIS with a self-addressed stamped envelope if you want the photos returned. Photos will otherwise not be returned and may be destroyed when not selected.

Send your printed photos and entry form to:
The American Iris Society Photo Contest, c/o Janet Smith, P O Box 1585, Coarsegold, CA
93614-1585, Send inquiries to aisphotocontest@irises.org

Email your digital photos and entry form to: aisphotocontest@irises.org

The full details on how to enter are included on the official entry form provided on the link below:
AIS Photo Contest Entry Form  (Adobe PDF file)

2008 AIS Photo Contest: Results
The American Iris Society is very pleased to present the winning photos of our 2008 Photo Contest. Follow the link to view the contest report and enjoy the photography:
2008 Contest winners and runners up all categories

Photo: a multiple winner in the 2008 AIS Photo Contest...

2007 AIS Photo Contest: Results
The American Iris Society is very pleased to present the winning photos of our 2007 Photo Contest. Follow the link to view the contest report and enjoy the photography:
2007 Contest winners and runners up all categories

Photo: one of the 2007 winners... check the others. This is the winner of the Category: Irises Used in a Landscaped Garden. Entry titled: “Morning Dew”, exhibited by Debbie Hughes of Wellsville, Kansas

2006 AIS Photo Contest: Results
The American Iris Society is very pleased to present the winning photos of our 2006 Photo Contest. Follow the link to read the report and view the photography:
2006 Contest winners and runners up all categories

Photo: by Lowell Baumunk of Colorado, taken at the 2006 AIS Convention, which was held in Portland Oregon and the surrounding area. This is one shows one of the host iris gardens, Mid America Garden, that was on tour during the convention. The photo is was also judged a winner in the "photos of events or shows" category of the 2006 AIS photo contest.

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