By Elizabeth Lowe
Staff writer

Attention, all shutterbugs. Here’s your chance to get your best photos out in the public eye.
If you’re not already familiar with the fine arts group called FAME (Fine Arts: a Mainstream in Education), the Goodrich-based group is holding a series of art, music, dance, and drama events beginning next month.
FAME wants your best photos for its Jan. 20, 2006 photo contest and exhibit, which will be held during the Hubbard Street 2 Chicago dance company performance in the Goodrich High School auditorium. Winning photos will also be published in The Citizen, along with photographers? names.
There’s no entry fee for local amateur photographers to enter the FAME contest, which is being co-sponsored by The Citizen.
So look over the rules and cut out the entry forms, dust off your best photos, and grab your camera to create a few more works of art. Fame is only a click away.

FAME photo contest rules

1. Contest is limited to amateur photographers, i.e., photographers who have not been paid for their photos.
2. Photographs not conforming to outlined rules must be disqualified prior to judging.
3. All photographs must feature family-friendly content and be taken within Goodrich or Ortonville, or the townships of Atlas, Brandon, Groveland, or Hadley.
4. All human photo subjects or guardians must give written consent for likeness to appear in exhibit and newspaper, and be properly identified by name and residence. Submit consent form or equivalent with photo.
5. Photos must be titled with correct spelling and family-friendly language, stating approximately when and where photo was taken.Describe circumstances, techniques, and how photo was digitally altered if applicable.
6. Photos will be reviewed by a panel of judges chosen from outside qualified contestant area. Contest committee will determine method of judging and tie-breaking, if applicable.
7. Submitted photos will be displayed in the Jan. 20, 2006 FAME photo exhibit, with first and second-place winners in each categories marked with award ribbons. Winning photos and name of photographers will be published in The Citizen without further compensation.
8. Contestant must pick up photo and award, if applicable, following photo exhibit. Hours to pick up: 10 to 10:30 p.m. Jan. 20; 7:30 a.m. to noon Jan. 23; and 3 to 7 pm. Jan. 24 at Goodrich High School, located at 8029 S. Gale Road in Goodrich. Photos not picked up become the property of FAME/Goodrich High School.
9. Photos must be submitted as 8×10 prints, either matted or mounted. Mat or mount may not be more than three inches larger than photo size. Finish may be matte or glossy. Contestant must indicate category for which the photo is being submitted (see entry form).
10. Photographer may compete only once in each category. Completed contest entry form must accompany each submitted photo.Deliver photos and forms to Caren Huizenga at the Goodrich High School office from 8 to 11 a.m. Oct. 12, or from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Oct. 13. Entries may also be mailed to FAME, Goodrich High School, 8029 S. Gale Road, Goodrich, Mich., 48438. Deadline for contest entry: Oct. 13, 2005.
Details: Contact photo committee member Caren Huizenga at (810) 797-5126 or at fhuizeng@tir.com.
Need another entry form? Check The Citizen Web site at http://www.thecitizenonline.com or look for forms soon on the FAME page of the Goodrich schools Web site at http://www.goodrich.k12.mi.us/comservices/FAME/fcontribute.htm.

FAME photo contest entry form
Deadline: Oct. 13, 2005

Name of photographer:

Title of photo:

Approximately when and where was photo taken?

Special techniques used:

Photographer’s mailing address:

Township or village in which photographer resides:

Telephone number:

Check category (Limit one photo submission per category per contestant):
Digital
??1.People, digital.
??2. Landscapes, digital. Anything that features the outdoors, including buildings, land, naturescapes, plants, etc.
??3. Miscellaneous, digital: Includes animals, local events such as sporting events, festivals, classes, etc.
??4. Digital manipulation: Includes digital images produced with out-of-the ordinary digital manipulation (describe technique, above).
35mm color
??5. People, 35 mm color
??6. Landscapes, 35 mm color: Anything that features the outdoors, including buildings, land, naturescapes, plants, etc.
??7. Miscellaneous, 35 mm color: Includes animals, local events such as sporting events, festivals, classes, etc.
35mm black and white
??8. People, 35 mm black and white
??9. Landscapes, 35 mm black and white: Anything that features the outdoors, including buildings, land, naturescapes, plants, etc.
??10. Miscellaneous, 35 mm black and white: Includes animals, local events such as sporting events, festivals, classes, etc.

By entering this contest, I agree to submit my photo for display in the Jan. 20, 2006 FAME photo exhibit at Goodrich High School, and agree to allow any winning photo(s) to run in The Citizen without further compensation.
Signature:

Date:

Photo subject consent form

To be filled out by subject:
I, __________________________________, agree to allow my likeness to appear in the FAME photo contest, and, in the event of a winning photo, agree to allow my likeness to appear in The Citizen.
Signature:

Date:

To be filled out by subject’s guardian:
I agree to allow the likeness of ___________________________________ to appear in the FAME photo contest, and in the event of a winning photo, agree to allow his/her likeness to appear in The Citizen.
Name:

Relationship to photo subject:

Signature:

Date: