2025 Class O: Photography

Committee: Marg Stevens (519-343-5883), Anne Horan, Deb Griffey, Christine Fotheringham, Diane Bakker, Sylvia Roberts 

Rules – Please read carefully to avoid disqualification: 

• Amateurs only – all pictures to be taken/created by exhibitor within the last two years. (Photos may be exhibited for one year only.)
• Prints must be mounted on black Bristol board with ½” or 1.3 cm border. 
• Owners may put name and address on the back of photo. 
• Photo size: 4×6 inches (24 square inches) or 4×4 inches (16 square inches) unless otherwise stated.
• One submission per category. 
• Exhibitor tag to be attached to top right hand corner of photo and hanging downwards beside photo and not covering the photo or border. 
• Feel free to crop photos when printing. 
• Judges decisions are final. 
• All exhibits must be placed by 9:30 am on Friday, August 22, 2025. Photos are to be picked up at 3:00 pm on Sunday, August 24, 2025.

Prizes:  ~ 1st – $5.00; 2nd – $4.00; 3rd – $3.00; 4th – $2.00

1. A child
2. The face of a child
3. Adult(s) with child/children
4. Wonderful world of children – series of 3 prints
5. Seniors
6. Family
7. A face (only a face) with character
8. Playing dress-up—any age
9. Emotion
10. Life’s a grind—person and machine
11. Selfie
12. Companionship
13. Teamwork
14. Make me laugh
15. Summer fun
16. Vacation days—a series of 3 prints
17. Water 
18. Sport—action
19. Pets
20. Livestock
21. Farm Life
22. Critters (1st prize winner – bonus prize of $10 donated by Alpaca Time Inc.) 
23. Seen better days—a structure
24. A flower or plant—close-up
25. Macro—anything close-up
26. Wildlife—not birds
27. Wildlife—birds
28. Night scene
29. Sunrise or sunset
30. Waterfalls
31. View from a high place
32. Autumn
33. Winter
34. Landscape
35. Seascape
36. Reflection
37. Shadow or silhouette
38. Scene found in Minto Township (location to be printed on back of photo)
39. Black and white photo
40. One dominant colour
41. A place of worship/reflection
42. Something old—vehicle or implement
43. An enlargement 8 x 10 inches
44. Anything goes—including computer manipulated image
45. Picture with a caption
46. Tell me a story—series of 3 prints without captions
47. Mmm…good 
48. Any picture taken by you more than 2 years ago and not previously exhibited
49. Photographer’s choice
50. Texture
51. Any topic—series of 3 prints
52. Canadian spirit
53. Palmerston fair 2023
54. Judges choice – best photo exhibited in this show (bonus prize ~ $25 donated by Chris Fotheringham)

New Exhibitors’ Section (First time exhibiting at the Palmerston Fair) ~ $25 prize for exhibitor with most points in this section. In case of a tie – prize money will be shared equally – Sponsored by Treecastle Acres

55. Children
56. Pets
57. Farm life
58. A flower or plant—close-up
59. Sunrise or sunset
60. Photographer’s choice

Class Special: 

61. To the exhibitors with the most points in Class O Photography: 1st – $50.00; 2nd – $40.00; 3rd – $30.00; 4th – $20.00. Prize monies donated by Absolutely Dogs Boarding Kennel, Noordcreek Farms Ltd., and Treecastle Acres.