SkillsUSA Region 3 Contest Info Sheet

PHOTOGRAPHY

The following are important contest points and Arizona updates. All contest rules may not be listed. Please consult the SkillsUSA Technical Standard for additional information.

Contest / Photography
Skill Performance / Digital Photography
Team/Ind / Individual
Limits / Region 3 photography contest adapts in a 1 morning timeline contest length what is conducted over a full day and a half at the state contest. It maximizes coverage of standards and contest areas as well as utilizing what the state contest cannot provide, access to a permeant fully equipped commercial photography studio that is in a lab setting at ASU polytechnic campus.
Date/Location/Start Time / Saturday, February 17, 2018/ASU Poly/8:30 am
Attire / Contest requires SkillsUSA Official Dress or business attire
(T-Shirts and Jeans are NOT acceptable and may be penalized)
Contestants may not wear any attire that shows school name
Resume / Resume required per “Supplied by Contestant” section
Supplied by Tech Committee / a.  Judges
b.  All necessary information for the judges and technical committee
c.  Online written test
d.  Emailed shooting assignment for contestants to complete prior to contest
e.  Scoring rubrics for all judged contest areas
Supplied by Contestant / a.  One copy of his or her résumé
b.  1, 11x14 inch original photographic, (un matted) for print competition
c.  3, 8x10 inch photographic prints (unmated) to be used as a portfolio for interview/portfolio review
d.  Laptop or computer with Adobe Photoshop software.
e.  Image created by contestant within two weeks prior to the contest based off a specific assignment that will be emailed to contestant. Students are to shoot this image using a DSLR camera as a jpeg file in manual exposure mode. Making no edits to the image outside of the camera. Metadata will be reviewed by judges to verify images have not been edited and were produced in manual mode within the given timeline.
f.  USB thumb drive for saving, transferring and submission of files
Other / Written test is to be taken online prior to event. Deadline for completion to be announced.
Students need to look for a shooting assignment to arrive by email two weeks before event. If it is not received follow up with Skills USA Arizona staff.