INFORMATION we all should know!


Now that we are a Group, there are going to be some changes! PLEASE READ whether you are new or have been in the group for years!!

At #camerawhore we have monthly challenges and contests to push you in your photography.

JOINING
Let's make our new watchers and members feel welcome by giving them a visit to their galleries and commenting on at least ONE piece of work!

Please have art photography in your gallery before you join!

Once you have joined, please put the #camerawhore name into either your signature, or the name or icon within your journal, so that we can get the word out to others. Both is acceptable too! You can even put a stamp in your journal if you like.

How to put an icon in your journal-


Here are the options to join our group:

WATCHER
If you devwatch the group, you can see our content but cannot suggest anything for our gallery. Basically you really just watch the group, if you want to keep in the loop of what's happening in our scene.

MEMBER
Choose MEMBER if you want to participate in our group through our monthly challenges by suggesting your work as faves for the group. Your fave suggestions are put to a vote before being accepted.

You can...

Suggest your work into our gallery for our contests and special projects.

Suggest your work to be included in monthly challenges and the one word challenge.

Submit ONE (1) general photographic work per week into our Featured folder.



SUGGESTING YOUR WORK INTO OUR GALLERY

Two ways to submit...

When you submit your deviation in your OWN gallery, choose to submit it into this group's contest or featured (general) as well. Be sure to state in your artist's comments which contest/project it is being submitted to.

If you want to submit work already in your gallery, then go to OUR gallery and click submit, then choose which photo you wish to submit into the CORRECT folder.

A tutorial to help you...





SUBMISSION RULES

Monthly Challenge Submission Rules
DEADLINE Every month we will have a new theme for our challenge. Deadline for entries will be the 21st of each month. Voting will then proceed until the end of the month.

You may use any photo in your gallery for Monthly Challenges, they do not have to be new!

You may only submit ONE photo into our monthly challenge.

When submitting to our Monthly Challenge, please suggest it into the correct folder in our GALLERY. Please make sure that your artist's comments state what challenge it is being submitted to, or we will not accept the submission.

One Word Challenge Favorites Rules
We will be hosting one word challenges throughout the month, and these will be posted on our journal entries and in our journal shoutboard.

Please suggest your work into the correct folder in our GALLERY for the One Word Challenge. You MUST put what OWC your submission is for in your artist's comments.

You may only suggest ONE submission into each One Word Challenge.



General Rules for All Submissions

There are no restrictions on which photography category, subcategory, or image size so long as your entry fits all rules set down by deviantART staff for photography. Tasteful/Artistic nudity is accepted.

You are allowed to enter your own softly manipulated photos, but the original photo must be yours. Editing someone else's photography or stock photos for your entries is not allowed in this group, and if discovered you will be removed from the membership.

The winning entry for the Monthly Challenge will be featured on our journal for the following month, as well as a news feature at the end of each month. All submissions for that challenge will be included in the news feature. Mini-challenge winners will be given a spot on our journal sidebar until the next winner is chosen.



Our Community

This is a "community". A community of photographers, who wish to be challenged monthly in both ideas and technique, a place for us to help and support one another, and cheer one another on. In community spirit, this is what I wish to see from our members.

Visit every new member's gallery and comment on their featured photograph (or at least one of your choice).

Visits to each other's galleries. Well thought out comments, as we establish relationships with one another.

Comments on every submission that is given for the challenges. When you comment on a camerawhore member's piece, you could end your comment with something like "Found you through #camerawhore" or "From a fellow #camerawhore"

_{NOTE: THIS IS AN ART PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB! Now that our name is getting out to the masses, it's begun to confuse people - this is not a group for "camwhores" - (Definition: A shamelessly exhibitionistic webcam user.) - I did not make up the name of this group, it was given to me, and there has never been a problem before. Again, this is not for exhibitionist photography, it's an art group! You must have ART photography in your account to be a member.}