SATW Bill Muster Photo Awards File Naming Procedures

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SATW Bill Muster Photo Awards File Naming Procedures

Please follow file naming procedures exactly to avoid having your photos disqualified.

New for file naming – you must now add your initials to each file name, and you no longer need to add the ‎letters POY to your file name in order to enter the Photographer of the Year competition. See instructions ‎below

• File Naming: Use the following abbreviations when naming photo files:‎
  •  Action/Adventure – Act
  • Animal – Ani
  • Architecture – Arc
  • Cultural – Cul
  • Food – FD ‎
  • Natural Scenic – Nat
  • People General – PG
  • People Portraits – PP‎ ‎

All Entrants: Begin file name with the last four numbers of your ten-digit telephone number and your first ‎and last initials. All portfolios, except for Single Subject portfolios, will be considered for the Photographer ‎of the Year competition. Follow that with one of the eight category abbreviations; the category sequence ‎number; and the year the image was shot (last two digits – 22, 23, etc.). Do not include your own name ‎or the location of the image. Use underscores to separate the various parts of the file name.‎

Example file name: 7898GD_Cul1_21.jpg

• “7898” is the four digits of your phone number
• GD are the initials of your first and last names
• “Cul” indicates the Cultural category
• ‎“1” indicates the first photo in a sequence (“2” here would indicate the next ‎photo in this category)‎
• ‎“21” indicates the year (2021) in this photo was taken

Note: Ordering photo sequence – if you would like your portfolio of photos to be viewed by judges in a ‎particular order, please number them using a numerical prefix in your photo file names.‎

Example file names: 01_7898GD_Cul1_21; 02_7898GD _PG1_22; 03_7898GD_Ani1_23; etc.‎
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Single Subject Travel Portfolio Entrants: Images submitted for the Single Subject Travel Portfolio will ‎follow the instructions above with one exception. To identify that the submission is to be considered for ‎the Single Subject division, start your file name with “SS”. Important: If you are submitting two Single ‎Subject Portfolios, it is important that you identify them by SS1 and SS2.‎
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Example file names: 7898GD_SS1_Cul1_21.jpg (for an image that is part of your first Single Subject ‎Travel Portfolio); 7898GD_SS2_Nat2.22.jpg (for an image of your second Single Subject Travel Portfolio)‎

• ‎“7898” represent the last four numbers of your telephone number
• GD are the initials of your first and last names
• “SS1” indicates the first Single Subject Travel Portfolio category; “SS2” indicates ‎the second Single Subject Travel Portfolio category if entered
• ‎“Cul” indicates the Cultural category
• ‎“1” indicates the first in a sequence (“2” here would indicate the next image in ‎this category)‎
• “23” indicates the year (2023) in this photo was taken

‎ Note: Ordering photo sequence – if you would like your portfolio of photos to be viewed by judges in a ‎particular order, please number them using a numerical prefix in your photo file names.‎
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Example file names: 01_7898GD_SS1_Cul1_21; 02_7898GD_SS1_PG1_22; 03_7898GD_SS2_Ani1_23; ‎etc.‎

Questions? Contact SATW HQ.