2010 Minneapolis St. Paul Print International 2010 is a landmark year for the Circuit, in that it started a bit slowly and towards the end catapulted into the biggest circuit ever, due mainly to a couple of new clubs entering the circuit. Our circuit increased a whopping 25% in entries. One would expect this to change the dynamics of the judging process. Amazingly it made very little difference to the process except the judging took a little while longer. With the increase in the participation comes the sharp increase in the quality of the prints and the variety of imagery. While the honor of winning awards go to a select few, the honor of participation goes to each and every one of you. I am thankful to this spirit of participation. I am also deeply indebted to the select few who have choreographed this circuit from the start to the finish. They are Bob Dachelet, Laura Davies, Walter Horishnyk, Jay Karai, judges and volunteers from the various clubs to name a few. Technology is a tool, and we as print makers use it well. We use the latest printers, papers and produce the most impressive work of art on paper. If there is one tool that helped this circuit well, it is the CDs that some of you have enclosed along with your prints. I would encourage all of you to enclose CDs of your entry to the circuit in 2011. This will enable us to produce better quality images in the catalog and may even become a requirement if the selected images were to appear in the catalog. We have added a couple of new awards to 2011. A plaque for the best Club entry will replace the current certificate of honor. Recognition and medals are also awarded to the highest combined scoring prints in each section. Last but not least, we have reduced the entry fee considerably with the best option being the NON return of prints. Hope you can use this option. We wish you the best of photography and look forward to your entry in 2011. Vijay Karai vijaykarai@yahoo.com
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