Image Submission Policy
for the Fell Pony Society web site

Members are invited to submit images for inclusion in the Photo Gallery portion of the Fell Pony Society's web site.  The following conditions apply to these submissions.  Anyone submitting an image must have read, understood and agree to these conditions.  

  1. Submissions are screened.  The site's webmaster and the FPS liaison for the site are responsible for determining which images should be included.  Decision criteria include: the degree to which the image features Fell ponies (cf., people), image quality and general appropriateness of the image.  We are also trying to avoid having too many "me and my pony" portraits as well, instead hoping to features ponies in action.
  2. The submitter must have the right to submit the image for display on the web site.  That is, the submitter must either hold the copyright for the image or have permission from the copyright holder for this use of the image.  Submission of the image implicitly grants the right to display the image to the Fell Pony Society on tis web site.  
  3. No fees will be paid by the Fell Pony Society to anyone for the right to display the submitted image.  If fees are required for the right to display the submitted image do not bother submitting the image.
  4. We would like to concisely and appropriately caption the images.  Information that can be included includes: names of Fell ponies and people in the image, date when image was made, name of photographer, any copyright statement, and a VERY brief title or descriptive text.  We will not include any captioning that asserts a pony is representative of the breed.
  5. We wish to only display images of Fell ponies that are not otherwise already available on the world wide web.  So, if the image is already available on the world wide web via a publicly accessible means, please do not submit the image.  If after submission of an image for inclusion in the Fell Pony Society's website's Photo Gallery the image is placed somewhere else on the world wide web, please inform the site's webmaster (thom <at> raresteeds.com (replace the " <at> " with the "@" - sorry for the inconvenience - I'm trying to foil the spam- bots)) so the image may be removed from the Photo Gallery.  
  6. The Fell Pony Society reserves the right to edit images.  Generally editing will be limited to cropping to remove extraneous image material and sizing and positioning appropriate for display in the Photo Gallery. 
  7. We will endeavor to keep the representation of ponies from a particular breeder or region in balance.  We will try to avoid lopsided representation.  The purpose of this site and the Photo Gallery portion of the site is to promote the Fell pony breed, not to promote the interests of any particular breeder.  Please do not submit A LOT of photos and expect us to decide -- do your own screening.  
  8. Images may be submitted for consideration in a number of ways:
    1. Electronically via email (the preferred mechanism)
      Submissions should be mailed to thom <at> raresteeds.com (replace the " <at> " with the "@" - sorry for the inconvenience - I'm trying to foil the spam-bots)
      Images should be in either GIF or JPG format (JPG preferred).  Please DO NOT submit huge, high resolution image files.  Images posted on the FPS website tend to be 800 pixels on their longest size.  Please crop and resize your images prior to submission.
      Please clearly indicate the purpose of the email in either the body of the text and/or in the subject line, e.g., FPS Photo Gallery submission.  Please provide complete caption information. 
    2. Physical post / mail.  Physical image submissions must be in print form (no slides or negatives will be accepted).  If you wish to have your photos returned to you you must provide a self addressed stamped envelope suitable for appropriate packaging (the same packaging used to ship the image to us).  We will treat photos destined for return with reasonable care, but we cannot be responsible for the handling by the postal service(s).   Photos should be sent to: 
      Tom Morrissey, 21601 County Road 50.9, Aguilar, Colorado  81020  USA.  or
      John Slater, Hannam Cottage, Horton-in-Riddlesdale, Settle, North Yorkshire  BD24 0HF   UK.  Tel:  01729 860378

    Regardless of the image submission method used please provide all necessary captioning information and a means to contact you if we have any questions (either email address or phone number, preferably an email address).

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