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Here are the CLUB COMPETITION RULES for those taking part in the coming years competitions
CLUB COMPETITION RULES
The Club holds a number of competitions during the year with the
objective of improving the overall quality of photography within the club. For the purpose of club competitions
members are divided into 3 sections: Novice, Intermediate and Advanced. New members to the club are required to
present a selection of their images (between 3 and 6) when they join in order
that they can be placed in the appropriate section. All members are assigned a membership number in the format
PXXX where XXX is their number.
Monthly Competitions:
There are 7 monthly competitions,
comprising 2 parts each month - a "Theme" and an "Open"
competition. A member may submit
up to 2 entries in each part (i.e. a member may enter up to 2 images for the
“Open” and up to 2 images for the “Theme” section). Images used in competition
must not have been previously used in any other monthly competition over the
years. Judges from outside the
club will score the entries out of 50 points. The following scoring guidelines
will be given to the judge for each part:
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Open
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Theme
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15: for composition
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15: for composition
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15: for interest/impact
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15: for meeting the theme
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10: for appropriate focus
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10: for appropriate focus
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10: for lighting
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10: for lighting
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Each month the medium used changes
between the following three formats:
Colour Print, Monochrome Print and Projected Image (colour).
Projected Image can be either a slide (35mm film) or a digitally projected
image. For the year 2008-09 there
will be 3 Colour Print, 2 Monochrome Print and 2 Projected Image competitions.
Novice / Intermediate / Advanced photographer of the year:
The Club runs a Photographer of the Year Competition for each section –
Novice, Intermediate and Advanced. This award goes to the photographer who has
the highest score from participating in the Monthly Competitions - a type of
League. Only the 5 best “theme” scores and the 5 best “open” scores from the 7
monthly competitions count for the award. (Only one score from each competition
part in a given month can be used). A member must retain at least one
monochrome, one colour print and one projected image
entry in each part of "Theme" and "Open" to be eligible for
Photographer of the Year. A member from the Intermediate or Novice Sections
must advance to the next appropriate section if he/she wins Photographer of the
Year.
PROMOTION
An Intermediate member must advance to the Advanced Section if he/she
achieves 85% of the total scores available for the best 5 counting scores.
(425/500)
A Novice member must advance to the Intermediate Section if he/she
achieves 80% of the total scores available for the best 5 counting scores.
(400/500)
The Competition Secretary, in consultation with the full committee, may
use his/her discretion to promote members for any reason.
The 4 End of Year Competitions:
1. A Colour-Print Photographer of the Year Competition.
2. A Monochrome Photographer of the Year Competition.
3. A Projected Image1 Photographer of the Year Competition.
For each of the above competitions a member may submit a selection
(panel/portfolio) of 5 images in each format. None of these images may have been used in previous End of
Year Competitions. There will be a different judge for each format. A member
may enter one or all of the End of Year Competitions.
4. Image of the Year:
Each judge from the 3 competitions above will nominate their best image
in each section- Colour Print, Monochrome Print and Projected Image. They will
then agree a final Image of the Year from those. Any member not submitting
images for the 3 End of Year competitions may submit an entry in each section
for the Image of the Year.
Other Rules
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All professional
photographers will be in the Advanced section. Professional members may only
enter personal images (not commissioned or commercial shots) in internal club
competitions.
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All images submitted
must be the original work of the entrant.
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No image may be
submitted more than once in the monthly competitions. The same image may, however,
be used for other competitions.
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An image may be
entered for competition under one format only.
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Only fully-paid up
members may enter club competitions.
Presentation
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All print images
should be mounted. The maximum size of mount is 20 x 16 ins.
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All slides (of 35mm
type only) should be correctly spotted (on the bottom left hand corner as you
view them).
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Titles must be on
all images, together with the members grade.
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The member’s name
should not appear on any competition entry – “P-No.” only to be used.
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Projected Images:
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Images should be presented in JPEG
Format
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Images should be no larger than
1024 x 768
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Image resolution should be 72 DPI
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Image should be submitted on CD or
by USB key or as otherwise agreed.
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Image files should be named as
follows, and the competition secretary given the Title:
§ GRAPXXXCYSECTIONZ
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Where GRA is the members grade:
NOV, INT, ADV
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Where XXX is the members P. Number
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Where Y is the competition number
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Where SECTION is either “OPEN” or
“THEME”
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And Z is 1 for 1st
entry and 2 for 2nd entry
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Example INTP004C4OPEN2 this entry is
for an Intermediate member, with the number 004 for the 4th
competition of the year, for the OPEN section and it is that member’s second entry
in the OPEN.
The Peggy Hanna Perpetual Trophy.
A competition comprising two sections:
1.
Floral - wild or
cultivated with conventional or creative interpretation.
2.
Nature - The “Hand
of Man” may be seen in an image, where it is an integral part of the scene or
if it shows the natural behaviour of an animal in its urban setting e.g. fox in
farmyard, rats in refuse dump etc.
This competition is judged by Peggy Hanna, with her personal nominees,
if she so wishes or, if not, by members present on the evening of the
competition voting on the photographs on a scale of 1-5. The print getting most
marks in each section is declared the section winner. The overall winner to be
decided by a second round of voting (on paper for image A or B). The authors
will remain anonymous until the winner is declared.
Audio-Visual Competition.
A stand-alone competition. Not part of the monthly competitions. Open to
individuals or groups comprising max. 5 members). Digital AV shows only. Maximum duration of show to be 10 mins.
Panels Competition
Panels of 6 images in either Colour Print or Monochrome Print. Mixed
panels not acceptable. Subject
matter not defined.
The panel should blend together and not be six individual images. Minimum
print size 10 x 8 ins. Max. mount size 20 x 16 ins.
2009 COMPETITION THEMES
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