Internal Competition Rules

General Rules

The following are applicable to all internal competitions -

• Each member may submit up to 3 images.
• The photograph should have been captured within two years of the competition date.
• The image can be titled if you wish.
• Where the competition specifies prints -
• They should be no less than 48 sq in in area. This is the equivalent of a 6 x 8 inch (15 x 20 cm approximately) print.
• They cannot exceed 20” x 16” (50 cm x 40 cm) which is to include the mount.
• They must be mounted, either surface or bevel cut.
• The name of the author, any title and date the photograph was taken should be clearly stated on the back of the mount.
• Where the competition specifies digital images -
• The image should not exceed 1024 (wide) by 768 (high) pixels when displayed. If you are uncertain how to reduce the size of your images, please submit the full size versions to the Competition Secretary who will arrange for the necessary reduction.
• The image should be in JPG format and with minimum compression.
• The name of the author, any title and date the photograph was taken should be clearly stated. It is suggested that, along with the images the author should include a notepad files of the image filenames, any titles and the date each was taken.
• Images should be submitted by CD, DVD, memory card or USB stick or e-mail to the Competition Secretary at least one week prior to the competition. Last dates for submission will be noted in the diary. No submissions will be accepted on the night of the competition.

2009 - 2010 Competitions

The scores from each round of the internal competitions will be collated and at the end of the year the member with the highest score will be awarded Club Photographer of the Year.

Date Subject Type Special Rules 3 Dec 2009 Storyboard Print A series of photographs which relate a story. The theme is open. Members will work in pairs to complete the presentation.  Standard rules on the age of the images apply and the images must be mounted on the same mount. The title of the storyboard and the authors’ names must be on the reverse of the mount. The minimum number of images is two. There is no limit on the maximum number of images but bear in mind that the judge has to be able to see the images! The mount may be of any size but must be able to be carried comfortably by two people. Note - this competition does not qualify for the Photographer of the Year prize and is just for fun. 14 Jan 2010 Sport Print The sport competition can include anything that is sport related, so it could be people playing sport, watching sports, sports equipment or buildings etc 4 Feb 2010 Monochrome Print Any black and white or monochrome images can be entered for this competition. Please note - A black and white image which has been modified by the addition of a single tone to the entire image is defined as a Monochrome print. A black and white image that has been modified by the addition of partial toning or by the addition of one colour to any part of the image is a colour print and would not be an acceptable image for this competition. 11 Mar 2010 Primary Colours Print The primary colours are Red, Green and Blue, images submitted for this competition can be of a single colour or a combination of the three colours. The colour/colours should be the main part of the image. Secondary colours, yellow for example, do not qualify for this competition. 8 Apr 2010 Open Print You can submit images on any topic, in colour or monochrome. 20 May 2010 Portfolio / Panel Competition Print 4 images per member on a linked, open theme. The images may be in colour or monochrome. The images may be of any size up to the maximum area and age as set out in the main rules. The group will be judged as a single entity and receive a single mark. For ease of handling the images should be mounted on a single board. The mounting can be in any format, e.g. square, horizontal, vertical, etc. Note - this competition does not qualify for the Photographer of the Year prize and is just for fun. 1st July End of Year Print This is an open theme competition where the members act as judges. Each member marks the prints out of ten. The winning print is the one with the most marks and will become the Photograph of 2009. The standard rules apply with the following exceptions. Only one image may be entered by each member The image shall not have been entered in a previous “End of Year” competition.

External

PAGB Competition

The Society will be submitting images for these competitions again this year. For this competition the judges only see the prints/images for a few seconds, so ideally the images should have high impact.

We need 30 prints and 30 digital images, 25 for each competition plus 5 reserves for tie breaks. Although we can use the same image for both competition the judges for both will be the same so we should do so sparingly if possible.

The digital images are the most important as these willl need to submitted to the competition hosts by Saturday 17th January - this means that images should be with the Competition Secretary by Wednesday 14th January. Prints should be submitted no later than 29th January.

There is no age limit on the prints/images but they should not have been used in the PAGB competition before. As last year was the first time we entered this will only rule out the 30 images we used last year.

General rules for each competition are that there should be a minimum 10 monochrome and 10 colour prints. The maximum number of images any one author can submit for each competition is 5. All those submitted must be titled. There can be no more than 5 Natural History images.

Prints

The maximum size of the print, including mount, is 20 x 16 inches (all mounts are to be made to this size). The minimum print size acceptable is 308sq.cm. (48sq.in.). This is equivalent to a 6" x 8" print but any dimensions may be used as long as the surface area of the print is no smaller than 308sq.cm. (48sq.in.). The final print / framing session for these will be the club night on 5th February.

Digital Images

These must be .jpg or jpeg type images using sRGB colourspace and they should use mode - RGB 8 bit/channel or Greyscale 8 bit/Channel (the default for most image processing software) They should have a resolution not exceeding 1400 x 1050 and saved at the maximum quality available (“12” in Photoshop). Higher resolutions can be e-mailed to the Competition Secretary who will resize as neccessary. For general information on image resizing please click here.

If you require any further information or clarification, please contact the Competition Secretary.