Rules
COMPETITON RULES
1. There will be 6 bi monthly competition held at pre-determined times as agreed by the Committee and they will be open only to fully paid up members.
2. The competitions are divided into three sections which are:
- Mononochrome prints
- Colour prints
- Digital Images
There will be no separate classes
3. The club adheres to the N&EMPF definition of a monochrome print, [which currently allows the use of one other colour].
4. Prints or slides over 5 years old are not eligible.
5. Entries from any previous year’s competitions are not eligible. Entries can be re- submitted once in a given year’s bi monthly competitions but only the highest score will count when the final points are counted [see rule 9]. Entries must be handed to the Competition Secretary not later than the date shown in the programme.
6. A member may enter a maximum of 3 monochrome prints, 3 colour prints and 3 transparencies in each bi monthly competition.
7. The maximum mount size of any print is 20 inches by 16 inches. No mount over this size will be accepted.
8 Due to the steadily falling number of entries, The Club has now dropped the slides section from all of our competitions. The few members still working in slides can submit them as usual to the comptition secretary who wil convert them to digital images and write them to a CD for judging.
9. Prints and transparencies should be titled and must be clearly marked with the membership number [provided by the Competition Secretary].
10. The judge[s] will mark the entries out of 20 and, when two or more entries are submitted, the highest mark only will be counted. The final points in each section will be arrived at by totalling the best five of the six monthly marks. The winner in each section will be the member with the highest total. In the event of a tie for the first place, the sixth mark will be taken into consideration. An award will be given to the winner of each section at the annual awards night.
11. The Club Committee has the right to modify any competition rules as deemed necessary during the Club year.
DIGITAL COMPETITION
Many of the Camera Club’s members are now shooting digitally, so hopefully, they will appreciate a competition that does not require them to print a copy or convert the digital file into a slide. This competition only requireS a saved file on a CD. These will be collated as normal and the images will be shown with the digital projector.
All that is needed is a CD with your name on, with up to 5 numbered [in order of priority] and named JPEG files. When you come to save your files go to File 'save as'Number Title and then underneath where you typed the title you will see Format which enables you to choose JPEG.
The one complication is that the files i.e. the photographs, need to be a set size. Please check out Competition Advice & Tips for advice on how to do this. It looks complicated but after a couple of times the procedure will become second nature.
In Photoshop open your picture [File®Open].
Go to Image®Image size and a screen comes up.
In the Document Size section no changes will normally be necessary. Just ensure that the resolution is at least 150 Pixels/Inch.
The Pixel Dimension section at the top of the screen is most important. The overall size of your file will depend on your camera, its settings and whether you have cropped your picture. You will have to alter the width and/or height dimensions so the maximum size for a landscape picture is 1024 pixels wide and 768 pixels high.
* A portrait picture has to have a maximum height of 768 pixels
ANNUAL
- 1. There will be an Annual Club competition held at a pre determined time as agreed by the Committee and it will be open only to fully paid up members.
2. The competitions are divided into three sections which are:
· Mononochrome prints
· Colour prints
· Digital Projected Images
Each section will be divided into 5 classes as follows:
[a] Pictorial
[b] Portrait
[c] Record
[d] Natural History
[e] Photojournalism
Clarification of the content of each class is provided under “Competition Advice”.
3. There will also be an additional graphic art class in the digitally projected competition. Entries in this category will consist of images with extensive manipulation and creativity applied.
4. The club adheres to the N&EMPF definition of a monochrome print, [a black and white image, or with the addition of a single tone to the whole image).
5. Entries can be taken from bi monthly competitions for that Club year. Identical or similar entries from any previous year’s competitions are not eligible nor should the same or significantly similar pictures be entered as mono or colour prints or digital images in the annual competition. No print or DPI over 5 years old is eligible for entry. Entries must be handed to the Competition Secretary not later than the date shown in the programme.
6. A member may enter a maximum of 10 monochrome prints, 10 colour prints and 10 transparencies in the Annual competition. In the digitally projected competition the maximum entry is 2 per category. All the images should consist entirely of the member’s own work.
7. The maximum mount size of any print is 20 inches by 16 inches. No mount over this size will be accepted. Digital files should have a maximum size of 1024 by 768 pixels and be titled and saved as JPEG files onto floppy disk or CD with the member’s name and membership number marked clearly.
8. Prints and digital filess should be titled, given a class and must be clearly marked with the membership number [provided by the Competition Secretary]. All new members and existing members are encouraged not to include their name on the front or the back.
9. Another Camera Club, or similar organisation, will do the judging as arranged by the Competition Secretary. The judges will be asked to award a first, second and third place and give any Highly Commended or Commended awards as the judges feel necessary. The judges will be invited to make written comments about the entries which will passed on to the members at the annual awards night.
10. All the cups and trophies awarded in the annual competition will be presented to the winners on a date to be agreed by the Committee and put in the Club programme.
11. The Club Committee has the right to modify any competition rules as deemed necessary during the Club year.
