Competition Rules
As our programme shows we run a number of competitions throughout the year.
We encourage as many members of all abilities to enter the competitions as it helps develop everyones skills and see many interpretations of the theme.
Internal Competition Rules 2009-10.
The Society holds two internal Competitions during the season. These are the ‘Club Print & Projected Image’ and annual ‘Panel Print & Projected Image’ competitions. On Competition evenings images will be assessed by an external judge and awarded points.
There will also be non-competitive Critique evenings when an external judge will comment on the image, highlighting good and bad elements, and suggesting improvements to the image but no points will be awarded.
Both types of evening aim to improve the standard of the work within the society. These events are open to all paid-up members of Rushcliffe Photographic Society.
Club Print & Projected Image Rules
General Rules
1. Competition entries may be submitted only by fully paid-up members of Rushcliffe Photographic Society, regardless of experience and the Society would encourage every member to participate.
2. Trade processed prints are acceptable in all competitions
3. Prints must be mounted. The authors name and the title of each print must appear, in a prominent place, on the reverse of all submitted prints (NB name or title should not appear on the front).
Minimum Print Size:
The longest side of the “Print Image Area”, excluding mount, must be no less than 9” (23cm).
Maximum Print Size:-
The maximum size of print entries, including mounts, is 20”x 16” (50cm x 40cm).
4. Digital images may be submitted on CD/DVD/memory stick/email. There are no restrictions regarding manipulation of images.
Image files should be submitted in jpeg format, sized 1024 pixels max. horizontally and 768 pixels max. vertically. These will be projected on screen for assessment, therefore a resolution of 72 dpi -100dpi is ideal.
5. Images for all internal competitions should have been taken no more than 12 months prior to the date of the competition. However, the Society would encourage members to enter images in the ‘Club Print & Projected Image’ competition taken after 26th May 2009 (when the set subjects were chosen).
6. All Entries must be submitted at least 3 days prior to date of the competition.
For prints all that is required are the image titles (the actual prints can be handed in on the competition night by 7.45pm latest)
Exceptions only at the Competition Secretary’s discretion.
Specific Club Print & Projected Image Rules
1. There will be two categories, with separate awards, for Intermediate and Advanced members.
An Advanced member is defined as anyone holding any photographic distinction or award, a winner of a previous annual award, a member who has regular acceptances in National or International exhibitions and any member who in the opinion of the Committee should compete in this category. An Intermediate member is anyone who does not fit into the Advanced category. Any member may enter the Advanced category if desired but members may not enter both categories.
2. There will be four rounds with a set subject for each round:
29th September 2009 Reflections
1st December 2009 Abstracts
19th January 2010 Still Life
23rd March 2010 Night Cityscapes
3. Evenings will be split into two parts:
Print Section and the Projected Image Section. The Projected Image Section can be digital or slide film images. Slides must be 35mm in standard mounts. Each mount should be ‘spotted’ in the bottom left-hand corner when the image is viewed normally. Please ensure any labels are securely fixed to avoid projector jams which may damage slides.
4. The Maximum number of entries per member in each of the above sections is four but this may be varied at the discretion of the Committee depending on the volume of entries received. Entries for all sections must not have been submitted to previous Club Print & Projected Image (Bi-Monthly) Competitions. Entrants should not use the same image in both Print and Digital sections.
5. In each round, First, Second and Third placed images will be awarded 20, 19 and 18 points respectively. Other images will be awarded up to and including 17 points.
6. At the end of the Competition the Print Photographer of the Year and Projected Image Photographer of the Year will be announced. Trophies will go to the members with the highest aggregate score from all entries (i.e. a maximum of 16 images) in each section.
Annual Club Panel Competition Rules
Rules Pertaining to both sections.
1. Prints and Images must not have been submitted to a previous club, Annual, panel competition. Ideally images for all internal competitions should have been taken no more than 12 months prior to the date of the competition.
2. Photographs used in Club Projected and Print Competition rounds may be used once in an Annual Panel Competition.
3. The number of Panels allowed per member is normally 3 in each category but this is at the discretion of the Committee. If entering more than one Panel you must mark your entry according to order of preference i.e. PANEL A or PANEL B etc. This order will be used to reduce the number of panels if necessary.
4. All entries to be received 3 days prior date of competition (ie. Print Panel titles and Digital image files). Exceptions only at the Competition Secretary’s discretion.
5. All panels will be judged on their merits as complete unified Panels. The judge for this competition will be David Gibbins ARPS APAGB AFIAP.
Annual Digital Rules. Competition Date: Tuesday November 3rd 2009
1. The Projected Digital competition is for a Panel of related pictures on any theme, there is no set subject for this competition.
2. Each entry will be a single jpeg digital image file incorporating a minimum of three up to a maximum of five separate pictures creating a complete panel.
3. Layout of pictures is the choice of the author e.g. can be in a single row or multiple rows; the number of pictures per row is up to the author.
4. Panel background should be plain (not patterned) although a narrow perimeter border can be added if desired, background colour to the authors choice
5. The image file name should depict your chosen theme title as follows – your title.jpg and ideally should be sized at 900px high x 1200px wide. Digital images may be submitted on CD/DVD/memory stick/email. There are no restrictions regarding manipulation of images.
6. Neither the Authors name nor Title should appear on the image.
Annual Print Rules. Competition Date: Tuesday November 3rd 2009
1. The Print competition is for a Related Panel of Prints on any theme.
2. The minimum number of Prints required to form a Panel is 3 whilst the maximum number is 5.
3. All prints are to be mounted and numbered with a layout of how you wish them to be displayed.
4. The size of each print in your panel, including mount, should fall within the following limits
Minimum Print Size:
The longest side of the “Print Image Area”, excluding mount, must be no less than 9” (23cm).
Maximum Print Size:-
The maximum size of print entries, including mounts, is 20”x 16” (50cm x 40cm).
5. A General Theme title and the Authors name should be included on the rear of all Print entries. (NB name or title should not appear on the front).
The 2009 Rushcliffe Photographic Society Open Projected Digital Image Competition
Rules of the Competition
1. The competition will be split into two categories:
Category A: Monochrome Digital Images
Category B: Colour Digital Images
2. Competition entrants should submit their images in JPG file format which can be sent via email or on a CD posted to the Competition Secretary (address below). All images should be given a suitable title together with the authors name and club.
3. For assessment and judging, entries will be viewed on a screen using a Digital LCD Projector.
Category (A):
1. Images should be Monochrome: 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 image. All other images are defined as colour images. A black and white image which 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 image.
2. Images must be submitted in JPG file format.
3. Images can be manipulated or be as taken, but must be monochrome.
4. Images may be from digital camera or from scanned material but must be from original images photographed by the entrant. Images from external sources are not eligible i.e., Magazines, Book Illustrations etc. Use of copyright free photographs already existing on disc or online, etc is likewise ineligible.
Category (B):
1. Images should be in Colour
2. Images must be submitted in JPG file format.
3. Images can be manipulated or as taken and presented as a colour image.
4. Images may be from digital camera or from scanned material but must be from original images photographed by the entrant. Images from external sources are not eligible i.e., Magazines, Book Illustrations etc. Use of copyright free photographs already existing on disc or online, etc is likewise ineligible.
Entrants are advised that all images entered will be made available to all entrants in lo-res form (max 600 x 600) on a CD after the event. By entering the competition you grant Rushcliffe PS the permission and right to do this.
General:
The projection process will be in the form of a Slide Show compiled from the entrants’ submitted images, entrant’s images will be added to the competition folder ready for projection. Authors titles given to each slide will also be added to the projected image which should not include the author’s name.
It is accepted that file sizes will vary dependant on the source from which they are derived. Whilst we do not put any limit on file size, we would ask that they be kept at a reasonable level (ideal size would be max.1024 px (w) x max.768 px (h)) and we suggest they should have a resolution of between100 and 240dpi and must be submitted as .jpg format files.
To aid identification the file name attributed to each image should be the same as the entrant’s intended title for the competition. All discs and or CD’s must be clearly marked with the entrant’s name and club and be accompanied with a printed title list indicating intended category.
Entrants may submit a maximum of three images to each category. The same image may not be entered into both categories.
Assessment and judging will be in the same manner as traditional slide competitions with marks out of 20 being awarded for each image.
In order to give time to copy and compile all entered images into a slide show ready for projection on competition night all entries must reach the competition secretary not later than 8th December 2009. Please be aware of ongoing postal strikes – email may be better!
All Enquiries and Entries to:
Rushcliffe Photographic Society
C/o Jeremy Richings - Chairman
56 Rutland Road
West Bridgford
Nottingham NG2 5DG
Tel: 0115 981 0874
E-mail to rushcliffecompsec@live.co.uk, or
rpschairman@btinternet.com