Competition Rules

The following rules will apply to all club competitions run during the year.

**Prints must be submitted to the competition secretary Stephen Hodgetts 1 week prior to competition.

**Digital images must be submitted to projectionist John Pugh 1 week prior to competition on cd preferably, otherwise on a memory stick. Not by e-mail please.

Work will not be accepted after these dates.

**Please note: All entries must be complete with title, author's name, category in which you are entering (general or advanced), and order of preference.

Prints:
The term prints will apply equally to both monochrome and colour work. No distinction will be made between work printed by the author or commercially printed work.

Presentation:
Prints must be suitably mounted for display with a minimum mount size of 10”x8” and a maximum of 16”x20”.All prints must contain, on the reverse side, the author’s name and print title, category and order of preference. Text to be in the same orientation as the image with the title presented such that it is prominent.

Projected Digital Images (PDI)
Projected images to be 1024 pixels wide x 768 pixels high maximum (landscape) or 768 pixels high (portrait) 200 ppi resolution using Adobe SRGB colour space. Images to be JPEG files and to be presented on CD, DVD or memory stick, complete with titles, author’s name, category and order of preference.

Quantities - Prints and PDI:
Annual League competition - a maximum of 2 entries will be allowed in each section from any one member. (Reverting back to 3 entries next season).
For the Print of the Year and Projected Digital Image of the Year a maximum of five entries is allowed in each section with no more than 3 in any one category. See competition section for remaining entry numbers.

Repeat Entries - Prints and PDI:
For every internal competition other than the league, no piece of work shall be entered more than once. For the league, work that does not receive 18, 19 or 20 points in its first entry may be submitted a second time. Where an image has been reworked such
that it is noticably different from the original entry then this shall count as a new entry. Images may not be entered as both projected images and prints in any competition.
Work from any competition during the year may be entered in the Print and PDI of the Year competition.

The decision of the competition secretary will be final.

DEFINITIONS
Nature Photography:
Nature Photography depicts living, untamed animals and uncultivated plants in a natural habitat; geology and the wide diversity of natural phenomena, from insects to icebergs. Photographs of animals which are domesticated, caged or under
any form of restraint, as well as photographs of cultivated plants will not be eligible.

Portrait Photography:
The definition of a portrait is a picture the main content of which is the human form, especially the face.

Still Life:
Inanimate objects, subjects such as vase of flowers and table top creations.

Landscape:
Land or land and water combinations containing minimal human form.

Architectural:
Buildings or detail thereof.

Pictorial:
Any image that does not fit the above categories.

Panels:
Panels can be print or projected images and must contain at least 3 images exhibiting a unifying theme. (the interpretation of this is left to the discretion of the entrant) Each member may enter 3 panels in each section, Print and PDI. Prints should be displayed in mounts that bear on the back the member’s name, the panel title and the position of the print in the panel.

A small sketch plan may be included with the prints to indicate
the form in which the author would like the prints displayed.

THE COMPETITIONS

a: Annual League
The Annual League comprises five competitions open to all members. There will be be two categories, general and advanced, Each competition is in two parts: prints and projected images, with a maximum of 2 entries in each. Entries will be awarded points out of 20.
A trophy will be awarded to the winner of each of the prints and projected images section in both categories. There will also be a trophy for the most improved member.

For all other competitions
The judge will select images for 1st, 2nd and 3rd and may, at his discretion, select further images for Commended and Highly Commended awards.

b: P.G.Wall (Projected Images) and Bob Grazier (Prints) Competition
These trophies will be presented for the best work on a nominated subject.
2010 subject: 'Squares'

c: Eric Love Creative Digital Image
A trophy will be awarded for the most creative projected digital image.

d: Print and Projected Image of The Year
These two competitions are comprised of 6 separate categories:

1: Portrait
2: Pictorial
3: Landscape
4: Architectural
5: Still Life
6: Nature Photography

The judge will select images for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each category and may, at his discretion, disregard a print if he considers it to be in the wrong category, or indeed not make any award for the category.

A certificate will be awarded for each category winner. From the winners of each category the judge will select the Print or Projected Digital Image of The Year.

e: Panel Competition:
Panels can be print or projected images and must contain at least 3 images exhibiting a unifying theme. (the interpretation of this is left to the discretion of the entrant)
Each member may enter 3 panels in each section, Print and PDI. Prints should be displayed in mounts that bear on the back the member's name, the panel title and the position of the print in the panel.
A small sketch plan may be included with the prints to indicate the form in which the author would like the prints displayed.
A trophy will be given for the best print and PDI panel.

f: 5 a Side Competition
Team name to be chosen.
2 pieces of work to be submitted by every member of each team.
Minimum of 4 pieces of either prints or projected images from each team.
Total team score to be divided by number of team members to give average score.
The average will be the
All images to be new work.