Competition Rules
General rules for all competitions revised January 2009. You can also download this document - click here.
DUNHOLME CAMERA CLUB
Competition Guidelines and Rules (revised 08 January 2009)
ELIGIBILITY
Only club members, without subscription arrears, will be permitted to enter club competitions or external competitions on behalf of the club
All entries must be the sole work of the author.
Colour or monochrome work may be entered in any competition, each image will be judged on its own merits.
SCORES and AWARDS
In each competition for each section there will awarded a place of 1st, 2nd, Highly Commended, and two places of Commended.
Points contributing to the Photographer of the Year will be awarded as follows:
1st - 7 points
2nd - 5 points
Highly Commended – 3 points
Commended – 2 points
All points awarded for club competitions entered during the 12 months commencing 1st January will be aggregated for each member to produce a total points score. The member with the highest aggregated points score will be awarded the Photographer of the Year. In the event of a tie the Photographer of the Year will be awarded jointly.
SUBMISSIONS
The presentation quality of entries could be taken into account by the judge.
Entrance to competitions is via entry forms, obtainable form the Competition Committee member of the club website. The maximum number of entries, is THREE per section. All entries to be listed in order of preference. The Competition Secretary reserves the right to delete entries from the bottom of entry forms, if the overall number of entries is excessive.
Competition sections include Monochrome prints, Colour prints and Digital Images. Under certain circumstances one or more of these sections may be omitted from a given competition, in which case members will be advised of the permitted sections at least 4 weeks in advance of the competition.
Images have a Club/LPA competition life span of 5 years, from the date the work is first submitted in a competition, after this images cannot be submitted to competitions.
All submissions must be accompanied by a completed competition entry form.
Members submitting prints or digital images for external competitions or exhibitions on behalf of Dunholme Camera Club must name, title and label their work as described above and also record the clueb name ie “Dunholme Camera Club”. NB Labels are available from the Competition Secretary.
PRINT SUBMISSIONS
Prints must be mounted on a suitable mount card, (maximum size:- 20” x 16” comprising print and the mount).
The author’s full name and the image title (as recorded on the entry form), with the first entry date, must be on the back of the mount.
Prints may be trade processed.
Prints produced using Digital imaging techniques may be entered in any competition providing the original image has been produced using a camera (film, video or digital).
DIGITAL SUBMISSIONS
Digital images may be entered in competitions providing the original image has been produced using a camera (film, video or digital).
Images may be colour or mono
The only accepted format of the image will be JPEG. The image files MUST have a .JPG extension
The title of the image file must be same as the (short) title of the submission only and must not signify the author’s identity.
In the event of 2 digital images being submitted for the same competition with the same title the competition secretary shall prefix the name of the image file with an incremental number (1,2,3 etc).
A completed competition entry form must be provided with the images and this should clearly list image name and author
Digital image files can be provided on
USB pocket storage device
Flash memory cards (CF, SD, or XD)
Compact Disk (CD)
DVD
All files and media must be readable using a standard windows operating system PC.
Digital competition entries cannot be made via email
The MAXIMUM size of the digital image file must not exceed 2MB
The MINIMUM size of the digital image file must not be less than 300K
The longest side of the digital image should be between 1000 and 3500 pixels
For optimum results the following settings are suggested
Image file size 1.5 – 2MB
Working colour space: Adobe RGB
Resolution: 200 – 300 dpi
The above guidelines and rules apply to all formal club competitions as scheduled in the published annual timetable unless explicit rule exception are applied to specific competitions in which case these will be notified to all members at least four weeks prior to the competition date.
Competition Guidelines and Rules (revised 08 January 2009)
ELIGIBILITY
Only club members, without subscription arrears, will be permitted to enter club competitions or external competitions on behalf of the club
All entries must be the sole work of the author.
Colour or monochrome work may be entered in any competition, each image will be judged on its own merits.
SCORES and AWARDS
In each competition for each section there will awarded a place of 1st, 2nd, Highly Commended, and two places of Commended.
Points contributing to the Photographer of the Year will be awarded as follows:
1st - 7 points
2nd - 5 points
Highly Commended – 3 points
Commended – 2 points
All points awarded for club competitions entered during the 12 months commencing 1st January will be aggregated for each member to produce a total points score. The member with the highest aggregated points score will be awarded the Photographer of the Year. In the event of a tie the Photographer of the Year will be awarded jointly.
SUBMISSIONS
The presentation quality of entries could be taken into account by the judge.
Entrance to competitions is via entry forms, obtainable form the Competition Committee member of the club website. The maximum number of entries, is THREE per section. All entries to be listed in order of preference. The Competition Secretary reserves the right to delete entries from the bottom of entry forms, if the overall number of entries is excessive.
Competition sections include Monochrome prints, Colour prints and Digital Images. Under certain circumstances one or more of these sections may be omitted from a given competition, in which case members will be advised of the permitted sections at least 4 weeks in advance of the competition.
Images have a Club/LPA competition life span of 5 years, from the date the work is first submitted in a competition, after this images cannot be submitted to competitions.
All submissions must be accompanied by a completed competition entry form.
Members submitting prints or digital images for external competitions or exhibitions on behalf of Dunholme Camera Club must name, title and label their work as described above and also record the clueb name ie “Dunholme Camera Club”. NB Labels are available from the Competition Secretary.
PRINT SUBMISSIONS
Prints must be mounted on a suitable mount card, (maximum size:- 20” x 16” comprising print and the mount).
The author’s full name and the image title (as recorded on the entry form), with the first entry date, must be on the back of the mount.
Prints may be trade processed.
Prints produced using Digital imaging techniques may be entered in any competition providing the original image has been produced using a camera (film, video or digital).
DIGITAL SUBMISSIONS
Digital images may be entered in competitions providing the original image has been produced using a camera (film, video or digital).
Images may be colour or mono
The only accepted format of the image will be JPEG. The image files MUST have a .JPG extension
The title of the image file must be same as the (short) title of the submission only and must not signify the author’s identity.
In the event of 2 digital images being submitted for the same competition with the same title the competition secretary shall prefix the name of the image file with an incremental number (1,2,3 etc).
A completed competition entry form must be provided with the images and this should clearly list image name and author
Digital image files can be provided on
USB pocket storage device
Flash memory cards (CF, SD, or XD)
Compact Disk (CD)
DVD
All files and media must be readable using a standard windows operating system PC.
Digital competition entries cannot be made via email
The MAXIMUM size of the digital image file must not exceed 2MB
The MINIMUM size of the digital image file must not be less than 300K
The longest side of the digital image should be between 1000 and 3500 pixels
For optimum results the following settings are suggested
Image file size 1.5 – 2MB
Working colour space: Adobe RGB
Resolution: 200 – 300 dpi
The above guidelines and rules apply to all formal club competitions as scheduled in the published annual timetable unless explicit rule exception are applied to specific competitions in which case these will be notified to all members at least four weeks prior to the competition date.