Competition rules
Who can enter?
Senior, Junior and Postal members may enter Club competitions. If you are not financial on 30 April, you may not enter again until paying your subscription for the current year.
Copyright
Submission of an entry is taken by the Club as a declaration by you that you own copyright in the entry, and all components of it, if it is a composite image. Any breach of copyright or privacy laws is entirely YOUR responsibility, and you agree to indemnify the club against any claims for breach of copyright arising from your entries.
Breach of Rules
It is your responsibility to ensure that your entries comply with the Competition Rules. Non-compliant entries may be disqualified, regardless of when the breach is detected. Awards made to an entry which is disqualified after being judged in a competition will be revoked.
Sections
You can enter images in the following sections:
Entry limits
You can submit a maximum of four entries per meeting. Only one entry is permitted in the Feedback Only Projected section. Other entries can be in whatever sections you like.
Content
Entries in all sections, apart from the Creative Projected section, must be entirely of photographic origin. The main component of a Creative Projected entry must still be of photographic origin, but the entry can also contain graphic design elements. All components of an entry must be your work – you must have taken (all) the photograph(s), and created any graphic design work. Graphic designs selected from a software menu are NOT permitted.
Depiction of artworks
You should only include visual artworks, (such as paintings, prints, and sculptures) in an entry if the art is not the main subject, or you have composed the image in such a way that it is not simply a straight record of the art.
Similar images
Substantially similar images, or more than one version of a single image, must not be entered on the same competition night.
Digital processing
You should, as far as possible, process your entries yourself. If you need help, you should be involved in the processing, and the outcome should reflect your concept of the final result.
Printing
Help may be obtained with printing and commercially printed work is allowed.
Titles
You must give each of your entries a title of no more than 28 characters, including spaces, and it must be different from all titles you have used before, unless you are submitting the image for the second time.
Presentation of prints
Prints must be mounted on single thickness mats. Clearly mark the back of your print with your name, title and the section entered. A 'this way up' arrow may help if the correct orientation is not obvious.
Print dimensions
The longer dimension may be either vertical or horizontal.
The following specifications apply to all digital files submitted when entering a competition regardless of whether they are for print or projected sections.
You will normally need to downsize your files to meet these requirements. Below are downloadable pdfs which show how to do this using either Faststone or Photoshop.
Senior, Junior and Postal members may enter Club competitions. If you are not financial on 30 April, you may not enter again until paying your subscription for the current year.
Copyright
Submission of an entry is taken by the Club as a declaration by you that you own copyright in the entry, and all components of it, if it is a composite image. Any breach of copyright or privacy laws is entirely YOUR responsibility, and you agree to indemnify the club against any claims for breach of copyright arising from your entries.
Breach of Rules
It is your responsibility to ensure that your entries comply with the Competition Rules. Non-compliant entries may be disqualified, regardless of when the breach is detected. Awards made to an entry which is disqualified after being judged in a competition will be revoked.
Sections
You can enter images in the following sections:
- Open Colour Prints (each month)
- Open Monochrome Prints (each month)
- Set Subject (print and projected on alternating months)
- Open Projected (each month)
- Mono Projected (each month)
- Creative Projected (every other month when Set Subject section is for prints)
- Feedback Only Digital (each month)
Entry limits
You can submit a maximum of four entries per meeting. Only one entry is permitted in the Feedback Only Projected section. Other entries can be in whatever sections you like.
Content
Entries in all sections, apart from the Creative Projected section, must be entirely of photographic origin. The main component of a Creative Projected entry must still be of photographic origin, but the entry can also contain graphic design elements. All components of an entry must be your work – you must have taken (all) the photograph(s), and created any graphic design work. Graphic designs selected from a software menu are NOT permitted.
Depiction of artworks
You should only include visual artworks, (such as paintings, prints, and sculptures) in an entry if the art is not the main subject, or you have composed the image in such a way that it is not simply a straight record of the art.
Similar images
Substantially similar images, or more than one version of a single image, must not be entered on the same competition night.
Digital processing
You should, as far as possible, process your entries yourself. If you need help, you should be involved in the processing, and the outcome should reflect your concept of the final result.
Printing
Help may be obtained with printing and commercially printed work is allowed.
Titles
You must give each of your entries a title of no more than 28 characters, including spaces, and it must be different from all titles you have used before, unless you are submitting the image for the second time.
Presentation of prints
Prints must be mounted on single thickness mats. Clearly mark the back of your print with your name, title and the section entered. A 'this way up' arrow may help if the correct orientation is not obvious.
Print dimensions
The longer dimension may be either vertical or horizontal.
- The longer side of a print must be between 200mm and 420mm long, while the shorter side must be between 140mm and 210mm in length.
- Maximum mat size - No more than 110mm larger than the image length in each dimension. For example - the maximum mat size for an A4 print (297mm x 210mm) is 407mm x 320mm.
The following specifications apply to all digital files submitted when entering a competition regardless of whether they are for print or projected sections.
- JPEG format, sRGB colour space
- Correctly orientated (portrait or landscape)
- Maximum width - 1920 pixels
- Maximum height - 1080 pixels
- Make sure your image has either the maximum width or maximum height, or both
- File size - less than 2MB
- File name - Same as image title
You will normally need to downsize your files to meet these requirements. Below are downloadable pdfs which show how to do this using either Faststone or Photoshop.
| how_downsize_a_photo_using_faststone.pdf |
| resizing_images_using_photoshop.pdf |