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Ringwood Camera Club Competition Rules
General information regarding RCC Competitions as of January 2010
There will be 9 Competitions each to be awarded with a Trophy and runners up Certificate.
a) Annual Print Competition
b) Annual Digital Projected Image Competition
c) Annual Small Print Competition
d) Ann Corkett Competition of Excellence
e) Print Portfolio
f) Digital Projected Image Portfolio
g) Small Print Portfolio
h) Print of the Year
i) Digital Projected Image of the Year
General Rules for all Competitions
Photographic Competitions are open to Club Members only. In respect of competitions (a) – (c) eight ‘rolling score competitions’ will be held during the Club year, of which not more than 2 may be designated as ‘Set Subjects’. These set subjects will be published in the programme and set by the Committee.
Should any decision of entry be questioned, the ruling of the Committee shall be obtained immediately and its decision will be final.
Competitions (a) – (c) will be based on an accumulation of marks gained through the Club year. A Members annual score being a total of their best fourteen (14) marks.
Entries: For maximum sizes for each Competition please see under individual headings.
All entries may be home or trade processed.
When the set subject is ‘two or three related photographs’ the two or three photos will count as one entry.
For Competitions (d) – (i) see individual entries.
Digital work
Digitally produced images may be entered in any suitable Competition; however, all elements of the finished work must be the copyright of the entrant. All digital work for projection must be forwarded to the club Competition Secretary not later than 7 days prior to competition night in JPEG format and no larger than 1400 x 1050 pixels. The work may be submitted via CD, DVD, memory stick or memory card. The club can not be held responsible for the loss of any of the above equipment. Alternatively the images may be emailed to the Competitions Secretary. (Email address to be found on the web site or programme). A registration form must still be completed and handed to the club recorder on the night that the images are due to be shown. It is the responsibility of the individual photographer to complete his or her entry form. Failure to do so will mean that the awarded marks will not be recorded and will not therefore be included in any rolling competition.
Registration
All entries must be handed to the Club Recorder with completed registration form before the start of judging. (Digital projection workers should see above). Judging is deemed to have started as soon as the judge has been invited to preview the submitted work which will be no later than 19.40 hrs.
Judging
In the event of a judge failing to appear, the Committee can exercise various options:-
1) Asking a Club Member to officiate.
2) Asking Members present to mark the work by issuing marking sheets and calculating the average mark for each entry.
3) Abandoning the Competition and use the evening as a ‘viewing’ with Members invited to give a short commentary on their work. Entries would then be allowed to go forward to future Competitions.
Annual Print Competition
Eligibility :- Any Club Member
Format :- Film or digital
Maximum Size :-
The entry will not exceed 40 x 50 cms. This will include whatever mount the photographer has chosen to use. In respect of multi images that have been ‘stitched’ together, the maximum size of 40 x 50 cms. may be exceeded but will not be eligible for SAPA and SPF Competitions. A ‘stitched’ print will be classed as one entry in respect of RCC Competition marking.
Processing :-The work may be home or trade processed.
Entries :- Up to three entries per evening per Competition. The rear of each must be clearly marked with the title of the Competition it is being entered in for.
However, an original source may be used to produce another improved print fur further Competition, in order that Members can take advantage of constructive criticism from judges and fellow Members.
A print made from a previously entered digital projected image may be used in a future Club Competition.
Annual Digital Projected Image Competition
Eligibility :- Any Member
Format :- Film or digital
To enter your images for the digital projection section of the Ringwood Camera Club competitions, please follow the instructions set out below - this will make collating the entries straightforward and also ensure that your entries do not get missed.
Resize Image
Resize your image using your existing image manipulation software, if you are unsure how to do this please ask one of the committee or other club members for help.
Please use the following MAXIMUM sizes:
The maximum size of your image must not exceed:
1400 x 1050 pixels (W x H)
Resolution:
At least 72dpi - commonly referred to as 'screen resolution' when viewing images on a computer screen.
The sizes shown below are for guidance and cover the 'standard' 4:3 image aspect ratio of many digital cameras
Landscape: 1400 x 1050 pixels (W x H)
Portrait: 788 x 1050 pixels (W x H)
If your pictures are smaller in height (landscape) or width (portrait) it will not matter. For instance if you are going for a panoramic or square image it will have to be smaller! It will not matter if the images are smaller in both dimensions, all that will happen is that the image will be smaller on the screen - (This may cause the image to lose impact or detail though).
The software the club uses will import images that are larger but will crop them - if they are too big the software will reject them.
Save the file using the following format, otherwise this will result in your pictures not being picked up by the database system and not be shown.
Author_Image Name_NA.jpg
Your name Title of the work Type NA (UP case) JPEG format
Spaces are allowed in the author and title fields
i.e. John Smith_My Picture_NA.jpg
The underscore between fields is obtained by using the 'hyphen + shift' keys together, the hyphen key is between the 0/) and +/= keys on a UK PC keyboard.
Entries can either be submitted by e-mail NO LATER than the Tuesday before the competition or if using any of the formats other than e-mail, the CD’s, sticks or cards should be given to Trevor or any committee member at the preceding club night.
E-mail entries may be submitted up to 7 days prior to the competition night.
Entries received after the two cut off dates will not be considered and will have to be re-submitted. It will be the photographer’s responsibility to re-submit the entry within the correct time frame.
e-mail entries
Please e-mail your entry to: trevpogson@aol.com
Please put ' Ringwood Camera Club Competition' in the subject line.
Please make sure that you clearly put in the body of the message, your name, contact telephone number and which competition you are entering (name & date of competition).
CD’s, sticks or cards
Your entries can be submitted on a CD/DVD, memory stick or memory card, please put it in an envelope.
Please make sure that you clearly put on a piece of paper in the envelope your name, contact telephone number and which competition you are entering (name & date of competition).
All CD’s and sticks will be returned to members on competition night. The club cannot be held responsible for the loss of any of the above equipment.
If you are submitting entries for more than one competition please put each set of entries in a separate 'folder' on the CD, stick or card - please name each folder with the name of the competition and the competition date. (Please do not enter multiple competitions in one e-mail)
Number of images
You can submit a maximum of three digital images per competition.
Annual Small Print Competition
The aim of this Competition is to encourage those photographers who have never submitted Competition work before and those who have just taken up photography.
Maximum Size :- 48 sq. inches. (Excluding mount)
Processing :– May be home or trade processed.
Format :– Monochrome or colour, film or digital.
Entries :– Up to three entries per evening are allowed. These should be number 1 – 3 and in the event of there being too many entries to cope with in the evening time period, all those entries marked 3 will be withdrawn.
Mount :– Some simple form of mounting should be employed and the general rules of rear endorsement applied (see under ‘entries’). Subsequent enlargements of prints used in this heading may be entered into Competitions (a) + (b).
The winner of any other Club annual photographic Competition is also rendered ineligible for this Competition.
The work should be clearly marked ‘Judging Only’. If the photographer wants the photo to be considered for any other Competition, then again it should be clearly marked as such and be counted as one of that photographer’s entry for that evening.
The Ann Corket Trophy
For Photographic Print Excellence
Eligibility :- All Members
The Ann Corkett Trophy will be awarded to the winner, provided a high enough standard is reached. The photograph will have a strong input from the photographer in overall presentation, printing, impact and carry a strong aesthetic appeal.
The finished photograph must have all new work and not contain any parts that have previously been used in any Competition.
Maximum Size :- The photograph will not exceed 192 sq. inches. (aaprox A3) Any shapes of print will be acceptable. Prints are to be mounted on boards not exceeding 40 x 50 cm to be consistent with SAPA and SPF rules. Multi mounts are not acceptable.
The finished work will be untitled and will only carry the photographers Membership number on the rear clearly marked ‘Membership Number …….’
Entries :- Each photographer may enter as many prints as he/she wants, dependant on judging time. A decision will be made on the night as to how many prints the judges will be able to deal with and a limit on individual entry numbers made then. Accordingly, all of the prints should be numbered starting with the one the photographer considers the strongest contender.
Should the highest average score be less than 8.9 the Trophy will not be awarded.
Print Portfolio
Eligibility :- Any Member
They may be trade or home processed and there must be a connection theme or story line.
They may be individually mounted or combined on one mount. Mount size not to exceed 40cm x 50cm. if individually mounted. Mount size for multi mounted photographs will be left to the individual photographer, however the limitations of the clubs display equipment should be borne in mind by the competitor.
Should the photographer require any other layout they should contact a Committee Member prior to judging commencing.
Entries :- Members may submit up to two Portfolios on the evening.
Portfolios may include entries used in previous monthly Club Competitions. Any new work may be used in future monthly Competitions (other than Portfolios).
Digital Projected Image Portfolio
Eligibility :- All Members
The Portfolio will consist of 4 images with a related theme or story.
If using a title image please number this as 1 and the following images, in the order that you want them viewed, 2 – 5.
All images however, including the title image, must have been taken by the photographer.
Maximum Size:- All images must conform to the size and recommendations given previously under ‘Annual Digital Projected Image Competition. They should clearly be marked 1-4 (or 1-5 if using a title image). Digital images should be supplied to the Competition Secretary in the correct order and in the correct size.
Small Print Portfolio
Eligibility :- All Members
Format :- Film or Digital
Maximum Size :- Each print will have a maximum size of 48 sq. inches and some form of card mounting should be employed whereby all four prints are displayed on one board.
The Portfolio will consist of 4 prints and may be in colour or monochrome.
There should be a connecting theme or storyline to the Portfolio.
Entries:- May include previously used monthly Competition work. New work may be used in future monthly Competitions (excluding Portfolios). A print made from a slide previously used in monthly Competitions is eligible for this Competition and the reverse will also apply.
Print of the Year
&
Digital Projected Image of the year.
The entrant must be and have been a Member of the Club for a minimum of three months prior to the date of the Competition.
A maximum of three entries per Competition per Member is allowed.
Each entry must have been judged in a RCC Competition during the current year and must be unaltered. A change of mount is acceptable.
The Judge will select one winner per competition and as many ‘highly commended’ awards as he/she sees fit.
Any format is acceptable as is home or trade processing.