MEMBER-ONLY COMPETITION RULES
GENERAL:
Competitions are held to encourage club members to show and improve their photographic work. Competitions are not mandatory but are encouraged as a way to practice preparing an image for for showing either in print or digital.
ELIGIBILITY:
Club Competitions are open to all members in good standing.
Photographs must have been taken by the competitor. Photos may only be entered once.
All prints entered into competition must conform to the theme and requirements of the competition.
All entries are subject to review by the Competition Committee Chairperson (or designee).
COMPETITION CATEGORIES:
Color Prints
Monochrome Prints (monochrome prints are defined as black & white or shades of one color.)
NUMBER OF ENTRIES:
The minimum number of total entries for Color Print or Monochrome print competitions is five in order for judging to take place.
The following may be entered into any club competition by each member:
Two (2) color prints
Two (2) monochrome prints
PRESENTATION OF PRINTS:
The minimum size for prints is 35 (i.e. 5″ x 7″) square inches. The maximum size for prints is 320 (i.e. 16″ x 20″) square inches.
Prints must be mounted and may be matted for all competitions; the mount and/or mat must be black or white and may not exceed 24 X 24 inches in overall size.
Prints may NOT be framed.
The back of each mounting board must have a competition label (provided at the competition) showing the Title and Photographers Name. The label shall be in the upper right hand corner.
JUDGING:
Judges will be obtained for each competition. If necessary, a member who has no entries in the current competition may be asked by either the Competition Chairperson or the President to be a judge.
SCORING:
Prints in each category will be previewed in the light stand before scoring begins. Prints will be scored on the second pass through the light stand. If there are more than one judge, the score will be the sum of the judges’ scores.
Resolving Tie Scores. Ties will be re-judged until placement is determined. In the event of an unresolved tie between two prints, the judges will use 1 or 9 to determine score with 9 awarded to the image the judges determine is best and 1 to the other image.
AWARDS:
A First, Second, Third and two Honorable Mention winners will be selected for each category at each club competition. Winning images may, at the member’s discretion, be posted on the club’s website.