Maryborough Camera Club

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Maryborough Camera Club

Club Competition Rules

All entrants must be a financial member of the Maryborough Camera Club Inc. to enter into the Club’s monthly competitions, End of Year competitions and Portfolio competition.

New members will be allocated to either A or B Grade depending on their expertise upon joining the Club. There will be no separate section for Junior members. Junior members may enter all competitions and compete as B Grade in the Portfolio competition.

B Grade workers will be obliged to move to A Grade upon accumulating the highest points scored for the current year and at the discretion of the Committee.

Monthly Competition

All entries must not have been used in a previous monthly competition and be the work of the author.

Projected Images

There will be two (2) sections each month – Open and Set Subject.

Both sections will be open to all members and the Competition will be ungraded.

Each member is entitled to enter up to three (3) images/slides per section.

Each section be awarded 1_st to 4_th place.

Points will be allocated to images as follows:-

1_st 5 points

2_nd 4 points

3_rd 3 points

4_th 2 points

Entry 1 point

Entries for projected images in slide format are to be handed to the Club’s recorder on the

evening of the competition meeting with a completed entry form.

Entries for projected images in digital format are to be emailed to the Club’s recorder and are

to reach the recorder no later than the Sunday afternoon immediately prior to the competition meeting.

Digital images are to be as follows:-

Saved in a JPEG format

Each image is to be a maximum width of 1024 pixels and a maximum height of 768 pixels and a total file size not to exceed 300kb

The file name of each image is to contain the following information:-

Section (O -Open or S – Set), month/year, title of image, author’s initials.

For example - “O-1107-Red Balloons-KMS”.

Please ensure the name of the image is no more than 15 characters long.

Prints

There will be three (3) sections each month:-

SMALL up to 6” x 4” in size; open or set subject; category is open to B Grade members only

MEDIUM up to 12” x 8” (A4 size); open or set subject; category is open to A & B Grade members

LARGE larger than A4 in size; open or set subject; category is open to A & B Grade members

Each member is entitled to enter up to three (3) prints per section.

Entries are to be handed to the Club’s recorder on the evening of the competition meeting with a completed entry form.

Prints are to be marked on the back with the following information:-

Author, Title of Print.

Each section will be awarded 1_st to 4_th place.

Points will be allocated to images as follows:-

1_st 5 points

2_nd 4 points

3_rd 3 points

4_th 2 points

Entry 1 point

An extra point will be awarded to every Set Subject print entered.

End of Year Competition

The following categories will be awarded as part of the End of Year Competition to be judged and announced at the December competition meeting:-

Projected Image of the Year

B Grade Print of the Year

A Grade Print of the Year

Candid on an Outing (image must have been taken since the previous year’s AGM and may be a print or digital image).

All members will be able to select and enter three (3) images/prints from the images/prints they have entered into the Club’s monthly competitions with the exception of the “Candid on an Outing”.

Throughout the year’s monthly competitions, points awarded will accumulate towards the following categories and winners announced at the December competition meeting:-

Most Points Awarded – B Grade

Most Points Awarded – A Grade

Portfolio

There will be two (2) graded competitions – A Grade and B Grade.

Portfolio , slides or prints used in the Monthly competitions are also eligible for entry in the Portfolio competition.

Members will be provided with six (6) subject for consideration in their portfolio. Of these six subject, members are able to

choose any four (4) of these subject to present as their portfolio'

A member’s portfolio is to consist of all projected images, all slides or all prints – no combinations of projected images, slides and prints will be accepted.

Print portfolios may consist of different print sizes if desired. It is encouraged that all portfolios entered as a selection of prints be suitably mounted on card.

Portfolio entries are to be handed in at the November competition meeting to allow time for judging. Winners will be announced at the December competition meeting.