Club Rules

HIGHCLIFFE & INFINITY CC - COMPETITION RULES –10November 2011

GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR ALL COMPETITIONS

Only fully paid-up Competitor members of Highcliffe & Infinity Camera Club may take part in competitions. Any photographic image is only eligible to be entered in one internal Club competition during the season plus Best of Year competition.

OWNERSHIP
All images and their component parts must be the original work of the entrant, be photographed by them, and the copyright held by them. The use of stock images or any element which derives from an image which is not photographed by the entrant is not allowed. The Committee retain the right to view the original images.

PRESENTATION
All entries must be accompanied by a clearly completed Entry Form (available from the Club Internal Competition Secretary).

Each competitor has been allocated a personal two digit competition number XX which is shown on the Membership List. The competitor will number each entry; the first entry for each competition will be 1XX and the second entry will be 2XX. For example: A competitor’s number is 43. The first entry submitted for a competition will be 143 and the second entry will be 243.

1.3.1 Prints must be mounted on board or card (max mount size 500mm by 400mm) with the author’s name, entry number and print title clearly marked on the back.

1.3.2 Digital Projection Images should be submitted on a memory stick. Image file names must include Entry Number, Name, and Title, and the competition name should be clearly marked on the memory stick.
Example: 124FredBloggs-AnotherSunset.jpeg In this case the author is Fred Bloggs, it is the first entry in this competiton for Competitor number 24 and in this example it is a jpeg file.

CDs are also acceptable, as are entries emailed, with prior agreement, directly to the designated competition organiser but it must be made clear for which competition the entries are intended.

The image size must be 1400 pixels wide by 1050 pixels high (max), in JPEG or TIFF format only. If TIFF is used the file must have all layers flattened and be in 8 bit mode. The colour space must be SRGB. If the image size is less than this or a different shape, then the image should be placed on a background that is the required 1400 by 1050 pixels. It has been found that applying a narrow white keyline around the image and putting it on a black background works well.

With the exception of the Monochrome Cup entries, all images may be colour or monochrome unless otherwise advised by the Chairman.

JUDGING
All competitions (with certain exceptions detailed below) will be independently judged whenever possible. All entries will be scored. Prints and images for digital projection will be judged as separate categories.

SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES

All entry forms for both print and digital projection competitions must be handed to the Club Internal Competition Secretary for logging one week prior to the competition. Digital Projection images must also be handed in no later than one week prior to the competition. Prints must be handed in no later than 7.10 pm on the night of the competition but the Entry Form must have been handed in one week earlier. LATE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

LEAGUE COMPETITIONS

ORGANISATION

League competitions will be held in two Categories throughout the season; namely, Prints and Digitally Projected Images. All entries will be scored out of 10 marks and the aggregate of a competitors best eight scores will be used to determine the overall result of each League at the end of the season.

The Digital Projection League will consist of six competitions; namely,

Two Open competitions with no set subject
Landscape – (The best British Landscape will receive the John Mansell Rose Bowl.)
Set Subject – (The winner will receive the Set Subject Cup)
Wildlife – (The winner will receive the Portman trophy)
Flowers – (The winner will receive the Jimmi Storrs Cup)
N.B the Portman and Jimmi Storrs are combined into a single League competition.
Still Life – (the winner will receive the Still Life Cup)

The Print League will consist of six competitions, namely,

Two Open competitions with no set subject
Monochrome – (the winner will receive the Monochrome Cup)
Portrait – (the winner may receive the Portrait Cup)
Miniprint – (the winner will receive the Miniprint Plate
Battle of the Sexes

ENTRIES

Each Member may submit up to two entries for each League competition Entries must not have been previously entered in league competitions. Unless otherwise stated (see rules for each competition) images must not be more than five years old, and must NOT have been previously entered in any league competition.

BEST OF YEAR COMPETITION

This competition will be held in both categories: Prints and Digital Projection (DPI). Each Member may submit a maximum of two entries which may be divided between the two categories in any way i.e. two prints or two DPI or one of each.

These entries must either:-
have appeared in an internal Club Competition during the current competition year or,
have represented the Club during the current Club competition year.
Photographs from previous Best of Year competitions are not eligible.

JIMMI STORRS & PORTMAN DIGITAL PROJECTION COMPETITION

4.1 The Jimmi Storrs Trophy is a set-subject competition on FLOWERS.

4.2 The Portman Trophy is a set-subject competition on WILDLIFE. Photographs containing only plant subjects will not be eligible. Photographs containing INSECT (S) as the main subject will be eligible. It is permissible for the subject to have been photographed in captivity, provided there is no evidence of mankind in the picture. Wildlife is that which is normally found in the wild i.e. not domesticated.


4.3 ENTRIES
NB. The Portman and Jimmi Storrs together count as a single League competition. Each member may submit a total of up to two entries, which may be shared between the two competitions in any combination. i.e. two Portman or two Jimmi Storrs or one in each.

Images must have been originally photographed since the previous running of this competition.


SET-SUBJECT COMPETITION

The members at the Annual General Meeting will agree the Subject for this competition . This is a Digital Projection competition. Each member may enter two images. Images must have been photographed since the setting of the subject at the AGM. It is not permissible to enter images that have appeared in a League competition during the current season.


STILL LIFE
This is a Digital Projection competition. The subject for this competition may be anything of the photographers’ choosing provided that it may be described as being still, arranged and on a “table-top” set-up.
Each member may enter two images that must have been photographed since the last running of the competition

MONOCHROME COMPETITION
Each member may enter two monochrome prints. There is no prescribed subject.

8. MINIPRINT COMPETITION
An entry will consist of five to seven prints, colour or monochrome, simply mounted without overlap as a group on a single piece of card of maximum size 500mm by 400mm. Each member may submit two entries. There is no fixed subject.

9. THE CHAIRMAN’S CUP
This competition is not open to members who have been overall winner or runner-up in any Club League or competition. It is a set-subject digital projection competition whose aim is to encourage beginners and improvers. The subject will be set by the Chairman and announced at the AGM or beginning of the season. Members must enter two images. The aggregate score of both images will determine the winner. The judge or means of judging will be determined by the Chairman. The Committee will publish a list of members eligible to enter.

10. THE JOHN MANSELL MEMORIAL ROSE BOWL.

This is presented to the best British Landscape entry in the Digital League competition with Landscape as its set subject.

THE PORTRAIT COMPETITION

A portrait is a representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally a composed image of a person in a still position.
Members may enter two images in the competition

12. FINALLY

The competition rules cannot be expected to cover every eventuality and it is expected that Members will endeavour to adhere to the spirit as well as the letter of the Rules. Good Luck!
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