Club Competition Rules

1. Only Alresford Camera Club Members may submit entries.

2. Entries are limited to a maximum of three per member per section in any competition, one of which may have been entered in an earlier competition. No one print or transparency may be entered more than twice per season, or re-entered having won a competition, excluding the Best of the Best annual competition.

3. The committee may at its discretion, periodically set certain subjects or other requirements as a means of stimulating interest. Any such requirements will be published/announced to members in good time.

4. All entries must bear the member’s name and title.

5. Monochrome and Colour prints may be home or trade processed. They must be mounted on firm card not larger than 500mm x 500mm (20" x 20"). The print size must not be smaller than 35 square inches (e.g. 7"x 5").

6. Transparencies may be home or trade processed. They must be correctly spotted for projection. (a spot on the bottom left hand corner when viewed in the normal way). For colour transparencies other than 50mm x 50mm (2" x 2") the entrant will be responsible for supplying suitable projection equipment.

7. Entries should be handed to the Competition Secretary, accompanied by an Entry Form bearing the titles of the work and the author’s name, at the meeting proceeding the competition itself.

8. If Rule 7 cannot be met, then the author may contact the Competition Secretary to register his/her entries by the Sunday evening immediately proceeding the competition evening. Entries made under this rule will be declared void if not handed to the Competition Secretary by 7.15pm on the evening of the competition.

9. Judging. Entries will be judged by a suitably qualified or experienced person appointed by the committee.

- The judge will be invited to comment on all entries and select the following in each section.

- The best image, 2nd best image and 3rd best image. The judge may also at their discretion, select work that they consider warrants special mention and award the selected work

- Commended Status. Images awarded a “Commended Status” will be eligible for the “Best of the best” competition.

- Judges will be made aware of these rules prior to each competition.

- The judge will be asked to consider the following: - Quality, Presentation, Technical Competence, Composition, Originality, Impact, Colour Balance, Overall appeal.

- The Judge’s decision will be final.

10. Club Competitions

The following competitions will take place annually -

Monochrome Prints

Colour Prints

Slides

The Competition Secretary will administer the scheme and award points to individuals on the following basis:

Best image 5 points

2nd best image 4 points

3rd best image 3 points

Commended 1 point

The winner of each competition will be the person with the most points.

'Best of the Best'

All placed and commended images in the section competitions will be eligible for the “Best of the Best”

Rule 9 will be applied.

The Judge, having selected the best 3 images in the 3 sections will then select the best image to be awarded the “Best of the Best”.