CHESTER-LE-STREET CAMERA CLUB
Affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of GB through the Northern Counties Photographic Federation
General Competition Rules
To enter any competition you are required to have paid your Subscription Prior to your entry submission.
Any projected image or print which has won a club trophy Cannot be entered again in future club competitions
All entries must have been taken by the author and may be trade processed.
Prints may be from a transparency/negative or digital.
All Monochrome & Colour prints to be mounted and titled in the bottom right hand corner, on the reverse side
of the print and be anonymous ( untitled entries will Not be accepted ).
Minimum print size to be 7”x 5” ( 18x13cm ).
Maximum print size ( including mount ) to be 20”x16” ( 50x40cms )
A Monochrome print is a black & white work going from very dark grey ( black ) to a very light grey ( white ), or
a print toned entirely in a single colour.
On the other hand, a black & white work modified by partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work ( polychrome ) to stand in the Colour Section.
Prints are entered on the understanding that the Competition Secretary can retain them, if necessary, for use in Exhibitions & NCPF competitions, etc.
NO MARKS will be given in ANY Club competition.
The winners in the Beginners section of Monochrome prints, Colour prints or Projected Digital Images will progress to the appropriate Advanced section from the start of the following year.
Projected Digital Images Competitions
Images must be in ‘jpeg’ format.
Image size must not exceed maximum pixel dimensions of 1024 and 768 in the horizontal and vertical planes respectively, together with a resolution of 72.
The name of the image MUST be the title you wish it to be judged by and that title MUST be the only indentifiable information attached to that image and should NOT exceed 25 characters maximum, including spaces.
Entries MUST be on a CDR disc unless by prior arrangement.
COMPETITIONS
Mears Rose Bowl ( Digital Projected Images – Advanced )
This competition is for those members who have won a Club Slide / Digital Projected Image Trophy competition in a previous season. Members may submit up to a maximum of four entries.
Elliott Fennell Trophy ( Digital Projected Images – Advanced )
This competition is for those members who have won a Club Slide/ Digital Projected Image Trophy competition in a previous season. Members may submit up to a maximum of four entries. Subject: Landscape .
ATW Trophy ( Monochrome Prints – Advanced )
This competition is for those members who have won a Club Monochrome Print Trophy competition in a previous season. Members may submit up to a maximum of four entries.
Toby Trophy ( Colour Prints – Advanced )
This competition is for those members who have won a Club Colour Print Trophy competition in a previous season. Members may submit up to a maximum of four entries.
Millennium Trophy ( Colour Prints – Advanced )
This competition is for those members who have won a Club Colour Print Trophy competition in a previous season. Members may submit up to a maximum of four entries.
Charles Eagles Shield ( Digital Projected Images – Beginners )
This competition is for those members who have NOT won a Club slide / Digital Projected Image Trophy competition in a previous season. Members may submit up to a maximum of four entries.
St. Cuthbert’s Shield ( Digital Projected Images – Beginners )
This competition is for those members who have NOT won a Club slide / Digital Projected Image Trophy competition in a previous season. Members may submit up to a maximum of four entries.
Camera Clinic Trophy ( Monochrome Prints – Beginners )
This competition is for those members who have NOT won a Club Monochrome Print Trophy competition in a previous season. Members may submit up to a maximum of four entries.
Brian Carroll Trophy ( Colour Prints – Beginners )
This competition is for those members who have NOT won a Club Colour Print Trophy competition in a previous season. Members may submit up to a maximum of four entries.
Photographic Centre Shield ( Colour Prints – Beginners )
This competition is for those members who have NOT won a Club Colour Print Trophy competition in a previous season. Members may submit up to a maximum of four entries.
Members ‘ Internal Competition Nights
Projected Digital Image entries MUST be submitted to the Competition Secretary at least two weeks prior to the judging.
Prints should be submitted one week before competition night, but any entries received on the night, will only be accepted at the discretion of the Secretary.
Since these competitions are judged internally, they do not qualify the winners, where appropriate, for status advancement.
NB: Club members will be restricted to entering competitions for which they have qualified, ie: Beginner or
Advanced level.
( Revised September 2011 )
