Nelson Camera Club

Details of the Nelson Camera Club Internal Competition Guidelines and Rules

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Competitions

Entering competitions is all part of the involvement and fun of being a camera club member!

The club has two regular competitions: the Club Competition and the Hanafins’ Competition.

----Club Competition----

The competitions consist of a ‘Set Subject’, (see year program) and an ‘Open’ Subject. ‘Open’ means that the photograph may be of any subject.

Financial members may submit a maximum of 2 prints and 2 projected images (up to 4 entries in total, ie Set- and/or Open subject). There can be exceptions, see the year programme. It is not allowed to enter identical or almost identical images (at competition secretary’s discretion) in both the print section and the projected image-section.

The entries in the club competition are either sent away, to judges who are recognised for their photographic or artistic ability, or the images are judged by senior club members.

Competition Grades:

‘A’ Grade - This is intended for experienced photographers. It is a full competition level with points and an overall year prize.

‘B’ Grade - This is a good entry point for photographers who have no previous competition experience. This grade normally receives a more constructive judging with points and an overall year prize.

‘N’ Grade (Novice) - Those new to photography should benefit by entering at this grade. It is non competitive, judging in house and no points. Images entered in the novice section will be viewed and critiqued by a senior club member. The results will be given on the next club meeting, two weeks later. The commenting for the Novice grade is especially based on constructive criticism.

A ‘B’ grade worker may be requested by the committee to move to the ‘A’ grade and at the discretion of the committee points may be transferred. The yearly winner of the ‘B’ grade automatically moves to the ‘A’ grade. A member with Honours distinctions (e.g. LPSNZ, APSNZ, FPSNZ) should compete in the ‘A’ grade. A member who gains honours or medals in external PSNZ competitions should compete in the ‘A’ grade.

Hanafins

----Hanafins’ Competition----

The competition is held every month and sponsored by Hanafins and the Nelson Camera Club.

See Newsletter for more details.

INFORMATION:

Each month there will be a topic to challenge your photographic ability or interpretation.
Financial members may email up to three images on a specified topic
Name your file as follows Brown-J2-surprise.jpg - your last name, then initial followed by the number of the print (e.g. 1 or 2), and then the title of the print.
You may submit up to three images and send them to barrydoig@clear.net.nz
Images that are emailed must meet the standard club specifications of 1024x768 pixels as the maximum dimensions.
Your entry has to be in before the closing date posted on this page.
After the closing date an AV will be made.
The AV will be played at the next club meeting.
After the AV is played, all images will remain projected during supper where you will vote for the top three images.
Results will be announced shortly after supper.
The winning entry for the month will have their photograph displayed in the "Hanafin's Camera and Video" store and receive an enlarged photo.
The image with the most votes receives an 8x12 enlargement. The enlargement is sponsored by Hanafins, you will also receive a $15 gift voucher courtesy of Hanafins. Second placing receives a $10 voucher and third place receives a $5 Hanfins printing voucher - very worthwhile prizes for very little effort!
Points are awarded at 4 Points for 1st place, 3 for second, 2 for third and 1 for each other entry. The person with the most points at the end of the year wins a $125 retail voucher to use at Peter Wise Picture Framing.

Enter only those images that you wish to have displayed.

Please email barrydoig@clear.net.nz if you have any questions.

Nelson Camera Club - Competition Entry Form Download

Competition Entry Form

Nelson Camera Club Competition Rules:

NCC Entering competitions 21-08-2010.pdf (135 Kb)