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Rules, Images and Mount sizes for various competition entries
1. GCPS Club Competitions
2. Robina Exhibition
1. GCPS Club Competitions
The following is due to be amended for 2007 with the introduction of Impact judging and other amendments as agreed in 2006.
Grades. The club has 3 Grades, a Beginners (B) Grade, an Intermediate (A/B) Grade and an Advanced (A) Grade.
Beginner (B) Grade is for beginners and new members. A new but experienced member can elect to go straight to A/B or A-Grade or begin in B-Grade. B-Graders may move to A/B-Grade or A-Grade at their discretion after giving the competition Secretary 1 month's notice if their work in clearly well ahead of the current B-Grade or A/B Grade standards.
The society's recommended guideline for advancement to A/B-Grade is the achievement of a minimum of 4 awards (Merits or Honours) from the date of joining the society. B-Graders who achieve 8 awards (Merits or Honours) from the date of joining will automatically advance to A/B-Grade.
Intermediate (A/B) Grade is a transition grade between B-Grade and A-Grade. A member would normally remain in A/B Grade while they develop their shills and until a further 8 Awards had been received.
Advanced (A) Grade is for all other members.
Entries for monthly competitions : Members may enter up to 2 images in each of the "Set Subject" and "Open" sections in each of the following categories:
1. Mono Prints . 2. Colour Prints . 3. Slides and 4. Digital Projected Images.
However, please note that the maximum overall number of images that a member may enter each month is 4. This includes "Set" and "Open" entries in each of the 4 Categories above.
- Entries to the monthly competitions of GCPS should best represent the current work of the maker and, as such, a time limit of the previous 5 years should apply to all entries. Members are expected to make their entries in good faith and within the spirit of the society. Obviously dated images are not encouraged .
- The Set Subject list for the competition year (the list of subjects for the competition year from October to September plus the following Oct. and Nov.) will be announced in October. Open applies to any image.
- Images are submitted at the Exhibition Night meeting (2 nd Thursday of the month) in accordance with the listed subjects. For Example : images submitted in January will be evaluated and then presented by the judge on the exhibition night in the following month, February. The images are usually sent away to a Photographic Society of Queensland (PSQ) accredited Judge who will give a critique and score for each image.
- A print or projected image may be entered twice (in a year or subsequent year ) unless it receives a Merit or Honour in which case it may not be re-submitted in any other category, format or grade (eg B-Grade to A-Grade).
- New members must contact the Competition Secretary to obtain their Personal Identification Number (PIN)
- Entry fee for each image is 50 cents.
- All Print entries are to be identified with 1. GCPS and your PIN and Grade (eg GCPS 65A ) plus 2. Mono/Colour, 3. Set/Open, 4. Title , No personal names are to appear on the entries.
- Where the orientation of a print may not be obvious to the judge, it must be marked with an ? (up arrow) at the top middle on the back of the print.
- All prints must be mounted. Entries need to be either surface mounted or mounted in a cardboard mat. The back of the print in a mat should be covered with cardboard the same size as the mat with care being taken not to leave bits of sticky material on the cardboard .
- Thickness of the print and mount must not exceed 4 mm.
- Maximum Mount size for any print is 400mm x 500 mm (slightly smaller than 16" x 20").
- Minimum Print size is 175mm x 125mm (7.5" x 5").
- All Slide and Digital Projected Image entries are to be identified with:
1. PIN and Grade, 2. Set/Open 3. Title , (eg 72A Open Tree_and_Sun)
- Slides and all entry fees (see #6 above) are to be placed in the members Personal Entry Box (Marked with the member's name and PIN). Slide entries from the previous month will have been returned to this box by the Competition Secretary.
Slides are to be marked as shown below. Please do not use red markings or stick dots to the slide.
23A
Slide marking: PIN No . and GCPS to be placed on slides G T Spot Here
as shown plus TITLE and SET/OPEN C P T(A R (Approx 5mm)
Please leave space for the ENTRY Number. P R E
S E Set Subject
S (or OPEN)
Title Tree and Sun
• For the year October 2005-September 2006 we will continue to show Digitally Projected Images separately from slides. There will be both Set and Open subjects for Projected Images.
• Digitally Projected Images : The images must be no more than 300 kb. Landscape images must be no more than 1024 pixels wide and Portrait images must be no more than 768 pixels high. The colour profile should be sRGB IEC61966-2.1. The image should be saved as a .jpg file at 72dpi with the file name: " PIN and GRADE, SET/OPEN and TITLE " eg 72A Open Tree_and_Sun.jpg " (When you SAVE AS a JPG file then the .jpg extension will be added automatically).
Digitally Projected images must be submitted on a CD with the maker's NAME, PIN and GRADE plus preferably also the titles of the images in the CD case. The CD will be returned the following month. Entry fees are paid via the personal box.
CREATIVE IMAGES : Each month members are encouraged to bring their current works in the "creative" or "freestyle" category and present these on the Practical night to members together with any comments the creator may care to make regarding intent and technique etc. Discussion is encouraged. These images will only be judged at the End of Year Competition.
JUDGING : The Judge is encouraged to view each image for content according to the following criteria :
- Subject - eg Viewpoint, Isolate distractions, Format, Centre of Interest, Perspective etc.
- Technique - eg Cropping, Sharpness, Exposure, Printing Contrast, Use of light etc.
- Visual Impression - eg Holds Attention, Artistic Impression, Originality, Degree of Difficulty.
The judges are requested to mark each image with a score out of 15 (up to 5 points for each of the above criteria). A/B and B-Grades will be marked more leniently than A-Grade.
An image scoring 11-13 points will be awarded a Merit and 14-15 points will be awarded an Honour .
AWARDS : At the end of the year there will be a trophy or medallion awarded to the Best Performers in each of the 4 Categories (Mono Prints, Colour Prints, Slides and Digitally Projected Images) for Merits and Honours gained throughout the Exhibition Year. Points are used to determine the winners. A Merit = 1 point and an Honour = 1.5 Points .
The trophy or medallion will be engraved:
Most awarded Performer....................... Category......................Year .......................
There will also be one trophy or medallion awarded for the person with the Most Awards (Merits and Honours) from all 4 categories combined. Points are used to determine the winner with 1 Merit = 1 point and 1 Honour = 1.5 points.
The trophy or medallion will be engraved:
Most Awarded Performer....................... Year...................
The Brian Hall Nature Award.
In 2006 this will be held separately on a Practical Night (4 th Thursday of the month) later in the year - probably in September or October. Maximum of 4 Entries per person and is limited to PRINTS ONLY.
These entries do not have to have been entered in competition during the year but must not have been entered in this category in any previous year. There is a perpetual Brian Hall Trophy for Nature, donated by Brian Hall's Family which is passed on to the winner for a period of 12 months each year and which will be engraved "Winner's Name" "Year".
END OF YEAR COMPETITION
This is held on the 2 nd Thursday in December (14 th Dec 2006) (Competition/Exhibition night). Members are invited to submit up to 4 images in each of the following categories. However, no more than a total of 20 images may be submitted in categories 1 - 8 by any one member in this competition.
All images in categories 1- 8 must have received a Merit or Honour during the year.
1. Mono Prints - Open . Max of 4 entries.
2. Mono Prints - Set Subject Max of 4 Entries.
Mark the subject for which the image was entered on the back.
3. Colour Prints - Open Max of 4 Entries.
4. Colour Prints - Set Subject Max of 4 Entries.
Mark the subject for which the image was entered on the back.
5. Slides - Open Max of 4 Entries.
6 . Slides - Set Subject Max of 4 Entries.
Mark the subject for which the image was entered.
7 . DP Images - Open Max of 4 Entries.
8. DP Images - Set Subject Max of 4 Entries.
Mark the subject for which the image was entered.
9. Creative - Open Max of 4 Entries.
They do not have to have been entered during the year.
EOY Judging will be "Impact" Judging by a panel of 3 Independent judges for all categories.
A, A/B and B Grade entries will be considered equally .
There will be a medallion awarded for the Best Image and Certificates for 2 nd and 3 rd places in each category.
2. Robina Exhibition 2007
Entries are due for this exhibition by March approximatley The set subject is VERY GC. The sizes are:
SMALL Prints - Monochrome or Colour
Any print size, matted to fit into 11in x 14in frame size
LARGE Prints - Monochrome or Colour
Any print size, matted to fit into 400mm x 500mm frame size
Subjects:
1. Open
2. The Annual $150 Acquisition Award: VERY GC
3. Monthly Web Competition 
Open subject (at the moment) 500pixels/points at the longest side, save for web in Photoshop
at 60%. Log in, upload and vote. No prizes but a chance to have some fun with the images that we can't show at the Club. Any questions click here to ask.
or here
