Print, Slide and Digital Competitions

1. There will be 3 PRINT, 3 SLIDE AND 3 DIGITAL Competition Evenings during the season. Each one will include a General Novice section for those members who have not won a place in the main categories of internal competitions.

2. There will be 5 categories in each competition. (Open/ Portrait/Natural History/ Record/Novice).

3. Entries are limited to ONE per category in Slide and Digital Competitions. In Print Competitions ONE Colour and ONE Monochrome may be entered. All entries must be submitted one week before the competition.

4. In each competition one point will be awarded to each entry in each category. An additional point will be awarded for 3rd place, two points for 2nd place and 3 points for 1st place.

5. The points will be cumulative over the 3 competitions to reward consistency and excellence, and club trophies will be awarded to the individuals scoring the highest number of points in each category over the 3 competitions.

6. One of each of the Print, Slide and Digitally Projected competitions will be judged by an external qualified judge. The remaining competitions will be judged by club members present. Appraisal comments will be given by experienced photographers, with audience participation, after the voting has taken place.

7. All entries made in previous LP&DIC competitions will be ineligible.

Other Competitions:

1. A Creative Competition for the “R. S. Marshall Trophy” Entries can be in any format.

2. An ASSIGNMENT competition which gives members the opportunity for imaginative interpretation of the given subject(s). [Entries must have been taken within the last year].

3. An AUDIO VISUAL competition for the “Casolani Trophy” to be awarded for the best Audio-Visual sequence. Maximum length to be10 minutes.

A Guide to Submitting Work in Club Competitions

1.  All slides must be presented in 5cm x 5cm mounts. They must be spotted in the lower left hand corner when viewed normally. Each slide must bear the entrant’s name, the category and title (if any).

2. Prints should be mounted, the overall size not exceeding 50cms x 40cms. They must bear the entrant’s name, the category and title (if any). Prints mounted in glass frames cannot be accepted.

3. In the Digital Competitions, all images must be entered as JPEG files. They must be resampled to 72 dots per inch and resized with a maximum horizontal length of 1024 pixels and a maximum vertical height of 768 pixels. Any spare space is best filled with black. Save the images to a CD. Write on your name, titles and categories.

4. NATURAL HISTORY subjects from any branch of the natural and physical sciences including all flora and fauna will be eligible for entry. They must be an accurate representation of the subject matter. An accurate and explanatory title is essential.

5. RECORD entries should show the structure, form and texture of the subject in a manner which does not distort or mislead. Images should have sufficiently sharp detail to identify the subject and where appropriate, enable a reconstruction to be made. An accurate and explanatory title is essential.

6. PORTRAIT comprises environmental, candid, studio and glamour subjects. The main subject must be human.

7. OPEN. This is mainly the popular ’Pictorial’ section but will include entries which do not seem to fit anywhere else and where there is uncertainty about the distinction between Record and Pictorial.

8. DIGITAL IMAGING. Digital images can originate from film or digital sources. All elements of the photograph must be the original work of the photographer. Each entry must bear the author’s name, category entered and title.

9. NOVICE. The Novice section is open to any member who is yet to win a place in the main sections of Internal Competitions. It is a General Competition and any image may be entered.

10. Each slide, print or digital image will be assessed taking into consideration 4 main criteria. TECHNICAL QUALITY, COMPOSITION, ORIGINALITY and AESTHETIC APPEAL

EAF Guidelines for Clubs and Judges

Definition of Photography for Competition/Exhibition

Photography may be defined as imagery produced via the action of light on a sensor (be it light sensitive film  or a digital sensor) and that, for EAF Competition/Exhibition purposes, the original image or images must have been initiated and produced by the submitting author. If manipulation is undertaken, this also should be the work of the submitting author. It matters not whether the final image is printed on light-sensitive material or via a printer, connected to a computer or otherwise. The copyright of all elements of a picture must be at the disposal of the submitting author.

Annual Exhibition

1. Only paid-up members may submit work for the Annual Exhibition

2. The closing date for entries, both slides and prints, will be announced at club meetings well in advance.

3. All members entering work will be fairly represented in the exhibition subject to space limitations on the overall number displayed

4. An outside judge will be invited to select the best print and the best slide in the Exhibition.