Knutsford Photographic Society – Competition Rules November 2011

General – applying to all competitions

1. The committee takes no responsibility for loss or damage to members’ prints, PDIs (Projected Digital Images) or equipment.

2. The committee reserves the right to refuse any competition entry.

3. All prints must be labelled with the title and the author’s name. The maximum mount size is 50 x 40 cm (approx 20” x 16”); there is no minimum size.

4. All PDI entries must be submitted in accordance with the detailed guidance given on the Society’s website.

5. An image that has been submitted in PDI form cannot be entered as a print in any competition, and vice versa.

6. The photograph from which a print or PDI has been made must be no more than four years old at the date of the competition.

Monthly competitions

1. Monthly competitions are open to images of any type or subject.

2. A member may enter up to three images which may be prints, PDIs, or any combination up to a maximum of three.

3. PDIs may be emailed to the Competition Secretary (johnkaypatterson@gmail.com) by the Monday before the competition or brought on flash-drive at least ten minutes before the time of the meeting on the evening of the competition.

4. Prints must be brought on the evening of the competition. However, the titles must be handed to the Competition Secretary a week before the competition or emailed to him (johnkaypatterson@gmail.com) by the Monday before the competition.

5. The judge will place the top five prints and top five PDIs. Points are awarded as follows: 10 for 1st place, 7 for 2nd, 5 for 3rd, 3 for 4th, and 1 for 5th. Each member’s points are totalled after the last monthly competition to determine the Print and PDI Photographers of the Year.

6. Any print or PDI that has been entered in a monthly competition may not be entered in a subsequent monthly competition.

7. Any print or PDI that has been entered in a monthly competition may also be entered in an annual competition.

Annual competitions

1. There are two separate Annual Competitions: one for prints and one for PDIs.

2. Each print or PDI must be entered in a particular category. The categories are:

a. Open Colour – any style or subject.

b. People – an image whose main subject is a person or people

c. Nature – an image whose main subject is drawn from the natural world – e.g. birds, animals, insects, plants, fossils, shells, rocks.  Cultivated plants, domesticated animals and zoo animals are allowed.

d. Pictorial – a picture where the photographer has seen more than just the subject; e.g. unusual lighting, mist, mood, atmosphere, patterns.

e. Record – a complete and accurate record of a man-made object (e.g. building, furniture, machine); this should be sharp, accurate, detailed; the title should identify precisely the subject.

f. Open Monochrome - any style or subject.

3. A maximum of six prints may be submitted by each member, with a maximum of two prints in any category.

4. A maximum of six PDIs may be submitted by each member, with a maximum of two images in any category.

5. No entry may be entered into a subsequent annual competition.

6. Prints and PDI images must be handed to the Competition Secretary a week before the relevant competition or, in case of PDIs, emailed a week before the competition.

7. Prints submitted to the annual competition will be kept until the autumn so that a selection from them can be used for the annual exhibition in the Library.

8. Any print or PDI that has been entered in an annual competition may also be entered in a monthly competition.

Christmas knockout competition.

1. This is an Open competition to which each member may submit up to four PDIs (no prints). Titles are not necessary.

2. These images may have been previously entered in other competitions, and may be entered subsequently in other competitions. No entry may be submitted in a subsequent Christmas knockout.

3. Entries must be either brought on the night of the competition or emailed at least the day before the competition.
Competition for the Alan Mitchell Salver.

 Competition for the Alan Mitchell Salver.

In 2011 this competition will be open to prints only. Each entry must be a triptych, and must be on a mount of any size. Each member may enter up to three separate triptychs. There is no set subject.

A triptych is a picture in three parts. Originally it referred to three part pictures in hinged frames that were placed on the altars of churches to provide educational and spiritual benefits at the Mass. Since it was hinged in two places it could be folded up and put away between services or transported by the priest to another church.

In photography, a triptych is a picture in three parts. The three parts may be a single picture split into three sections, or three related pictures that are designed to be shown together. For interesting samples of triptychs, go to http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/triptych.html