Competitions for 2009-2010 Season

We have a varied selection of competitions this season, all of which are judged by people outwith the club. All the internal competitions are divided into Beginner and Open sections. Any new members are automatically eligible for entry into the Beginner's section (unless they are already experienced and of a standard to go straight into the Open section).

Points are awarded for competition entries, and the entrants with the highest totals at the end of the season are awarded Beginner of the Year and Photographer of the Year titles. Beginners who come 1st in one or more club competitions are eligible for the Open section the next season.

Competition and overall winner trophies are handed out at the Annual Prizegiving at the end of the season.

You may also be interested to see the results from this year's SPF portfolio here. There is a tab at the bottom of the page to select individual results, our club's results, and overall club standings.

Competition Details:

Internal Competitions
External Competitions
Competition Rules

RiverDrive Trophy

Three images are required (colour prints, monochrome prints, or digital images). The judge will consider the group as a unit, and will take into account how well the images are linked by content, technique or presentation. Only one entry of three images is allowed and all must be in the same medium.

Sponsored by RiverDrive Studios.

John Douglas Landscape Trophy

Prints or digital images of landscapes, seascapes or townscapes, in colour or monochrome. Any digital enhancement must be limited to improving the technical quality of the image. No item may be removed, added or transposed, though cropping is permitted.

McArthur Stanton Trophy

The theme this year is ‘Townscapes’. Images may be colour prints, monochrome prints, or digital images.

Sponsored by McArthur Stanton Solicitors.

Creighton Memorial Trophy

Monochrome prints or monochrome digital images. Maximum entry three.

Occuleye Trophy

Colour prints. Maximum entry three.
Sponsored by Occuleye Opticians.

Williamson Cup

Digital images on the theme 'Standing out from the crowd'. Maximum entry three.

Creative Photography Trophy

A competition solely for digital images. The judge will look for imaginative and creative work, not simply for skill in digital processing. This will be reflected in the marks. Maximum entry three.

Eddie Aird Trophy

Digital images only. Maximum entry is three.

RiverDrive Challenge

Digital images, colour or monochrome prints on the theme 'Fine art nude'. Maximum entry is three. Sponsored by RiverDrive Studios.

Frank Walton Trophy (November)

Judging for the Frank Walton Trophy takes place in a different Club each year. Other clubs taking part are Oban Photographic Club, Mid Argyll Camera Club and Cowal Camera Club. Each club puts forward twenty images, with no more than three images coming from any individual member. Images cannot be re-submitted in subsequent years.

This is a fun evening, with a chance for a friendly get-together.

Print Battle with Clydebank CC (March)

Our annual competition with Clydebank Camera Club. Twenty print entries from each club are evaluated by an external judge, with only two entries allowed by any one individual, and no entries from previous years accepted. There's a healthy sense of competition between the two clubs that has made for some very enjoyable evenings.

SPF Print and Slide Championship

Two competitions open to all photographic clubs in Scotland. Run by the Scottish Photographic Federation, the standard is extremely high and the competition very intense. Helensburgh Photographic Club enters the print championship each year, and the slide portfolio if we have enough entries.

HELENSBURGH PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUB
COMPETITION RULES 2009 - 2010

All reasonable care will be taken, but the Club cannot accept responsibility for damage to or loss of materials entered in Club Competitions and exhibitions, in transit or in external Competitions and Exhibitions.

Only members of Helensburgh Photographic Club who have paid their subscriptions may enter Club Competitions.
Photographs may be trade processed. Computer manipulated images are accepted on the understanding that all parts of the original image or images are the work of the author.
All entries for competitions must be handed to the Competition Secretary or a deputy by the date specified in the Programme.
Prints must be mounted. There is no minimum print size. Maximum mount size is 50 by 40 cms (20 by 16 ins).
Identification – NO NAMES MAY BE DISPLAYED.
a. Prints - The title and the photographer’s membership number must be on the back of each print.

b. Digital images - These may be submitted on a CD-ROM, memory stick, or by email. Email entries should be sent to: entries@helensburgh-photo.com. Title, membership number and category should constitute the filename (e.g. My-Landscape-99-Open.jpg). The presence of the photographer's name or other identification is immaterial; it will be removed before the image is submitted to the judge. All images should be in jpeg format and should be of as high a resolution as possible subject to a maximum horizontal dimension of 1920 pixels and a maximum vertical dimension of 1080 pixels.
Only three images may be entered in each competition (NOT three in each medium). Only one entry of three images is allowed in the River Bank Trophy.
Images may not be entered in more than two Club competitions,
whether in the same or a different medium. Entries need not be in the same season.
No photograph taken at a club event may be entered unless all photographic lighting and other arrangements are the sole work of the author.
The Committee may exclude any entries not conforming to the rules.
Photographs may be retained by the Competition Secretary for possible use in inter - club or external competitions, unless the author makes a specific request for their return.
All entries will be returned at the end of the season or on demand (given reasonable notice). Prints or slides not collected by the author at the end of the season will be retained for a period of three months from the start of the following season. Thereafter the Club accepts no responsibility for safekeeping.
Entries will be judged and prizes awarded in both Beginners and Open sections of each competition.
The Beginner of the Year and all members who have won a trophy in the Beginners section of a competition will move to the Open section in the following Year. Additionally, no member can stay longer than two years as a beginner. Any member however, can compete in the open section at any time. Once in the open section, however, the member cannot return to the beginners' section.
Points are awarded in each competition as follows:-
1st place – 15 points
2nd place – 10 points
3rd place - 5 points
Highly Commended - 2 points
Each entry – 1 point
Points will be totalled at the end of the season. The members with the highest number in the Beginners and the Open sections will become Beginner and Photographer of the Year respectively.

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