Useful Club Info
Saltash & District Camera Club is run by a team of elected, volunteer, committee members. A lot of time and effort goes into running the club and we rely upon members to fill these roles for the continuation of the club. These roles are reviewed annually and anyone interested in the roles and what is required of each committee member should please click HERE.
Each year we run a varied programme including in house and inter club competitions. There are a number of competitions to enter.
Below are the rules and regs we need to follow for entering images.
PRINTED IMAGES:
ALL IMAGES SUBMITTED MUST BE IN 400x500mm MOUNTS.
Your printed images need to fit within the constrains of that mount but the prints can be of any size and within that eg: A4, A3, Square, Letterbox etc
DIGITAL IMAGES:
There is no requirement to re-size images that will only be shown internally on our projector:
Merits Digital, Merits Open, Critique, Show & Tell etc.
Digital Projected Images which will be sent to an external judge must be .jpg files set at maximum quality, with a maximum size of 1600px wide and 1200 px high. This does not prevent you from having your digital images presented in ‘letterbox format' or in a ‘square format'.
What this means: if your image is 1600 by more than 1200 high, you have to re-size the height to 1200 and let the program decide the width. A portrait-oriented image should be no more than 1200 high. A square image should be no more than 1200 x 1200.
See guidance diagram at the bottom of the page for a visual guide to digital size requirements.
Formatting your USB:
The club laptop is an Apple machine. Sometimes problems can be caused between files written in a format used on Windows machines that isn't compatible for an Apple machine. To ensure your stick is readable by both Windows and Apple Machines you need to format it to a language that can be read by both - exFAT.
This is quite straight forward and this website explains it clearly for anyone who needs to know how:
https://www.howtogeek.com/733350/how-to-make-a-usb-drive-that-can-be-read-on-macs-and-pcs/
Below are the rules and regs we need to follow for entering images.
PRINTED IMAGES:
ALL IMAGES SUBMITTED MUST BE IN 400x500mm MOUNTS.
Your printed images need to fit within the constrains of that mount but the prints can be of any size and within that eg: A4, A3, Square, Letterbox etc
DIGITAL IMAGES:
There is no requirement to re-size images that will only be shown internally on our projector:
Merits Digital, Merits Open, Critique, Show & Tell etc.
Digital Projected Images which will be sent to an external judge must be .jpg files set at maximum quality, with a maximum size of 1600px wide and 1200 px high. This does not prevent you from having your digital images presented in ‘letterbox format' or in a ‘square format'.
What this means: if your image is 1600 by more than 1200 high, you have to re-size the height to 1200 and let the program decide the width. A portrait-oriented image should be no more than 1200 high. A square image should be no more than 1200 x 1200.
See guidance diagram at the bottom of the page for a visual guide to digital size requirements.
Formatting your USB:
The club laptop is an Apple machine. Sometimes problems can be caused between files written in a format used on Windows machines that isn't compatible for an Apple machine. To ensure your stick is readable by both Windows and Apple Machines you need to format it to a language that can be read by both - exFAT.
This is quite straight forward and this website explains it clearly for anyone who needs to know how:
https://www.howtogeek.com/733350/how-to-make-a-usb-drive-that-can-be-read-on-macs-and-pcs/
CLUB INTERNAL COMPETITIONS
PLEASE NOTE THAT MOUNTS FOR ALL COMPETITIONS ARE TO BE 500 X 400mm.
Club Merits
Competitors will not mark their own entries (don't put your name on them). The Committee, in advance of the publication of the programme, will decide the subject matter.
There will be six merits subjects given at the beginning of the season. Two of these categories will be fully digital and you will be told which subjects these are. The remaining four categories will be a mix of print and digital entries - the traditional merits.
Traditional Merits:
Traditional Club Merits will be divided into three categories: black & white prints, colour prints and projected images for which members may enter up to TWO examples in each. No entry to be more than two years old at the date of the competition.
Members will vote for their favourite image in each category. The winning image (i.e. with the most votes) will receive 10 points, second place 7 points, third place 5 points; but with all entries getting 1 point for entering. These points are to be totalled up at the end of the season; the person with the highest number of points will be deemed the winner of that category.
In addition to the Club Merit set subject (as above) an Open ‘own choice' competition will run alongside each Club Merit competition.
Open Competition Rules
Only one projected image per member (black & white or colour), titled. Any subject choice of your choosing.
Please ensure your digital images are placed into named folders and placed onto a clean USB so that they are easily identifiable when added to the club laptop. I.e If the merits subject is Food then a folder named 'merits food' containing your 2 projected images and a separate folder named 'open' containing the one open image will make the evening run smoother.
Digital Merits:
Digital Club Merits will be devided into three categories.
Colour, Black and White and Open. Members may submit up to TWO images for each category. No entry to be more than two years old at the date of the competition. Images must be titled but not include your name. The 'Open' images can be any subject matter of your choosing.
Please ensure your digital images are placed into named folders and placed onto a clean USB so that they are easily identifiable when added to the club laptop. I.e If the merits subject is Food then a folder named 'colour food' containing your 2 colour, 'bw food' for your two black and white and a separate folder named 'open' containing the one open images will make the evening run smoother.
Judges for the following internal competitions (Colour Print, Black and White, Projected Image, Animal, Field Trip, Portfolio) shall be asked to give:
Gold Certificate and Trophy for one 1st place
Silver Certificate for one 2nd place
Bronze Certificate for one 3rd place
Certificates of merit for up to 5 in number “Commended" dependent on quality of entries (no
Highly Commended)
Colour Print Competition
Up to THREE prints may be entered. Subject matter is open and entries need not be related.
Black and White Print Competition
Members may submit up to FOUR prints. Subject matter is open and entries need not be related.
Annual Projected Image CompetitionMembers may submit FOUR, unrelated, projected images, with each image different in some way, such as a different subject, genre or technique. Subject matter is open. Judging will be on the SETS OF FOUR entered.
Animal Competition
Members may submit up to THREE Digital images (colour or mono). Subject matter need not be related but must depict the animal kingdom (domestic or wild).
Peter Welsh Field Trip Competition
This is a biennial competition which alternates with the PORTFOLIO COMPETITION. The Peter Welsh Field Trip Competition is in memory of a past member. Members may present up to THREE projected images that have been taken on official club field trips after the final submission date for the last Field Trip Competition. An official club field trip will be a trip organised by the club or by a club member and advertised to the entire club membership.
Portfolio Competition
Three closely related prints on 400 x 500 mounts, which work visually as a panel but which have not previously been used in a competition. Prints may be in colour or mono. Mounts are to be titled on the back along with your initials and numbered 1, 2 and 3 (e.g. ‘Title' ABC 1, ‘Title' ABC 2, and ‘Title' ABC 3). This is a biennial competition which alternates with the Peter Welsh Field Trip Competition (above).
Most Promising New Member
The committee may give this award, if deemed appropriate, to a member who joined during the current or preceding season, and who has shown significant development of their photography.
Club Member of the Year - The Roy Keith Award
This cup is awarded to a member of the Club who is deemed to have freely and voluntarily put extra effort and time to the benefit of the Club within the past twelve months and shall be decided by a secret ballot of members at the Annual General Meeting.
PLEASE NOTE THAT MOUNTS FOR ALL COMPETITIONS ARE TO BE 500 X 400mm.
Club Merits
Competitors will not mark their own entries (don't put your name on them). The Committee, in advance of the publication of the programme, will decide the subject matter.
There will be six merits subjects given at the beginning of the season. Two of these categories will be fully digital and you will be told which subjects these are. The remaining four categories will be a mix of print and digital entries - the traditional merits.
Traditional Merits:
Traditional Club Merits will be divided into three categories: black & white prints, colour prints and projected images for which members may enter up to TWO examples in each. No entry to be more than two years old at the date of the competition.
Members will vote for their favourite image in each category. The winning image (i.e. with the most votes) will receive 10 points, second place 7 points, third place 5 points; but with all entries getting 1 point for entering. These points are to be totalled up at the end of the season; the person with the highest number of points will be deemed the winner of that category.
In addition to the Club Merit set subject (as above) an Open ‘own choice' competition will run alongside each Club Merit competition.
Open Competition Rules
Only one projected image per member (black & white or colour), titled. Any subject choice of your choosing.
Please ensure your digital images are placed into named folders and placed onto a clean USB so that they are easily identifiable when added to the club laptop. I.e If the merits subject is Food then a folder named 'merits food' containing your 2 projected images and a separate folder named 'open' containing the one open image will make the evening run smoother.
Digital Merits:
Digital Club Merits will be devided into three categories.
Colour, Black and White and Open. Members may submit up to TWO images for each category. No entry to be more than two years old at the date of the competition. Images must be titled but not include your name. The 'Open' images can be any subject matter of your choosing.
Please ensure your digital images are placed into named folders and placed onto a clean USB so that they are easily identifiable when added to the club laptop. I.e If the merits subject is Food then a folder named 'colour food' containing your 2 colour, 'bw food' for your two black and white and a separate folder named 'open' containing the one open images will make the evening run smoother.
Judges for the following internal competitions (Colour Print, Black and White, Projected Image, Animal, Field Trip, Portfolio) shall be asked to give:
Gold Certificate and Trophy for one 1st place
Silver Certificate for one 2nd place
Bronze Certificate for one 3rd place
Certificates of merit for up to 5 in number “Commended" dependent on quality of entries (no
Highly Commended)
Colour Print Competition
Up to THREE prints may be entered. Subject matter is open and entries need not be related.
Black and White Print Competition
Members may submit up to FOUR prints. Subject matter is open and entries need not be related.
Annual Projected Image CompetitionMembers may submit FOUR, unrelated, projected images, with each image different in some way, such as a different subject, genre or technique. Subject matter is open. Judging will be on the SETS OF FOUR entered.
Animal Competition
Members may submit up to THREE Digital images (colour or mono). Subject matter need not be related but must depict the animal kingdom (domestic or wild).
Peter Welsh Field Trip Competition
This is a biennial competition which alternates with the PORTFOLIO COMPETITION. The Peter Welsh Field Trip Competition is in memory of a past member. Members may present up to THREE projected images that have been taken on official club field trips after the final submission date for the last Field Trip Competition. An official club field trip will be a trip organised by the club or by a club member and advertised to the entire club membership.
Portfolio Competition
Three closely related prints on 400 x 500 mounts, which work visually as a panel but which have not previously been used in a competition. Prints may be in colour or mono. Mounts are to be titled on the back along with your initials and numbered 1, 2 and 3 (e.g. ‘Title' ABC 1, ‘Title' ABC 2, and ‘Title' ABC 3). This is a biennial competition which alternates with the Peter Welsh Field Trip Competition (above).
Most Promising New Member
The committee may give this award, if deemed appropriate, to a member who joined during the current or preceding season, and who has shown significant development of their photography.
Club Member of the Year - The Roy Keith Award
This cup is awarded to a member of the Club who is deemed to have freely and voluntarily put extra effort and time to the benefit of the Club within the past twelve months and shall be decided by a secret ballot of members at the Annual General Meeting.
EXTERNAL COMPETITIONS
Tamar Trophy
Hosted by Plymouth Camera Club at Wolseley Road Community Hall
(Saltash, Plymouth, Plymstock and Ivybridge)
10 black and white prints, not more than two per member.
Liskeard / Ivybridge / Saltash Battle
Hosted by Saltash
8 prints (colour or black & white) and 8 digital projected images. Not more than five entries per member.
Gerry Trophy
(Saltash, Plymouth and Plymstock) held at the Athenaeum
10 digital projected images, not more than two per member.
General Competition Rules
1. Entries may be home or trade processed.
2. Digital Projected Images which will be sent to external judges must be .jpg files set at maximum quality, with a maximum size of 1600px wide and 1200 px high. This does not prevent you from having your digital images presented in ‘letterbox format' or in a ‘square format'.
What this means: if your image is 1600 by more than 1200 high, you have to re-size the height to 1200 and let the program decide the width. A portrait-oriented image should be no more than 1200 high. A square image should be no more than 1200 x 1200.
3. All images must be titled; in addition, images put forward for consideration by a Selection Committee for external competitions should also have your initials included with the title.
4. All prints must be mounted. Mount sizes are to be 400 x 500 mm. No name, signature or other identifying mark is to be made on the front of the mount.
5. Entries shall be eligible for TWO internal competitions only, i.e. any combination of Club Merit and other internal competitions.
6. Wherever possible an outside judge will be invited to decide annual competitions. If this is not possible then judging will be by a competent club member or members.
Cornwall Photographic Alliance Competitions:
The Cornwall Photographic Alliance (CPA) holds three competitions per season.
Full details can be found on http://www.cornwall-photographic-alliance.co.uk/
Nature and Wildlife competition
Members may enter up to six digital images. There is a charge of £1 per image, to be sent to our club treasurer for forwarding to the CPA.
The Charles Hosken
An annual competition for individual members of affiliated clubs
Subject matter is open but excludes nature and wildlife images.
Members may enter up to six digital images. There is a charge of £1 per image, to be sent to our club treasurer for forwarding to the CPA.
The Annual Competition
Open to affiliated clubs and societies. Each club or society shall submit a portfolio comprising 15 Prints and 15 digital images, no more than three prints and three DPIS per member.
Tamar Trophy
Hosted by Plymouth Camera Club at Wolseley Road Community Hall
(Saltash, Plymouth, Plymstock and Ivybridge)
10 black and white prints, not more than two per member.
Liskeard / Ivybridge / Saltash Battle
Hosted by Saltash
8 prints (colour or black & white) and 8 digital projected images. Not more than five entries per member.
Gerry Trophy
(Saltash, Plymouth and Plymstock) held at the Athenaeum
10 digital projected images, not more than two per member.
General Competition Rules
1. Entries may be home or trade processed.
2. Digital Projected Images which will be sent to external judges must be .jpg files set at maximum quality, with a maximum size of 1600px wide and 1200 px high. This does not prevent you from having your digital images presented in ‘letterbox format' or in a ‘square format'.
What this means: if your image is 1600 by more than 1200 high, you have to re-size the height to 1200 and let the program decide the width. A portrait-oriented image should be no more than 1200 high. A square image should be no more than 1200 x 1200.
3. All images must be titled; in addition, images put forward for consideration by a Selection Committee for external competitions should also have your initials included with the title.
4. All prints must be mounted. Mount sizes are to be 400 x 500 mm. No name, signature or other identifying mark is to be made on the front of the mount.
5. Entries shall be eligible for TWO internal competitions only, i.e. any combination of Club Merit and other internal competitions.
6. Wherever possible an outside judge will be invited to decide annual competitions. If this is not possible then judging will be by a competent club member or members.
Cornwall Photographic Alliance Competitions:
The Cornwall Photographic Alliance (CPA) holds three competitions per season.
Full details can be found on http://www.cornwall-photographic-alliance.co.uk/
Nature and Wildlife competition
Members may enter up to six digital images. There is a charge of £1 per image, to be sent to our club treasurer for forwarding to the CPA.
The Charles Hosken
An annual competition for individual members of affiliated clubs
Subject matter is open but excludes nature and wildlife images.
Members may enter up to six digital images. There is a charge of £1 per image, to be sent to our club treasurer for forwarding to the CPA.
The Annual Competition
Open to affiliated clubs and societies. Each club or society shall submit a portfolio comprising 15 Prints and 15 digital images, no more than three prints and three DPIS per member.
