Monthly Image Competition
The Societies’ Monthly Image Competition is a ‘must’ for all our members. There
are 28 categories that cover all aspects of photography and it is judged by some
of the most esteemed Fellow, Master and Grand Master photographers in the UK and
across the world. All entries which gain the coveted ‘Gold’ award are put
forward to our annual judging and, if deemed to be the best, can gain their
maker a prestigious ‘Photographer of the Year’ Award within its category at our
annual Awards Dinner.
The closing date for the monthly competition is the last day of each month; it
runs every month except December. All the awards for this competition are
presented at the annual Awards Dinner in January at the Convention.
To upload your competition entries, follow these simple instructions:
Firstly, once your image is ready to be uploaded to the competition. Take the
image in to Photoshop and set the image size to 2,000 pixels on the longest
side.
Then use the 'Save for Web & Devices...'
Setting should be:
JPEG
Maximum
Quality: 100
This will strip the exif data out of this image to avoid an error message.
Remember to name your image:
Your_Name_Category_Month_Country_Year_MembershipNumber.jpg
e.g. Colin_Jones_landscape_August _Wales_2014_00001.jpg
http://thesocieties.net/competition/
Click the link 'Upload file'
Select the Album (Category) you wish to enter.
Browse your computer for the image.
Leave ALL other fields empty.
Click upload file.
The image will then be approved by our staff; please bear in mind this may take
up to 48 hours with longer delays over the weekends.
Do not try to upload another image before waiting for the approval process; if
your image is not approved our staff will contact you and explain the reasons.
If an image is uploaded with a filename such as 'IMG_1297.jpg' with no reference
to the member, the image will be removed and we will not be able to contact the
member to explain the reasons.
Applicants agree that any entered photograph may be used by The Societies and/or
Professional Imagemaker in any of the publications, printed materials or
electronic media. Also the image may be used for promotional use by the The
Societies, unless otherwise agreed.
Prizes will not be awarded if the winner does not attend The Annual Awards
presentation or provide an acceptable reason for absence.
Judges' Choice Award
Each month one of the Gold images is selected as the Judges' Choice Award.
This image is deemed to be the most outstanding of all the Golds and the winner
receives £100 credit to their Colorworld Imaging account.
Scoring system for the Monthly Image Competition
All images will be marked as follows:
Gold: Awards will go forward to the annual judging and are deemed to be
images of the highest standard and will be published in Professional Imagemaker
Highly Commended: Above standard. These images will be reviewed every
three months and have the potential of being reclassified as Gold.
Not Awarded: Unfortunately these images fall below the standard required
to be given an award.
Disqualified: These images have not adhered to the competition rules or
category definitions.
Rules of the competition
Entrant must have captured and created the original exposure
All digital manipulation must have been performed by the entrant
Any images that violate copyright, trademark or any other applicable law will be
disqualified
The entrant’s name, or any other distinguishing marks, must not appear on the
face of the image
Only one image per category per month is to be entered
No entry will be eligible that has been made under the supervision of an
instructor or as a class assignment
No image that receives a Gold award or a Merit in the 20x16" annual competition
may be entered more than once under any condition
No exact same image may be entered into more than one category
Any images uploaded which are not correctly named will be automatically
disqualified
Any entry which has been reproduced from an existing photograph, portrait,
graphic or any other artwork produced by another person is a violation of the
competition rules and will be disqualified
Entrants agree that any photograph entered may be used by The Societies and/or
Professional Imagemaker in any of the publications, printed materials, or
electronic media. Also the image may be used for promotional use by The
Societies, unless otherwise agreed
Images entered into Wedding Avant Garde and Wedding Traditional must have been
taken on the day the register was signed and must be commissioned work only
Prizes will not be awarded if the winner does not attend the annual awards
presentation or provide an acceptable reason for absence
By uploading and entering in to The Societies' Monthly Competition, You agree to
have read and fully understood the Rules of the Competition and Category
Definitions
Only open to current Societies' Members
We reserve the right to change or modify the rules without notice
Failure to name your image(s) correctly will result in your image(s) being
deleted.
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