Venue, Dates, Times

Judging will take place in the Chablis Suite at the Novotel London West, Hammersmith on Wednesday 15th January 2025 and Thursday 16th January 2025. All attendees can view panels being judged and if members wish to attend their own judging they can do. The following distinctions will be judged by our expert panels

• L/A/F of The Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers
• L/A/F of The Society of International Sport & Leisure Photographers
• L/A/F of The Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers
• L/A/F of The Society of International Travel & Tourism Photographers
• L/A/F of The Society of International Media & Press Photographers
• L/A/F of The Society of International Commercial and Industrial Photographers
• L/A/F of The Society of International School and Event Photographers
• L/A/F of The Society of International Fashion and Glamour Photographers

What the judges are looking for

Impact – Technique – Story Telling – Creativity – Style – Composition – Presentation Colour Balance – Centre Of Interest – Lighting – Subject Matter – Posing – Relevance to category – Expressions – Cropping…

Submission Guidelines

• Submissions will only be accepted in mounted printed format
• Submission fee: £195 (includes VAT).
• Images need to be prepared as per the rules and must be 20×16” in size (including mount)
• Images may be brought to the venue by the author or sent to Head Office by 1st January 2025.
• You also need to include a USB of images as jpgs 2,000 pixels on the longest side and numbered
  1–20 or alternatively email the images to terrie@thesocieties.net
  
• Authors are required to book a time slot and arrive at least 15 minutes prior.
• More than one submission may be made in alternative disciplines.

Printed Qualification submissions terms and conditions.

Should the delegate wish to defer the date of their qualification assessment this must be submitted in writing 12 weeks prior to the date of their assessment. Deferrals are considered on an individual basis and cannot be guaranteed. If a deferral is permitted, the delegate must present their panel at the next available assessment date, or forfeit all fees paid.

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Do you have any questions on Qualifications? If so, we are here to help.
You can call the office on +44 1745 356935 or email info@thesocieties.net

About the judging process

During the 15 minutes before your panel is shown to the judging team, you must hang it on the boards provided. Once you are happy with the presentation of your panel the judges will then be permitted to enter the room, they will then inspect your panel and can view individual images under a natural light box if needed. The panel will then be asked to make their decision. The judges reserve the right to retire to a closed room for deliberation to make a formal decision

All photographers are invited to attend these days Free of Charge.

Qualification Submission Rules

1. All Qualification panels must be submitted in the form of 20 images of a single genre.
2. Entrant must have solely captured and created the original photographs, this includes all composited elements within an image.
3. All digital manipulation must have been performed by the entrant.
4. Any images that violate copyright, trademark or any other applicable law will be disqualified.
5. The entrant’s name, or any other distinguishing marks, must not appear on the face of the images.
6. Images submitted for Qualification must have been captured within 36 months of the submission date. Exceptions may be made in the case of composite images, where elements of the image were captured by the photographer outside of the 36 month time period.
7. No entry will be eligible that has been made under the supervision of an instructor, in collaboration with another photographer (not including mentoring), or as a class assignment.
8. No exact same image may be entered more than once in the same submission but exact same images may be used for successive submissions, such as resubmissions for the same qualification or a new submission for the next level of qualification.
9. Any images which do not follow the category definition will be automatically disqualified.
10. 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 rules and will be disqualified, this includes stock images and digital backgrounds.
11. Entrants agree that any photograph entered may be used by The Society of Photographers 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 Society of Photographers, unless otherwise agreed.
12. Images entered for SWPP under the genre of wedding must be from commissioned weddings where the entrant was the principle professional photographer and must have been taken on the day the register was signed.
13. Qualifications are a benefit of membership to The Society of Photographers and any successful submissions can only be advertised for as long as the entrant remains in membership.
14. We reserve the right to: change or modify the rules without notice.

Printed Qualification submissions terms and conditions.

All bookings/qualification submissions are final. Refund Policy – No Refunds