Competitions

We run a number of internal club competitions each season. All competitions are open to all members and are judged by an experienced judge, usually selected from the Scottish Photographic Federation list of judges. Each image is awarded a score of up to 20 points.

Competition entry is not compulsory and can be a bit daunting for new members but it’s a great way to learn how to improve your images. All images are critiqued by the judge with comments on what the judge likes about the image and also ways that the image can be improved

All competitions have two classes – prints and digital images.

Competitions 2024 - 2025

Competition Title

Subject

Judge

Competition Date

Entry Submission Date

Competition 1

Open

Dave Ferguson

6th November 2024

2nd October 2024

Competition 2

Open

Doug Allen

19th February 2025

15th January 2025

Competition 3

Open

David Spinks

16th April 2025

19th March 2025

A hard copy of the competition rules and dates can be downloaded by clicking here.

Digital competition entries can be submitted by emailing pcccompetitions@gmail.com.

Competition Rules

  1. Entry to the competition is open to members of the camera club
  2. Images entered must be entirely the work of the photographer. Composite images are permitted provided all component images meet this requirement. For the avoidance of doubt, use of images from any other source including AI generated images, royalty free image banks and clipart are not permitted.
  3. Entries are limited to maximum of three Prints and/or three Digital Images per competition.  Entries may be created on any digital camera including tablets and phones, etc.  Entries scanned from images taken on film are also eligible.
  4. Any competition held online will have the same entry requirements regarding Prints and Digital Images.
  5. Entries are to be handed in (Digital Images may be emailed) to the competition secretary (pcccompetitions@gmail.com) by the dates specified in the Club Programme (also below).
    LATE ENTRIES CANNOT BE ACCEPTED.
  6. Prints must be mounted (with or without window) and be a minimum of print size of 7″ (180 mm) on the longest side and a maximum mount size of 20″ x 16″ (500 x 400 mm)
  7. Prints should be titled on the reverse and should indicate the orientation.  Images without a title should state No Title to allow the correct orientation.
  8. A JPEG version of your print entry should also be emailed to the competitions secretary, identified in the file name with title and the word Print – e.g. Sunrise over Peebles PRINT.jpg. This version, along with any normal Digital Images, will be used in any online competition, on the website and possibly in press reports relating to the club.
  1. The size of Digital Images should be made equal to or less than:- WIDTH        1600 pixels VERTICAL   1200 pixels.
  2. Images should be saved as a JPEG file with sRGB colour profile. The filename must be the title of the entry.  An image without a title should have the filename No Title.
  3. Points will be awarded by the judges on a scale of 0 – 20
  4. Entries that have been awarded 17 points or more cannot be re-entered into any future in-club competition
  5. The results of each competition will be emailed to the members. Entries will be published on the club website
  6. At the end of the club season the highest mark awarded to each members’ Print/Digital image, per competition, will be accumulated to determine the member with the highest score in the Print & Digital Projected Image competitions; and to determine the highest overall score for the year.
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