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Southeast Volusia Camera Club Competition Guidelines Section 1 – Overview The Club holds six monthly meetings with judged digital competition on both themed
and open category entries. The Club conducts activities from Sept thru May, digital competitions are held from November thru
April with the Photographer of the Year and group high point winners being recognized in a subsequent meeting. Section 2 – Groups and Categories of Competition 1. Members are divided into two groups according to photographic achievement and skill. Group A consists of members demonstrating advanced photographic skills. Group B consists of novice and serious amateur members. New members choose which group is appropriate. At the end of the year, all members who tie the highest points in Group B will be moved up to Group A. 2. Photographs submitted by members shall consist of no more than one submission in the "Theme Category," and no more than one submission in the "Open Category." Thus, no more than two submissions total per competition month per member.
1. All competition entries for the Theme Category must have been exposed within one (1) year (honor system). Entries for the Open Category must have been within five (5) years. 2. Any winning entry (including second place, third place, and honorable mention) may not be re-entered for general competition in the club. 3. All processes such as montages, sandwiches, contemporary, panoramic, are eligible. 4. A non-winning entry may be resubmitted for competition 2 additional times.
There are guidelines for preparing images for submission. 1. The maximum allowable horizontal (width) dimension shall not exceed 1024 pixels. 2. The maximum allowable vertical (height/tall) dimension shall not exceed 768 pixels 3. All images files shall be in the JPEG format. 4. Images should be saved in the sRGB color space for best projection. 5. The maximum allowable file size shall be less that one (1) megabyte.
The following information fields must appear on the JPEG file name: a) Group A or B b) Category O (Open) or T (Theme) c) Image Title (keep short) d) Photographer’s club member number The four fields (Group-Category-Image Title-Photographer’s number) are connected by a dash (-) and the multiple words of the Image Title are connected by underscores (_).
A-T-Three_Blind_Mice-136 Where A indicates Group A, T indicates Theme Category, Three_Blind_Mice is the image title, 136 is the member’s number B-O-Beach_Party_Fun-121 Where B indicates Group B, O indicates Open Category, Beach_Party_Fun is the image title, 121 is the member’s number
The Vice President of Judging and the Club President shall be the ultimate authority concerning the eligibility of an entry for competition. Entries will be accepted for competition if the contributing member is current in his/her dues, and if the entries are submitted by the deadline for each competition. A member does not need to be present at the competitions.
At each competition, recognition will be given for First Place, Second Place, Third Place, and Honorable Mention, depending on the numbers of entries in each category. 1 - 3 Entries 1st 4 - 5 Entries 1st, 2nd 6 - 7 Entries 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8 - 10 Entries 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 1HM 11 - 14 Entries 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 2HMs 15 + Entries 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 3HMs
There is a maximum of 9 points allowed per entry. Judges will use their discretion to award points based upon the merits of technical achievement, impact, and composition.
Recognition for photographic achievement will be given each Spring for the results of the previous year. These awards will be approved by the Board of Directors and will be determined by competition records maintained for each member's entries for the year. Awards will acknowledge highest scores for Group A, Group B, and overall Photographer of the Year high score. Summaries will be posted on the web site at various times throughout the year.
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