COMPETITION RULES 2019-20 SEASON FOR TRINITY PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP
COMPETITIONS TRINITY PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP WILL HOLD 4 PDI AND 4 PRINT COMPETITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. LEVELS IN ALL COMPETITIONS THERE WILL BE 3 LEVELS, NOVICE, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED. CERTIFICATES WILL BE PRESENTED FOR 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD IN EACH LEVEL. IT WILL BE AT DISCRETION OF THE INTERNAL COMPETITION SECRETARY TO ASK MEMBERS TO MOVE UP TO A HIGHER SECTION ONLY IF THEY WISH TO DO SO. RULES ALL OPEN COMPETITIONS WITH ANY SUBJECT. ONLY 1ST-2ND-3RD WILL COUNT IN EACH EVENT, NOVICE-INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED. AFTER ALL THESE EVENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, THERE WILL BE A BEST OF THE BEST COMPETITION AT THE END OF THE SEASON. THIS WILL COMPRISE:- 12 PDI IMAGES FROM NOVICE 12 PDI IMAGES FROM INTERMEDIATE 12 PDI IMAGES FROM ADVANCED SAME AS ABOVE FOR PRINTS THERE WILL BE AWARDS FOR 1ST-2ND-3RD IN EACH EVENT IMAGES CAN BE USED 3 TIMES OVER A 2YEAR PERIOD INCLUDING 1ST-2ND-3RD ALTHOUGH ONLY 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD WILL COUNT TOWARDS THE BEST OF THE BEST COMPETITION JUDGES WILL STILL BE ASKED TO RATE HIGHLY COMMENDED AND COMMENDED IMAGES/PRINTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHER AUTHORS. 3. PRESENTATION PROJECTED DIGITAL IMAGES (PDI) SIZE OF FILES SHOULD BE 1400 X 1050 PIXELS, LANDSCAPE SHOULD BE NO WIDER THAN 1400 PIXELS, PORTRAITS SHOULD BE NO HIGHER THAN 1050 PIXELS. COLOUR PROFILE SHOULD BE SET TO SRGB AND FILES SHOULD BE SAVED AS HIGH QUALITY JPEG IMAGE TITLES IMAGES MUST HAVE TITLE AND AUTHORS NAME IN PROPERTIES OF THE IMAGE IMAGES MUST BE TITLED EG “RED SQUIRREL-JIM SMITH” IMAGES TITLE IN CAPITALS WITH NO SPACE EITHER SIDE OF THE HYPHEN. THE PROGRAMME WILL THEN READ THE WORDS BEFORE THE HYPHEN AS THE TITLE AND THOSE AFTER AS THE AUTHOR’S NAME. PLEASE DO NOT USE NUMBERS FOR THE TITLE OR PUT YOUR NAME IN THE ACTUAL TITLE PRINTS TYPICALLY PRINTS SHOULD BE A4 OR A3 AND MOUNTED ON SUITABLE CARD WITH A MAXIMUM SIZE OF 500MM X 400MM. A LABEL SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE BACK TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE IMAGE DETAILING YOUR NAME AND IMAGE TITLE AND GROUP. (BEING IN THE TOP LEFT INDICATES THE ORIENTATION OF THE IMAGE) ANY IMAGE MAY BE USED AS BOTH COLOUR AND MONOCHROME BUT NOT IN THE SAME COMPETITION. ALL WORK MUST BE SOLE COPYRIGHT OF THE ENTRANT. IMAGES THAT ARE PLACED WILL BE PUT ONTO THE TRINITY PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP WEBSITE UNLESS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED OTHERWISE BY THE AUTHOR. |