Each year the club will hold five externally judged events covering printed and digitally projected images in competition and critique only formats.

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The formats and timing will be approximately as follows:

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Month     Format     Image Presentation                           

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Sept        Critique    Open Print and Open DPI

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Dec         Comp       Themed Print and Open DPI

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Feb          Critique   Open Print and Themed DPI

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Graham Treadwell Trophy

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Apr          Comp       Mono Themed Print​​​

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Annual Panel Challenge (see below)

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May         Critique    Open Print and DPI

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​For the Annual Panel Challenge members will be required to submit printed or digitally projected panels of 3 or 5images, on a theme of their own choosing. 

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Download 2025 themes and preparation notes here (PDF format)

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If you firstly enter one image into each section, you may, if you wish, enter up to a further two images into any or all of the three Sections with the exception of the Annual Panel Challenge where the limit is two panels per member.

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All entries MUST be submitted to the Competition Secretary a minimum of THREE WEEKS before the competition date unless otherwise stated in the published Club Programme.

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Mounted Prints

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The MINIMUM permitted size of Prints is 7”X5” (approx. 180mmX125mm) PLUS the mount and the MAXIMUM permitted size is 500mmX400mm (approx. 16”X20”) INCLUDING the mount.

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Prints must be identified only by the Entrant’s Membership Number and the Title of the Print written on the back of the mount.

 

Each Print entered is to be accompanied by a Digital Projected Image of that Print, to ensure that the Club has a lasting record of all Competition Entries. These should follow the size guidelines for DPIs below.

 

DPIs

 

DPIs must be a JPEG file, 1920 pixels wide for landscape or 1200 high for portrait or square images. They should be saved at 300 dpi and using the SRGB colour space.

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Please follow the steps below in order that the competition secretary can enter your DPis into our competition software without having to rename all or some of them.

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1. Create a folder and rename it with your name and the competition i.e.  ‘Your name_qtr 1,2,3 or 4’

2. Within this folder create two sub-folders and name them ‘your name_Open’ and ‘your name_Themed’

3. Insert your images into the correct folders naming them in order of priority i.e.. ‘1_Title......3_Title’

4. Email your DPI folders to a1cccompetition@gmail.com by the entry date shown in the programme.

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Video guides to preparing your competition entry are here - using Faststone & Lightroom .