Competition Rules
Members Area
RULES FOR INTERNAL COMPETITIONS
Both prints and digital files are now accepted.
Each member is allowed a maximum of three entries either as 2 prints and 1 pdi OR 1 print and 2 pdis.
Marks are not awarded in Gallery competitions but instead judges are asked to select 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed entries together with a maximum of three commended images in both print and pdi categories.
All prints should be mounted on stiff board.
Mounting tape should be used rather than masking or other forms of adhesive tape. This is to minimise damage to other members’ images.
Mounts must be a maximum of 500 mm x 400 mm (the preferred measurement for external competitions) or 20” x 16”.
The print title and membership number should be clearly marked on the bottom right of the reverse side of each mount.
A digital file must be produced for each print and each pdi entry. The file should be in .jpg format in sRGB colour space and sized at a maximum of:
1600 pixels wide x 1200 pixels high for landscape orientation
1200 pixels high for portrait orientation
1200 pixels for square images
File naming must conform to the following format:
Membership No_Title.jpg for example :75_Autumn Leaves.jpg
You may enter an N (Novice) after your membership number if you feel you would like to inform the judge of your beginner skill level. This will not affect your placing but is there for the purposes of feedback and constructive comments.
For example: 75N_Autumn Leaves.jpg
All digital files can be emailed to the Competitions Secretary on competitions@galleryphotogroup.co.uk The Competitions Secretary will acknowledge receipt of entries when received. The Competition Secretary reserves the right to withdraw entries that are late, wrongly named, wrongly sized or do not meet the criteria of the competition.
Images that are produced by any digital means will only be accepted providing that no other person’s work appears in that image. If proof is required, then the original file from the camera without any subsequent modification or manipulation should be made available.
No print or digital file should display a member’s name. Metadata information will be erased from all entries sent to the judge.
Prints or digital files that have previously been in a Gallery competition, either internal or external, should not be entered into this year’s competition series.
It is expected that all work entered into internal competitions will be available for consideration for appropriate external competitions. As no-one can enter external competitions for more than one club, it is important that those with dual club membership let the Competitions Secretary know which club will enter their work