Members and visitors are invited to submit work at monthly meetings for comment and marking.
You are invited to bring along two images (prints or digital) to share.
Images may be entered only once.
Comment and discussion from members on the entries is welcomed.
Points awarded to entries from financial members will be put toward the end of year aggregate points competitions. Financial members will also be invited to participate in various group, inter club, national and international competitions.
Never entered before? Talk to us and we’ll give you a helping hand with your entry.
The full club calendar of meetings and events can be found on the "Events" page HERE
Monthly Meetings :
A maximum of two images (prints or digital) may be submitted.
Images will be discussed and commented on by members in an informal friendly open forum environment and every second month by an invited guest speakers who will also assign point scores.
Additional points are awarded if an entered image also qualifies for the set subject category.
There are three prizes available each month for the best images of the night, sponsored by Harvey Normans Photo Centre, Manukau. Being awarded with Image of the night will also carry an extra 5 points towards the end of year awards for full members.
Images may be entered only once.
Points Awarded:
Honours 12
Highly Commended 9
Merit 7
Acceptance 4
Set Subject Qualifying Image + 1 per image
Points earned monthly accumulate towards the end of year awards for full members only. Casual/visitors points earned are not accumulated and do not qualify for end of year points awards.
Grades:
There will be two competitions grades, Intermediate and Advanced, with each competing separately.
Image of the Year Competition:
All images submitted by full financial members on monthly club nights during the current year are eligible for entry into the year end salon.
Please select a maximum if 10 of your best images for re-submission for this award.
Images
must be entered in the salon in the same format as originally presented on club night. (Print or Digital)
The competition year runs from Feb to Dec inclusive.
Print Submissions:
- Members and visitors are able to submit up to two prints or two digital images for grading each month.
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The minimum print image size is 6” x 8” in size.
- All prints must be presented on suitable stiff card.
- The owners name, grade and competition number should be shown on the reverse of the print along with any title.
- Prints may be trade or home printed.
Digital Submission Guidelines
- Members and visitors are able to submit up to two digital images or prints for grading each month.
- File name to be: Title-Member Name-Club Number-Grade-Category-Date.jpg
--------- Each part of the file name to be separated using a minus sign (-) DO NOT use dots or commas as separators
--------- "Club Number" to be 3 digits i.e. 024 (For Visitor/Casual entrants images entered please use xxx as the club number)
--------- "Grade" to be Int or Adv (to indicate Intermediate or Advanced grade)
--------- "Category" to be Set or Open (or Assignment etc for special events)
--------- "Date" to be the competition month & year entered in the format MMYY (eg 0408)
- Sample file name: Blue Duck-Joe Smith-024-Int-Set-0207.jpg
- File type: JPG format – high quality is okay.
- Image Size: Minimum of 1024 pixels by 768 pixels
- Images are to be emailed to don@dcphoto.co.nz a minimum of two days prior to competition night. - Any late entries are not guaranteed to be included for grading.
Assignments:
From time to time there will be assignments available to those who wish to take them up. You will have 3 months to complete a project which will require 10 images of either an object or theme to be presented to the group.
Subscriptions:
Full membership ($60) carries the following advantages:
- Receive a voucher from Harvey Normans Photo Centre Manukau for up to 20 x 6x4 prints free every month (valued at $60)
- Qualify for entry into the End of Year Salon competition
- Discounts on workshop fees
- Monthly competition points accumulate towards End of Year Awards.
- Absentee entries are accepted.
Family membership ($85 with Family being denoted as a couple, or couple with dependent children under the age of 18 living with them):
- All family members receive the same advantages as a Full membership.
Casual/Visitor Rate ($5 per meeting attended) allows the following:
- Entry into monthly competitions (No absentee entries and points awarded do not accumulate)
- Attendance at workshops, but full fees will apply
If you feel that you are not quite ready to sign up for real, and you want to check us out a bit longer, then feel free to take advantage of casual/visitor rate of the $5 per night for as long as you need. This allows you to participate and enter images into the the monthly competitions, however any points earned by images you enter will not be eligible for accumulated points awards at year end.
Ownership & Use Of Images
You as the author of your submitted images will always have full control over their use at all times regardless of their format.
We passionately believe that submitting images to a monthly meeting or competitions DOES NOT constitute permission for the club to use or distribute you images in any way whatsoever.
- Images will not be used in any way whatsoever without your specific permission every single time.
- Digital images submitted for any event will be deleted immediately after the event and prints returned to the author.
- If images are needed for newsletters, advertising, inter club events or any other use you will be asked for permission to use them for a specified purpose and time frame every single time.
Images Photography Group:
- Will never assume the right to use you images as we see fit simply because you entered them in a club event.
- Will never tell you that you have to inform us every time if you "don't want" us to use an image. Quite the opposite, we have to ask "you" every time.
- Will never allow your images to be copied or distributed freely amongst committee members, club members, friends or that guy down the street who wants a CD of club images for "inspiration" etc.
Respect for photographers and artists starts with respect for the value and ownership of their craft.
Always check the rights of use rules for any other event you enter and any club to which you submit images.
If you have any doubts at all about the integrity of the club or event, don't let them get their hands on your images.
Club Constitution:
Images Photography Group is an Incorporated Society and affiliated to the PSNZ
A full copy of the club constitution in Acrobat PDF format is available HERE
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