New Image Camera Club - COMPETITIONS

IF YOU WISH TO ENTER OUR COMPETITIONS THEN ALL THE INFORMATION YOU REQUIRE WILL BE ON THIS PAGE PLEASE NOTE WE HAVE 2 SECTIONS .THE CLUB SECTION IS FOR BEGINNERS AND INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHERS AND AN ADVANCED SECTION, PLEASE LET US KNOW WHICH SECTION YOU WISH TO BE IN. IMAGES THAT FALL INTO THE ALTERED REALITY / ART SECTION ARE TO BE AS PROJECTED IMAGES ONLY AND THIS SECTION CAN BE ENTERED BY ANY MEMBER

COMPETITION INFORMATION AND RULES

PLEASE NOTE ANY IMAGES THAT ARE EMAILED TO THE CUB MUST BE EMAILED TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS

competition@newimagecc.co.uk

CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW FOR PRINTING LABS AND MOUNT SUPPLIERS

MOUNTS SIZE = 40cm X 50cm. The mount should have a back with no tape or labels attached except for official exhibition labels. Looking at the back of the mount you should write the title in the top left hand corner
PRINT SIZE = you can use any size print in the mount with a minimum of A4.
Several members have recommended a local supplier for the mount boards please mention that you are a member of the New Image Camera Club you can show your membership card see information below.

PROJECTED IMAGES (DPI)
These need to be re sized to 1400 pixels x 1050 pixels please note 1050 is the maximum height. See below

IMAGES NEED TO BE SAVED AS SRGB TO GIVE THE CORRECT COLOUR RENDERING

Images should be named in the following way, the title in CAPITALS then by in lower case then your name in either case so if the image is titled winter wonderland then it would be named as below

WINTER WONDERLAND by Joe Blogs
title in capitals by lower case author in either case

GENERAL ENTRY RULES
Only fully paid up members can enter the competitions
NICC CATEGORIES
MONO PRINTS
COLOUR PRINTS
DIGITAL PROJECTED IMAGE (DPI)
OPEN SECTION DIGITAL PROJECTED (see below for rules and definitions to each category)
WE HAVE 2 SECTIONS A CLUB SECTION AND AN ADVANCED SECTION NEW MEMBERS WILL BE ASKED WHICH SECTION THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE IN AND THEY MUST STAY IN THAT SECTION UNTIL THE END OF THAT SEASON.
ALL SUBMITTED IMAGES MUST BE THE AUTHORS OWN WORK ANY EDITING MUST BE DONE BY THE AUTHOR OR IN THE CASE OF TRAINING THE AUTHOR MUST BE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF EDITING. COPYRIGHT REMAINS WITH THE AUTHOR

GENERAL CATEGORY (MANIPULATION RULES)
For the general categories Digital manipulation is permitted but the original image must have been produced using the photographic process (digital or film camera) as a single image, the final image must be a believable photograph

OPEN CATEGORY (DIGITALY PROJECTED IMAGES)

For any image/ single/ multiple / or combined , ether edited or not and solely captured by the author through the photographic process , no computer generated images will be accepted.

DEFINITIONS
Plagiarism (defined as wrongful appropriation // close imitation // purloining and publication) of the whole or any part of another authors work is strictly prohibited, all elements of the image must be the work of the author. No image or part of the image can be copied from any source including the internet where the copyright is not wholly owned by the author.
Definition of monochrome ; An image is considered to be monochrome if it
(in addition to a straight black and white image) it is toned entirely in one colour, if part of the image is toned or a small part has colour in it the it is classed a a colour image.
DPI; digitally projected image
MONTHLY LEAGUE COMPETITION RULES
This competition has 4 rounds over the season and the images scores are added up this will give us a 1st 2nd and 3rd in each category per round and then the overall winners at the end of the season. Please note that in the event of a tie the member with

the most scores of 20 (then 19 etc) will be declared the winner.
Members are invited to enter up to 2 images per category so for each round that will be a maximum of 8 images 2 mono prints 2 colour prints 2 dpi 2 dpi open .
Once an image has been used in any category for this competition it cannot be used again in this competition even if it it is change to another format EG a colour changed to mono.
HOWEVER, it can be used in a different competition for example the NICC trophy or the clubs annual exhibition.

ANNUAL EXHIBITION
We have one exhibition per year usually in April.
Members are invited to enter up to 3 images in each category , Mono print, Colour print, Dpi, Dpi open . Any images can be used unless they have previously been accepted in one of our annual exhibitions . So if any image has been shown as a print or dpi in an NICC annual exhibition then it cannot be used again.

NICC TROPHY
This competition may vary from year to year it will be set at the time by the President and members will be informed of the rules well before the competition.

DIGITAL KNOCK OUT
Members are invited to enter 3 DPIs into this competition once again the images can have been seen in other competitions or exhibitions. This competition is not split into 2 sections so club and advanced are all submitted together. Images are knocked out through a series of rounds, the more rounds the image survive the more points they will accumulate.The last image to be knocked out will win the section but the winning member is the one with most points from a total of their 3 images.
Images used in this competition cannot be used again in future NICC knock out competitions.Images used in this competition must

adhere to the rules for our general category.

JUDGES:
Judges will be selected and appointed by the Competition Secretary and will not be members of the Society.