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 1600 pixels x 1200 pixels please note 1200 is the maximum height. See below

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

PLEASE NOTE IF YOU WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW DPI IMAGES ARE NOW 1600 X 1200 NOT 1400X1050

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

Graphic  GENERAL ENTRY RULES

Only fully paid-up members can enter the competitions
               NICC CATEGORIES

RULE 1 THIS RULE APPLIES TO ALL OUR SECTIONS AND COMPETITIONS

ENTRANTS MUST OWN THE COPYRIGHT OF ANY WORK SUBMITTED ALL IMAGES MUST BE SOLELY THE WORK OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND THE COPYRIGHT REMAINS WITH THE AUTHOR

MONOPRINTS
COLOUR PRINTS
DIGITAL PROJECTED IMAGE (DPI)

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.
 

                          GENERAL CATEGORY (MANIPULATION RULES) PRINTS AND PROJECTED IMAGES
This is for single images only, and basic editing is allowed EG alteration of colour /light /cropping/ removal of small objects

etc. Any adjustments should not alter the truth of the photographic statement beyond a believable photograph. 

   ALTERED PHOTOGRAPHY   (DIGITALLY PROJECTED IMAGES)

The only limitation in this category is that the photographic content must predominate, 

Graphics created by the author can be incorporated, however, they must be used artfully to produce an effective image

In this section, creative photography has elements of altered reality and emphasis on alteration of general photography 

including HDR /Stacking / special effects and filters/montages and many other none standard adjustments,

So exercise your imagination using all of the above to produce an image that would not be possible with 

standard photography process.  

 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 this it is classed as 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 Altered Photography
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 changed 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, Monoprint, Colour print, Dpi, Dpi Altered Photography. 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.