KENDAL PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB.
RULES OF ORGANISATION.
1. The club shall be called the KENDAL PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB.
2. The objects of the Club shall be the advancement of photography, by lectures and demonstrations, appraisal of members' work, advice for beginners, competitions and exhibitions.
3. The annual subscriptions shall be as from time to time suggested by the Committee and agreed by a general meeting of the members. Subscriptions shall be payable at the beginning of the season.
4. (a) The management of the club shall be vested in a committee consisting of a President, Secretary, Treasurer, Programme Secretary, Members Evening and Annual Competition Secretaries, (Generally those elected to hold a formal post) and up to six other members.
(b) One of the elected officers shall take the chair in the absence of the President
(c) All officers and members of the committee shall retire each year and shall be
eligible for re-
(d) A computer operator/projectionist, refreshment coordinator, web-
(e) In the case of a vacancy occurring in their number, the Committee may co-
5. The annual general meeting of the club shall be held in March or April when the election of Officers and Committee shall take place.
6. Meetings of the club committee shall be held as necessary to undertake to running of the club.
7. (a) Membership of the Club shall be open to all persons: minors may be members in their own right or as part of a family membership.
(b) Members and visitors under 18 years of age must be accompanied at all meetings and other events by a parent/guardian, who will be responsible for their safety at all times.
8. Alternations of these Rules of Organisation may be made only at the annual general meeting or at an extraordinary general meeting after fourteen days notice of motion has been given. In both cases, fourteen days notice of the proposed change to these rules of organisation must be given.
Note: Rules other than the above, concerning competitions, battles etc. may be changed at any time by the Management Committee.
ANNUAL COMPETITION RULES.
1. Prints and projected digital images (PDI) may be entered by any member whose subscription is paid to date.
2. All prints and PDIs may be trade processed. All images, print or PDI, must have a relevant title
3. All prints must be mounted. Maximum mount size 400mm x 500mm. There MUST NOT be any adhesive or tape of any kind exposed on the rear of mounts as this may damage other images.
All digital images for projection shall be submitted in JPEG format, sRGB colour space, and sized to 1400 x 1050 pixels in ‘landscape’ format. Vertical images must be contained within this horizontal size. i.e. max. height 1050 pixels and width in proportion to that height. Unused areas to be filled with grey or black.
4. A print or PDI once entered in an annual competition of this Club may not be entered in the annual competition of this Club in any subsequent year.
5. Print entries must have only the title shown on either the rear or front, at
the members discretion. PDI entries must have the image title, the members name,
class and section entered within the file-
6. Print entries must be handed in, and PDI images sent to the competition secretary no later than the date shown on the programme.
7. The beginners sections are restricted to members who have not previously taken the overall first place in the relevant group of an annual competition or overall first place in the members evening competitions.
New members should enter in advanced or beginners as they were classified in their previous club. Those who have not previously belonged to a photography club and are relatively new to photography can be classed as beginners if they wish. Beginners are not prevented from entering the advanced sections, provided the limit on the total number of entries per entrant is not exceeded.
8. Any question not expressly covered by these rules will be settled by the committee.
The copyright for all images or components of images used in all sections should be that of the exhibitor.
Annual Competition Sections
Prints:
Monochrome Section:
Advanced -
Beginners -
Colour Section:
Advanced -
Beginners -
Monochrome or Colour Section:
People/Portrait
Nature
Projected digital images
Open
Nature
People/Portrait
The Lakeland/Cumbria Trophy – a panel of 3 prints depicting Cumbria/Lakeland
NB. The Lakeland/Cumbria trophy competition is likely to take place on a different date from the rest of the annual competition.
Definitions:
'Open' -
'Nature' – Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process
to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, in
such a fashion that a well-
The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while maintaining high technical quality.
Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the nature story such as nature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where those human elements are in situations depicting natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves.
Scientific bands, scientific tags or radio collars on wild animals are permissible. Photographs of human created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domestic animals, or mounted specimens are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement.
No techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are permitted. Tech niques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial content, or without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning.
Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise, and film scratches, are allowed. Stitched images are not permitted. All allowed adjustments must appear natural.
Colour images can be converted to greyscale monochrome. Infrared images, either direct captures or derivations, are not allowed.
Images can have landscapes, geologic formations, weather phenomena, and extant organisms as the primary subject matter. This includes images taken with the subjects in controlled conditions, such as zoos, game farms, botanical gardens, aquariums and any enclosure where the subjects are totally dependent on man for food.
(See L&CPU definition by which we abide)
The copyright for all images or components of images used in all sections should be that of the exhibitor.
Number of entries:
1.The total print entry per member is limited to 6 prints, to be divided between the various print classes as the member wishes.
2. The prints are to be numbered on the entry form 1 to 6, as the member wishes. The intention is to bring the total print entry below 100. If the total print entry is excessive, then all prints numbered 6 will be withdrawn from the competition by the competition secretary followed by all prints numbered 5 and so on until the entry is reasonable in number.
3. The Lakeland trophy will be considered as part of the annual competition and if not held on a separate occasion entries will not be counted as part of the 6 prints entered for the annual print competition.
4. The projected digital image entry is limited to 6 images per member, divided between the various classes .
These numbers may be altered from time to time if the committee feels it is necessary for the smooth running of the competition – i.e if the total numbers become limited or unwieldy as the number of members entering fluctuates.
Annual competition awards.
Trophies, to be held for 1 year, are awarded for the following:
i. The best monochrome print in the advanced class
ii. The best monochrome print in the beginners class
iii. The best colour print in the advanced class
iv. The best colour print in the beginners class
v. The best print image -
vi. The best print image -
vii. The best Digital image -
viii. The best Digital image -
ix. The best Lakeland/Cumbria panel
Certificates may also be awarded with the above and also to the winners, second and third in each section and those which are commended or highly commended by the judge.
If there are fewer than 3 entrants in any section, awards will be at the judge's discretion.
MEMBERS EVENING COMPETITIONS
Members’ evening competitions are divided into three groups:
MONOCHROME PRINTS: COLOUR PRINTS: PROJECTED DIGITAL IMAGES.
RULES:
1. Prints and projected digital image files may be entered by any Member whose subscription is paid.
2. All prints and Projected Digital Images (PDIs) may be trade processed. Print
entries must have only the title shown on the rear or front, at the members discretion.
PDI entries must have the image title entered within the file-
3. (a) The maximum size of prints shall be 400mm x 500mm including mount.
(b) All digital images for projection shall be submitted in JPEG format, sRGB colour space, and sized to 1400 x 1050 pixels in ‘landscape’ format. Vertical images must be contained within this horizontal size. i.e. max. height 1050 pixels and width in proportion to that height. Unused areas to be filled with grey or black.
(c) No image should be from a negative or digital file which is more than 5 years old.
4. Some members’ evenings are for ‘Open’ subjects: on other members’ evenings, there are ‘Set’ subjects, as listed in the Annual Programme.
5. On all members’ evenings up to 2 entries may be made in each section: Monochrome print, colour print and PDIs.
6. An image may only be used ONCE in Members’ competitions. i.e. the same image may not be used as a digital file AND a print or an images used as a colour print AND a monochrome print.
7. An image, PDI or print, once entered in a Members Evening Competition may not be entered on any subsequent occasion. (It may however be entered in an Annual Competition if it has not been previously entered in that Competition.)
8. The submitted entries should be recognisable as the photographer’s interpretation of the set subject.
9. Images will be awarded a score between 1 and 20 by the attending judge. The Judges decision is final.
10. The overall winner in each group at the end of the season will be awarded the trophy for that group. Certificates may be awarded to the winners, and second and third places in each group.
11. The overall winner of any group shall automatically enter the Advanced Class in that medium (i.e. Monochrome prints, colour prints or projected digital images) in the Annual Competition in subsequent years.
The copyright for all images or components of images used in all sections should be that of the exhibitor.
INTER-
All members are encouraged to enter their work in the Inter-
Battles are opportunities to learn from the comments of experienced and independent judges. Look out for the entry dates in the programme
There are generally two battles and one knockout competition at present in each year.
HOLME vs. KENDAL.
This battle is held at the host Society’s venue, each Society taking in turn to arrange the evening. There are three sections in this competition.
1. PROJECTED DIGITAL IMAGES (PDI) (ANY SUBJECT) (15)
2. MONOCHROME PRINTS (ANY SUBJECT) (8)
3.COLOUR PRINTS (ANY SUBJECT) (8)
MORECAMBE vs. KENDAL.
This battle is held at the host clubs venue, each club taking in turn to arrange the evening.
There is just one section in this competition as Morecambe no longer print.
PROJECTED DIGITAL IMAGES (PDI) (ANY SUBJECT) number to be advised.
SOUTH LAKES INTER-
This knockout competition is held at a venue chosen by each club in turn according to a rota set up by the committee. Several local clubs take part. There are three sections to each round.
1. PROJECTED DIGITAL IMAGES (PDI)
2. MONOCHROME PRINTS (ANY SUBJECT)
3. COLOUR PRINTS (ANY SUBJECT)
The competition consists of 16 images per club, 8 digital projected images, ( 1-
Of the 8 digital images 5 shall be colour and 3 shall be monochrome. Of the 8 mounted prints 5 shall be colour and 3 shall be monochrome.
There must be a minimum of 4 different authors in each section and a maximum of 2
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Two Societies participate in each round. Their entries in each section are mixed in a predetermined order before presentation. The Society with the higher score moves on to the next round.
Dependent on the number of Societies taking part, there can be up to 4 heats, 2 semi-
The winning Society holds the South Lakeland Inter-
KENDAL PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB is affiliated to the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union and subject to sufficient interest, may submit entries to it’s Annual Club Competitions held year. Members are similarly entitled to enter their work into the Individual Competition
DETAILS OF THE L. & C.P.U. ANNUAL COMPETITIONS CAN BE FOUND ON THEIR WEB-