SOUTHPORT PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
PROGRAMME
2010 - 2011

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New Critique Group

The next four meetings will be; 18/5, 22/6, 20/7 and 17/8
Please telephone Alan on 01704 576895 to confirm you will be attending with 3 DPI images

The group meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Any member attending should bring three digital images at 1024 X 768 for projection [don't forget to keep the original file]. Members take it in turns for their image to be projected and they must give the title and reasons why they took the image. Other members will take it in turns to offer constructive criticism. The group meets at 5 Barrington Drive, Ainsdale commencing at 7:00. There is a refreshment break [ 20p in a non-profit making kitty ] and the meeting should finish around 10:15.

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2010

Meetings will commence promptly at 7.45pm
A weekly charge of 50p (including refreshments) will be made

**Please read the competition rules at the bottom of this page**

Monday, 20 September
'PRESIDENT’S NIGHT’
‘A HUNDRED YEARS of GUARDIAN PHOTOGRAPHY’
by DENIS THORPE, MA, FRPS, FBIPP

Monday, 27 September
‘WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER’S DIARY’
by JOHN POWER, FRPS

Monday, 4 October
‘ELECTRIC DREAMS’
by PETER SIVITER, EFIAP (MCPF)
Closing Date for Championship Print & DPI Competitions 1

Monday, 11 October
‘THE SEASIDE INVITATION'
Print & DPI Battle v LYTHAM St ANNES P.S.
Judge: ADRIAN LINES, ARPS, DPAGB, BPE3* (L&CPU)
Closing Date for The Documentary & The Mary Hirst Landscape Print & DPI Competitions

Monday, 18 October
CHAMPIONSHIP PRINT & DPI COMPETITIONS 1
Judge: MARGARET SALISBURY, FRPS, MFIAP, FIPF, APAGB (NWPA) (Sponsored by Fotospeed)

Monday, 25 October
‘TH’OWD MON ‘n ME’ (My husband and I)
by JUDITH PARRY, DPAGB, Hon.PAGB & ROGER PARRY, ARPS, Hon.PAGB, AFIAP (MCPF)
Closing Date for Championship Print & DPI Competitions 2

Monday, 1 November
THE DOCUMENTARY & THE MARY HIRST LANDSCAPE PRINT & DPI COMPETITIONS
Judge: GORDON JENKINS, APAGB (L&CPU)

Monday, 8 November
‘AN EVENING of JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHY’
by TED BAKER, FRPS
(L&CPU Documentary Print Folio on display)

Monday, 15 November
CHAMPIONSHIP PRINT &DPI COMPETITIONS 2
Judge: DAVE BUTLER, ARPS, MFIAP, BPE5* (L&CPU)
Closing Date for The Theme Panel Print & DPI Competition

Monday, 22 November
‘THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE - South East Asia’
by TREVOR DAVENPORT, ARPS, DPAGB and NICK HILTON (Members)

Monday, 29 November
‘THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTED IMAGE EXHIBITION 2010’
presented by TREVOR DAVENPORT, ARPS, DPAGB
and KEITH SUDDABY, FRPS, MPAGB, EFIAP, ABPE (Members)

Monday, 6 December
THE THEME PANEL PRINT &DPI COMPETITION
Judge: MIKE McNAMEE, FRPS, ABIPP

Monday, 13 December
‘THE TRIANGULAR TROPHY - matching DPI Battle v Ormskirk C.C. and Wigan P.S.’
Judges: GWEN CHARNOCK, FRPS, EFIAP and PHIL CHARNOCK, FRPS, EFIAP (L&CPU)
Closing Date for The Portrait & The Chosen Subject (‘Industrial Heritage’) Print & DPI Competitions

Monday, 20 December
MINCE PIE NIGHT
Closing Date for The Creative Digital and Monochrome Print & DPI Competitions

Monday, 27 December
No Meeting

2011

Monday, 3 January
No Meeting

Monday, 10 January
THE PORTRAIT & THE CHOSEN SUBJECT (‘Industrial Heritage’) PRINT & DPI COMPETITIONS
Judge: ALAN TOWSE, LRPS (L&CPU)

Monday, 17 January
CREATIVE DIGITAL and MONOCHROME PRINT & DPI COMPETITIONS
Judge:tba

Monday, 24 January
‘AN EVENING with SANDY FURNISS, EFIAP/g, PPSA, MPAGB’ (NCPF)
Closing Date for Championship Print & DPI Competitions 3

Monday, 31 January
MEMBERS’ DIGITAL LECTURETTE EVENING
with ALEX ANDERSON, NORMA BELLINI, LRPS, LDPS, TONY THOMPSON

Monday, 7 February
‘IRENE’S IMAGES’
by IRENE FROY, MPAGB, Hon.PAGB, EFIAP (MCPF)

Monday, 14 February
CHAMPIONSHIP PRINT &DPI COMPETITIONS 3
Judge: JEREMY MALLEY-SMITH, LRPS, BPE2* (L&CPU )
Closing Date for The Natural History Print & DPI Competition
(L&CPU Colour Print Folio on display)

Monday, 21 February
‘SOME TECHNIQUES of NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY’
by COLIN SMITH, FRPS
Closing Date for Audio Visual Sequences and entry forms

Friday, 25 February
ANNUAL DINNER
(7.30 for 8pm) at Southport Old Links Golf Club, Moss Lane, Churchtown. PR9 7QS

Monday, 28 February
AUDIO VISUAL COMPETITION
Judge: KEITH FISHER, ARPS, DPAGB (L&CPU)

Monday, 7 March
THE NATURAL HISTORY PRINT & DPI COMPETITION
Judge: COLIN SMITH, FRPS
Closing Date for Championship Print & DPI Competitions 4

Monday, 14 March
PROJECTION OF THE ACCEPTED DIGITAL IMAGE CLASSES
FOR THE SIXTY- FOURTH OPEN EXHIBITION
& THE MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION
(L&CPU Mono Print Folio on display)

Monday, 21 March
Vera Beckett Memorial lecture
‘CHORDS of GREY’
by PAUL GALLAGHER, ARPS, ABPPA

Monday, 28 March
CHAMPIONSHIP PRINT & DPI COMPETITIONS 4
Judge: BARRY COLQUHOUN, FRPS, FBIPP, DPAGB (L&CPU)

Monday, 4 April
‘MILES AWAY from DUDLEY’
by TONY DUDLEY (MCPF)

Monday, 11 April
INTER-MERSEYSIDE COMPETITION
Judge: JOHN CARTLIDGE, EFIAP/g (MCPF)

Monday, 18 April
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, ELECTION OF OFFICERS
and PRESENTATION of AWARDS
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THE COMPETITIONS (2010/2011 Season)
**Please read in full and note changes since last season**

General

The dates and closing dates for all competitions are shown in the syllabus. Members must include their contact details on the packaging of all internal competition entries.

The Championship Competitions
On each Championship Evening there are separate competitions for each league (see "Classification") for prints and digital projected images (DPI). Marks awarded in the competitions are used to determine the winners of the Annual Championship Awards for Prints and DPI. The subject matter of the work entered is entirely open to the entrant.

Other Competitions

The Specific Competitions
There are six specific competitions as follows:- Landscape, Portrait, Documentary (excluding Natural History), Natural History, Chosen Subject and Theme Panel. The subject for the Chosen Subject Competition is shown in the syllabus. These competitions are open to all members irrespective of their leagues. Entries are not divided into leagues and prints and DPI are judged together; slides are not eligible. The photographer who gains the highest total marks over all the specific competitions will be named "Best All-Round Photographer of the Year".

Monochrome Competition
An annual Monochrome Competition in which all entries will be judged together and not divided into leagues.

Creative Digital Imaging Competition
This competition is for creative images not previously used. All entries will be judged together and not divided into leagues.

Audio Visual Competition
This competition is for digital audio visual sequences. The entry forms required for this competition will be available a week or two before the closing date.

CLASSIFICATION

In the Championship Competitions there will be two leagues, 'A' and 'B' for both prints and digital projected images. Membership of these will be decided by the Internal Competition Organiser on the basis of previous performance. The new leagues will be posted at the beginning of the new season. Members can request a review by the Classification Sub-Committee. New members can join in the competitions at any time, and their placing will be assessed by the Internal Competition Organiser.

COMPETITION RULES

1) Copyright.
The photographer must have taken the images submitted and have the full copyright of all elements of the image at their disposal. Digital images are welcome in competitions, provided the photographer carried out all the manipulation and that the photographer took the original exposure(s). Images constructed from so called Royalty Free and Copyright Free Images are not acceptable.

2) Eligibility.
A picture may be used ONCE in the Championship Competitions, ONCE in the Theme Panel Competition and ONCE in ONE of the other Specific Competitions. A picture that is so similar as to be almost identical to one already used is considered to be the same picture even if the medium is changed.

3) Number of Entries.
You may enter both the Print and DPI Championship competitions for your league; a maximum of two pieces of work in each. In each Specific competition, except the Theme Panel competition, you may enter up to two pieces of work in total, whether prints or DPI, in any combination. In the Theme Panel Competition you may enter two themed panels, each of three prints or three DPI. In the Monochrome and Creative Digital competitions you may enter up to two pieces of work in total, whether prints or DPI, in any combination.

4) Prints.
Prints may be of any size in any photographic medium, but must be mounted on standard card which may be of any colour. Mounts must not exceed 50cm X 40cm which is the preferred size. If a smaller mount is used it must not be less than 38 cm on the longest side. Overall thickness must not exceed 4mm. To avoid damage to other prints when packed, adhesive tape, Velcro, or similar materials, must not be exposed on the back of prints and the backing mount must be the same size as the front window mount (if used). Identification Prints are to be identified on the back with the class or competition entered and the title. The correct orientation of the print should also be indicated where this is not obvious. The title may also appear on the front of the print. The name and email address or telephone number of the author must appear on the wrapper or container. The author's name must NOT appear on the mount.

5) Digital Projected Images (DPI).
DPI must be presented in JPEG format. They may be submitted to the Internal Competition Organiser by email (see page1 for address) or on a USB pen drive. The maximum pixel dimensions that can be accepted are 1400 horizontal and 1050 vertical. If your image is smaller than this in either dimension you are advised to fill the non-image area with black, dark grey or a colour of your choice to make the overall dimensions 1400 X 1050 pixels. It is inadvisable to leave any area not occupied by the image white since this can cause unacceptable glare.
-: Identification :-
The filename of a DPI should be in the format: “Title.jpg” e.g.“A man and his dog.jpg”. The software used to run the competition will automatically pick up and display the title so, for this reason,nothing which might identify the author shall be included in the filename. The member's league and email address or telephone number must be marked on the pen drive if used. They must not be visible on the image itself but may be included in the metadata associated with it. If images are submitted by email the member's details should be provided in the accompanying message.

6) The Creative Image Competition
For the creative image competition the following additional rules apply: i) Images must be from digital files. ii) Entries should be submitted no later than the ‘Closing Date’ for the competition shown in the Syllabus. iii) All images shall be new and not have been previously entered in any of the Society's internal competitions or exhibitions; used by the Society in external competitions or entered in external exhibitions. iv) Prints should be presented mounted on card up to 50cm x 40cm, there is no minimum size. The title should appear on the back of each entry, which should also indicate the orientation of the image. The author's name should only appear on the packaging. v) Images for digital projection should be presented as jpg files at the standard image size of 1400 x 1050 pixels, on USB compatible storage media or sent by email to the Internal Competition Organiser. The Filename should be in the format "Title.jpg". The author's name and email address or telephone number should be marked on the pen drive, if used, or provided in the body of the accompanying email. The author's name should not be visible in the image but may be included in the metadata associated with it. vi) In addition to the award winners The Nicky McQueen Trophy will be awarded at the Judge's discretion.

7) The Audio Visual Competition
i) An individual may enter up to three sequences, but the showing and judging of more than one sequence per entrant will depend on the time available.
ii) The duration of any sequence must not exceed 12 minutes.
iii) Each sequence should be submitted on its own CD or USB compatible storage media.
iv) The author's name may appear in the production. (Please note that this is not permitted in some national and international competitions).
v) The photography and production must be the work of the entrant and declared collaborators, who must be members of the Society.
vi) Copyright of all work entered must be at the disposal of the entrant. It is the entrant's responsibility to obtain the necessary licences or permissions to use material for which they do not hold the rights.
vii) Entry forms and digital sequences must be received by the Internal Competition Organiser not later than the date shown in the syllabus. Sequences must be listed in priority order for showing. If the number of sequences shown has to be restricted under rule 1, the sequence(s) to be shown will be selected in the order listed.

GUIDANCE FOR COMPETITION ENTRANTS

Rule 2. The word 'Picture' in this rule refers to that which is seen by the viewer. For example: a print and DPI made from the same original would probably be considered the same unless different digital and/or darkroom manipulation made the image look significantly different from the version already used. If in doubt consult the Competition Organiser.
Rule 4. This rule is included for purely practical reasons and to ensure that prints can be used for L&CPU and PAGB competitions. Mounts that are too small, too large or too thick or heavy make packing difficult, impracticable or expensive. Damage to other work can be caused in a number of ways, the most common being metal or Velcro hangers and adhesive residues on the back of mounts.

SPECIFIC COMPETITIONS

Landscape.
Landscape is defined as a picture with the earth's surface forming all or part of it. Buildings, bridges, cities, roads and other works of man are considered natural parts of landscape but should be shown in context and should not be the only elements of the picture. Human or animal figures and activities, if present, should be of secondary interest only and help to show the relationship between man and the landscape.

Portrait.
May contain the whole or part of one or more persons. If only part of a figure is shown it must include a substantial part of the head.
Animals by themselves are not included in this category.

Documentary.
The principal aim is the clear recording of the subject. The title must identify the subject accurately. Subjects could include man-made objects recorded as distinctly as possible, architecture, sport, photo-journalism, domesticated animals, cultivated plants, formal flower arrangements, mounted specimens, museum groups and other items and activities, provided that each is worthy of good photographic record. Technical quality is important.

Natural History.
The principal aim is the accurate recording of living creatures and uncultivated plants shown in their natural habitat, or of geological or other natural phenomena. Any retouching or processing must not alter the truth of the photographic statement depicted in the original image. Technical quality is important and the title must identify the subject accurately. Items included under 'Documentary' are not allowed.

Theme Panel Competition.
The aim is to explore a theme of the photographer's own choosing through THREE related photographs, which will be judged as a group of images. The three photographs may be either prints or DPI but not both. An overall title should be provided for the three photographs, which should not be individually titled. A print entry may be presented as three separately mounted prints or as three images on a single mount. In the case of separate images you must indicate in which order they should be displayed. A DPI entry must be entered as both three separate digital files each 1400 X 1050 and as a single 1400 X 1050 file of the three images as a panel. The 3 files should be named based on the following convention: T11 Title.jpg, T12 Title.jpg, T13 Title.jpg where these images represent the first set of images in a member's entry. The composite file for that entry should be named T10 Title.jpg Note that the title must be the same for each image in a panel.

OTHER COMPETITIONS

Monochrome Competition.
Normally black and white images should be submitted for this competition; however black and white images modified by the addition of a single tone over the entire image are acceptable. Images obtained by toning part of the image or adding colour to part of the image are not eligible.

The Creative Image Competition.
See ‘additional rules’ detailed in ‘Competition Rules’ para.6).

Classification Sub-Committee. Cliff Martin, ARPS, DPAGB, David Wareing and Arthur Williams CPAGB (Hon. Internal Competition Organiser).
Please contact Arthur Williams if you think you have been allocated to the wrong league.

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Southport Photographic Society Website:
www.southport-ps.co.uk
Webmaster: Mike Pollitt, ARPS (Tel: 01704 224601)
Email: mike.l.pollitt@btinternet.com

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