CLUB PROGRAMME FOR September 2024 – June 2025

Last Updated: 1st October 2024

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Viewing Competitions Over Zoom

For competitions, only the competition secretary’s & judges microphones will be enabled.  All members viewing the competition, over Zoom, will only be able to view and hear the meeting.  You will not be able to ask questions or comment etc.

Print competitions will NOT be shown over Zoom.

Monthly PDI Competitions (Excludes: Dave Addiscott, Whitcombe)

Members that would like to enter PDI competitions will need to either email their entries in or give the competition secretary their entries on a USB memory stick with a completed entry slip.

Each member may submit a total of 3 images.  Full rules can be found in the club handbook.

The following rules apply:

• All entries MUST be received two weeks before the competition date.  This is to allow the competition secretary time to check all the images, setup the competition and send a copy of all the images to the judge to view on their own screen. Please see the programme for entry due dates
• Entries must be within 1600px width and 1200px height 
• No late entries will be accepted (e.g. the day after entries were due)
• The competition secretary will not be able to resolve any image issue(s) (e.g. corrections to colour space, image size), replace incorrectly entered images or amended any titles of images
• Any images not entered correctly will be rejected
• All entries must be in a ZIP file and entitled with the members name (e.g. Joe Bloggs, Joe Bloggs LRPS)
• All entries must be numbered 01, 02, 03 followed by the title (e.g. 01 My Best Photo, 02 Windmill in Kent, 03 Bird on a stick)
  
• All entries must be listed in the email text, so the competition secretary knows which image is 01, 02 & 03
• If too many entries are received to judge, all 3rd images will be automatically withdrawn and members notified 

If any member does not wish for their images to be possibly selected for external competitions, please could they let the competition secretary know by email.

PRINT Competitions

Members that would like to enter Print competitions will need to bring in their entries two weeks before the competition date.  The prints will be judged on the evening.

Each member may submit a total of 3 print.  Full rules can be found in the club handbook.

The following rules apply:

• All entries MUST also include a PDI version, so the image can be shown on screen for members to see.  Only the print will be judged.
• No late entries will be accepted (e.g. the day after entries were due)
• The competition secretary will not be able to resolve any image issue(s) or withdraw a print
• If too many entries are received to judge, all 3rd prints will be automatically withdrawn and members notified 

If any member does not wish for their prints to be possibly selected for external competitions, please could they let the competition secretary know by email.

The images displayed in the Zoom meeting\competition will be displayed for members to see only.  The judge will be asked to mark based on the prints only.

Please send your entries to:

competitions@maidstonecameraclub.org.uk

The competition secretary will confirm that your entry has been received, by email.