BATH PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Constitution & Rules for 2017 - 18
League trophies
Edna Thomas Trophy League Award for Colour Prints
Hyde Trophy League Award for Monochrome Prints
B P S Trust Trophy League Award for Digital Projected Colour Image
A New BPS Trophy League Digital Projected Mono Image
Arthur Downes Memorial Salver Annual “The One to Watch” award
The league scores will be totalled over the 7 rounds of the league and the trophy will be awarded to the winner of each category. The “One to Watch” award will be awarded to the member who has the highest total in any single one of the league categories, who never previously won a Society trophy.
Annual trophies
Frank Seale Colour Rosebowl Colour Print of the Year
Perpetual Challenge Rosebowl Monochrome Print of the Year
Lansdown Trophy Digital Projected Colour Image of the Year
A New BPS Trophy Digital Projected Mono Image of the Year
L C E Photo Essay Cup Annual Photo-Essay competition
L C E Enprint Cup Annual Enprint competition
Digital Enprint Cup Annual Digital Triptych competition
One to Watch Annual Highest scoring non-trophy winner
1. All Competitions
All entries will be anonymous. Members must use their Competition Number in all competition entries instead of their names. Copyright of images must belong to the member. Entries can originate from a film camera, digital camera or flatbed scanner. They may be digitally manipulated. The use of clipart is not permitted. All competitions are open to all Society members on an equal basis.
2. Definition of Monochrome and Colour:
A monochrome image is a black and white image or one that has been modified by the addition of a single colour tone to the entire image. All other images are colour images. E.g. a black and white image that has been modified by the addition of partial colour toning or by the addition of one or more colours to any part of the image is a colour Image.
A black and white (B&W) work ranging from black/very dark grey through various shades of grey to very light grey and white is a monochrome work. A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour is also a monochrome work. However, a black and white work modified by a partial colour toning or by the addition of one or more colours becomes a colour work.
3.1 League Competitions:
There are 3 print evenings and 3 Digital Projected Image (DPI) evenings plus 1 evening which is a Panel of Three covering both Prints and DPI. The judge will be asked to select the best colour and mono images from those presented in each competition so that points can be built up to enable the trophies to be awarded as above.
Members can enter colour, mono or both for any each competition
Members can enter up to 2 entries per category in the print rounds (i.e. 2 Mono and 2 Colour = 4 entries per round) and 2 entries per category in the DPI rounds (i.e. 2 Mono plus 2 Colour = 4 entries per round). To ensure that the total submission is no larger than can be judged in one evening, an entry priority will be used as follows:
Each individual image must be marked 1 and 2 in each category (i.e. 1 and 2 in mono and 1 and 2 in colour) in each competition (only one image per priority).
The Competition Secretary will choose the priority cut-off for each competition. The level will be announced before the judging. The Competition Secretary will select entries submitted without a priority. Entries not selected by the priority cut-off are eligible for re-entry.
Unplaced entries may be submitted up to three times in the League regardless of the category entered or the year in which they were submitted. Placed entries cannot be used again.
A calling notice will be sent by e-mail, 3 weeks before the competition night. The hand-in deadline for entries is midnight, 2 weeks before. Prints must be given to the Competition Secretary by the deadline, as published in the Society’s programme.
3.2 Entries
Prints:
Prints may be trade or home processed, and must be mounted in a 50x40cm mount. Any print submitted in a manner that could damage other prints (e.g. with Velcro or exposed sticky tape, etc.) will be disqualified. Each print must have a completed Bath Photographic Society Competition Label on the back, giving the member’s competition number, the title, the priority, the round number and print category (monochrome or colour). The label can be downloaded from the Society’s website. Labels must be clearly and legibly filled out.
Digital Projected Image (DPI):
Digital Projected Images preferably should be sent by e-mail to the Competition Secretary by the entry deadline but can be handed in on a CD or memory stick a minimum of two weeks before the deadline.
DPI’s should not exceed 1600 x 1200 px (width x height), e.g. square images should not exceed 1200 x 1200 px. Images must be submitted in JPEG format and sRGB profile. The file size should not exceed 1Mb per image.
DPI files must be named with the member’s competition number, underscore, Category (col or Mono), underscore, (priority), underscore, image title, e.g. 119_mono_(1)_pretty picture.jpg
If an entry fails to conform to these rules, the member will be invited to resubmit. However, the entry must be received in the correct form by the deadline or it will be disqualified.
3.3 Set Subject Round
Two rounds each year will be a set subject. The subject will be determined by the Competition Secretary in consultation with the Council and communicated to members before the summer recess of the previous season.
3.4 Panel of Three
This round is subject to the rules as for all other rounds except that only 1 entry may be submitted in each category.
Panel of three - Prints: An entry comprises 3 related prints, which should work together as a panel as well as having individual merit. The 3 prints will be displayed as a panel and commented on concurrently. A layout plan should be indicated on the back – Left - Centre - Right.
DPI Composite: : A single image must be submitted as a composite of 3 images. Creativity is encouraged. No text or title within the image
Scoring: The judge will be asked to provide a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and may award as many Highly Commended and Commended placings as he wishes.
The following scores will be awarded for all rounds except the Panel of Three
1st place 10 points
2nd place 9 points
3rd place 8 points
Highly Commended 6 points
Commended 4 points
Not placed 1 point
Panel of Three scoring
1st place 16 points
2nd place 14 points
3rd place 12 points
Highly Commended 9 points
Commended 6 points
Not placed 3 points
4 Picture of the Year
The Picture of the Year Competitions are annual competitions to determine the best image in each category. Members may submit up to 1 entry per category (i.e.1 B&W plus 1 Colour) .All League competitions rules will apply.
Only submissions that have previously been judged in one or more of this season’s League competitions are eligible and must have been previously entered in the same category. They may not have appeared in a previous Picture of the Year Competition.
Prints: The print label will also be used to check eligibility.
Digital Projected Images: The previous entered League competition must be indicated in the title of the submission.
5 The Annual Competitions
There are three competitions: Photo-Essay, Enprint and Digital Triptych usually held during the Society’s Christmas Social. Members are allowed an unlimited number of entries in each of the category.
Judging is by secret ballot by the members present, casting a single vote in each category. The winner is the entry with the most votes. Members must not vote for their own entries.
Points are awarded as follows:
1st preference 3 points
2nd preference 2 points
3rd preference 1 point
5.1 Photo Essay Competition
This competition is for an essay of prints, depicting a story, which should comprise between 5 and 15 pictorially, linked images. An identifying title must be included on the front but must not show the photographer’s name or competition number. Descriptive text may be included.
Prints may be trade or home processed, colour or monochrome or a combination and may be of any size. They should be mounted on a board no larger than 50 x 80cm or 40 x 100cm, which can be formed by two 50 x 40cm boards placed together.
Entries are submitted on the evening of the competition.
5.2 The Enprint Competition
This competition is for 3 prints on a common theme. The images should be linked but need not tell a story. An identifying title must be included on the front but must not show the photographer’s name or competition number. Descriptive text may be included.
Prints may be trade or home processed; colour or monochrome or a combination of both. Individual prints should be no larger than 18 x 13 cm and be mounted on one board not exceeding 50 x 40 cm.
Entries are submitted on the evening of the competition.
Note: The winner of the Photo-Essay Competition and the Enprint Competition should endeavor to show their entry at the club’s annual exhibition. If the Photo-Essay winning entry was submitted on the larger of the board sizes then the competitor is responsible for transport to/from the exhibition.
5.3 The Digital Triptych Competition
A single image must be submitted as a composite of 3 images. Creativity is encouraged. The title must be within the image and no more than 40px high
The file size and format should comply with the League Competition rules for Digital Projected Images. The digital file should be named with the member’s competition number and the image title. The composite DPI image must be a new image for the current Society year and is eligible for the current league competition provided it complies with the title rules
Unlike the other two previous annual competitions, this entry cannot be submitted on the evening of the competition. Members will be informed of a deadline and entries, preferably, should be e-mailed to the Competition Secretary but can be handed in on a CD or memory stick by the deadline previously announced.
If an entry fails to conform to these rules, the member will be invited to resubmit. However, the entry must be received in the correct form by the deadline or it will be disqualified.
6 Review of all rules
All rules will be reviewed before the start of each season by the club Competition Secretary and agreed by the Council. They will then be communicated to the membership.
edited 2nd March 2018
Constitution & Rules for 2017 - 18
League trophies
Edna Thomas Trophy League Award for Colour Prints
Hyde Trophy League Award for Monochrome Prints
B P S Trust Trophy League Award for Digital Projected Colour Image
A New BPS Trophy League Digital Projected Mono Image
Arthur Downes Memorial Salver Annual “The One to Watch” award
The league scores will be totalled over the 7 rounds of the league and the trophy will be awarded to the winner of each category. The “One to Watch” award will be awarded to the member who has the highest total in any single one of the league categories, who never previously won a Society trophy.
Annual trophies
Frank Seale Colour Rosebowl Colour Print of the Year
Perpetual Challenge Rosebowl Monochrome Print of the Year
Lansdown Trophy Digital Projected Colour Image of the Year
A New BPS Trophy Digital Projected Mono Image of the Year
L C E Photo Essay Cup Annual Photo-Essay competition
L C E Enprint Cup Annual Enprint competition
Digital Enprint Cup Annual Digital Triptych competition
One to Watch Annual Highest scoring non-trophy winner
1. All Competitions
All entries will be anonymous. Members must use their Competition Number in all competition entries instead of their names. Copyright of images must belong to the member. Entries can originate from a film camera, digital camera or flatbed scanner. They may be digitally manipulated. The use of clipart is not permitted. All competitions are open to all Society members on an equal basis.
2. Definition of Monochrome and Colour:
A monochrome image is a black and white image or one that has been modified by the addition of a single colour tone to the entire image. All other images are colour images. E.g. a black and white image that has been modified by the addition of partial colour toning or by the addition of one or more colours to any part of the image is a colour Image.
A black and white (B&W) work ranging from black/very dark grey through various shades of grey to very light grey and white is a monochrome work. A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour is also a monochrome work. However, a black and white work modified by a partial colour toning or by the addition of one or more colours becomes a colour work.
3.1 League Competitions:
There are 3 print evenings and 3 Digital Projected Image (DPI) evenings plus 1 evening which is a Panel of Three covering both Prints and DPI. The judge will be asked to select the best colour and mono images from those presented in each competition so that points can be built up to enable the trophies to be awarded as above.
Members can enter colour, mono or both for any each competition
Members can enter up to 2 entries per category in the print rounds (i.e. 2 Mono and 2 Colour = 4 entries per round) and 2 entries per category in the DPI rounds (i.e. 2 Mono plus 2 Colour = 4 entries per round). To ensure that the total submission is no larger than can be judged in one evening, an entry priority will be used as follows:
Each individual image must be marked 1 and 2 in each category (i.e. 1 and 2 in mono and 1 and 2 in colour) in each competition (only one image per priority).
The Competition Secretary will choose the priority cut-off for each competition. The level will be announced before the judging. The Competition Secretary will select entries submitted without a priority. Entries not selected by the priority cut-off are eligible for re-entry.
Unplaced entries may be submitted up to three times in the League regardless of the category entered or the year in which they were submitted. Placed entries cannot be used again.
A calling notice will be sent by e-mail, 3 weeks before the competition night. The hand-in deadline for entries is midnight, 2 weeks before. Prints must be given to the Competition Secretary by the deadline, as published in the Society’s programme.
3.2 Entries
Prints:
Prints may be trade or home processed, and must be mounted in a 50x40cm mount. Any print submitted in a manner that could damage other prints (e.g. with Velcro or exposed sticky tape, etc.) will be disqualified. Each print must have a completed Bath Photographic Society Competition Label on the back, giving the member’s competition number, the title, the priority, the round number and print category (monochrome or colour). The label can be downloaded from the Society’s website. Labels must be clearly and legibly filled out.
Digital Projected Image (DPI):
Digital Projected Images preferably should be sent by e-mail to the Competition Secretary by the entry deadline but can be handed in on a CD or memory stick a minimum of two weeks before the deadline.
DPI’s should not exceed 1600 x 1200 px (width x height), e.g. square images should not exceed 1200 x 1200 px. Images must be submitted in JPEG format and sRGB profile. The file size should not exceed 1Mb per image.
DPI files must be named with the member’s competition number, underscore, Category (col or Mono), underscore, (priority), underscore, image title, e.g. 119_mono_(1)_pretty picture.jpg
If an entry fails to conform to these rules, the member will be invited to resubmit. However, the entry must be received in the correct form by the deadline or it will be disqualified.
3.3 Set Subject Round
Two rounds each year will be a set subject. The subject will be determined by the Competition Secretary in consultation with the Council and communicated to members before the summer recess of the previous season.
3.4 Panel of Three
This round is subject to the rules as for all other rounds except that only 1 entry may be submitted in each category.
Panel of three - Prints: An entry comprises 3 related prints, which should work together as a panel as well as having individual merit. The 3 prints will be displayed as a panel and commented on concurrently. A layout plan should be indicated on the back – Left - Centre - Right.
DPI Composite: : A single image must be submitted as a composite of 3 images. Creativity is encouraged. No text or title within the image
Scoring: The judge will be asked to provide a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and may award as many Highly Commended and Commended placings as he wishes.
The following scores will be awarded for all rounds except the Panel of Three
1st place 10 points
2nd place 9 points
3rd place 8 points
Highly Commended 6 points
Commended 4 points
Not placed 1 point
Panel of Three scoring
1st place 16 points
2nd place 14 points
3rd place 12 points
Highly Commended 9 points
Commended 6 points
Not placed 3 points
4 Picture of the Year
The Picture of the Year Competitions are annual competitions to determine the best image in each category. Members may submit up to 1 entry per category (i.e.1 B&W plus 1 Colour) .All League competitions rules will apply.
Only submissions that have previously been judged in one or more of this season’s League competitions are eligible and must have been previously entered in the same category. They may not have appeared in a previous Picture of the Year Competition.
Prints: The print label will also be used to check eligibility.
Digital Projected Images: The previous entered League competition must be indicated in the title of the submission.
5 The Annual Competitions
There are three competitions: Photo-Essay, Enprint and Digital Triptych usually held during the Society’s Christmas Social. Members are allowed an unlimited number of entries in each of the category.
Judging is by secret ballot by the members present, casting a single vote in each category. The winner is the entry with the most votes. Members must not vote for their own entries.
Points are awarded as follows:
1st preference 3 points
2nd preference 2 points
3rd preference 1 point
5.1 Photo Essay Competition
This competition is for an essay of prints, depicting a story, which should comprise between 5 and 15 pictorially, linked images. An identifying title must be included on the front but must not show the photographer’s name or competition number. Descriptive text may be included.
Prints may be trade or home processed, colour or monochrome or a combination and may be of any size. They should be mounted on a board no larger than 50 x 80cm or 40 x 100cm, which can be formed by two 50 x 40cm boards placed together.
Entries are submitted on the evening of the competition.
5.2 The Enprint Competition
This competition is for 3 prints on a common theme. The images should be linked but need not tell a story. An identifying title must be included on the front but must not show the photographer’s name or competition number. Descriptive text may be included.
Prints may be trade or home processed; colour or monochrome or a combination of both. Individual prints should be no larger than 18 x 13 cm and be mounted on one board not exceeding 50 x 40 cm.
Entries are submitted on the evening of the competition.
Note: The winner of the Photo-Essay Competition and the Enprint Competition should endeavor to show their entry at the club’s annual exhibition. If the Photo-Essay winning entry was submitted on the larger of the board sizes then the competitor is responsible for transport to/from the exhibition.
5.3 The Digital Triptych Competition
A single image must be submitted as a composite of 3 images. Creativity is encouraged. The title must be within the image and no more than 40px high
The file size and format should comply with the League Competition rules for Digital Projected Images. The digital file should be named with the member’s competition number and the image title. The composite DPI image must be a new image for the current Society year and is eligible for the current league competition provided it complies with the title rules
Unlike the other two previous annual competitions, this entry cannot be submitted on the evening of the competition. Members will be informed of a deadline and entries, preferably, should be e-mailed to the Competition Secretary but can be handed in on a CD or memory stick by the deadline previously announced.
If an entry fails to conform to these rules, the member will be invited to resubmit. However, the entry must be received in the correct form by the deadline or it will be disqualified.
6 Review of all rules
All rules will be reviewed before the start of each season by the club Competition Secretary and agreed by the Council. They will then be communicated to the membership.
edited 2nd March 2018