The 2006 program for the St George League's Club Photographic Society.
January
| 5th |
Digital Competition - Ray Ward |
| 12th** |
Graeme Guy, PPSA - Nature Specialist |
| 19th |
(7.30pm) Committee Meeting |
| 26th |
Monthly Competition - Open - Ivan Finlay Australia Day - Oz Day 10k Wheelchair Race |
| 29th |
Sunday) Taralga Rodeo and Photographic Competition - David Miller |
February
| 2nd |
Digital Competition - Bob Milo |
| 9th** |
Mary Raymond - "The Amazon" |
| 16th |
(7.30pm) Committee Meeting |
| 23rd |
Monthly Competition - Open - Ray Finneran |
March
| 2nd |
Digital Competition - Tony Egan |
| 9th** |
Roy & Dot Keskull - "Along the Andes" |
| 16th |
(7.30pm) Committee Meeting |
| 23rd |
Monthly Competition - Open - Phil Ramsden |
| 26th |
(Sunday) Field Trip to Taronga Zoo - Mike Hall ** Entries for FCC Topshot close |
| 30th |
Libby Jeffery - Momento - "Photo Album of the Digital Age" |
April
| 6th |
Digital Competition - Barbara Seager |
| 13th** |
Craig Heckenberg - Epson Trade Night |
| 20th |
Tim Clayton (Sydney Morning Herald) - "Sports Photography" (tbc) |
| 25th |
(Tuesday) Anzac Day Field Trip |
| 27th |
Monthly Competition - Nature - Carol Drew |
| 28th-30th |
Topshot Exhibition - Darling Harbour |
May
| 4th |
Digital Competition - Holli Hollitzer |
| 6th-26th |
Outback trip to Eucla, SA - Spero Vasil |
| 11th** |
Peter Wooderson - "Practical Studio Workshop" |
| 18th |
(7.30pm) Committee Meeting |
| 25th |
Monthly Competition - Open - Dawn Zandstra |
June
| 1st |
Digital Competition - John Bazzano |
| 8th** |
John Alessi - Proshow Workshop |
| 15th |
John Bazzano - Audio Visual |
| 22nd |
Monthly Competition - Open - Patricia Beal |
| 29th |
David Miller - "My Journey" |
July
| 6th |
Digital Competition - Kerry Boytell |
| 13th** |
Helmut Berndt - "Close-ups in Nature/Fieldwork" |
| 20th |
(7.30pm) Committee Meeting |
| 27th |
Monthly Competition - Open - David Johnson |
August
| 3rd |
Digital Competition - Jim Crew |
| 10th** |
Derek Mobbs, Epson - "Process of B&W Printing" |
| 17th |
Presentations by Bruce Gimber & George Timothy |
| 24th |
Monthly Competition - Open - John Newton |
| 25th-27th |
(Friday-Sunday) Field Trip to Adaminaby - Des Lye |
| 31st |
David Oliver - "People & Portraiture" |
September
| 7th |
Digital Competition - Des Crawley |
| 14th** |
Paul Stewart - "Canon Printer Trade Night - A4 and A3 photo quality printers" |
| 15th-17th |
(Friday-Sunday) Field trip to Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo - Spero Vasil |
| 21st |
(7.30pm) Committee Meeting |
| 28th |
Monthly Competition - Open - Dennis Jones *** Final Night for Annual Award Submissions *** |
October
| 5th |
Digital Competition (First for 2007 Year) - Holli Hollitzer |
| 12th** |
The Historical Image Collection of the St George Leagues Club Photographic Society - Carol Drew |
| 13th |
(Friday) Annual Awards Night Prejudging - Barbara Abercrombie |
| 19th |
(7.30pm) Committee Meeting |
| 26th |
Monthly Competition (First for 2007 Year) - Interpretation - Allan Coker |
November
| 2nd |
Three Members Present - Michael Egan, Maria Jenkins, Brad Miller |
| 6th |
(Monday 7.30pm) Annual Awards and Presentation Evaluated by Barbara Abercrombie |
| 16th |
Committee Meeting |
| 23rd |
(7.30pm) Annual General Meeting |
| 30th |
Annual Dinner |
December
| 7th |
Committee Meeting - 2007 Committee |
2006 COMPETITION RULES
GRADES PRINTS - Monochrome "A" and "B" Grades, Colour "A" and "B" Grades SLIDES - Open "A" and "B" Grades DIGITAL - Open "A" and "B" Grades
ELIGIBILITY Any prints, slides or digital files which have not won an award in a previous Society competition.
NUMBER OF ENTRIES A maximum of three (3) in each section.
WORKMANSHIP Work may be commercially processed; digital manipulation must be entirely the work of the author.
SIZE OF PRINTS Prints MAY BE OF ANY SIZE but MUST BE MOUNTED on board 40cm x 50cm (16" x 20").
MARKINGS All entries must have an identifiable title and name of author. Slides to be spotted on the lower left corner (normal viewing position).
DELIVERY OF ENTRIES Prints must be handed to Print Secretary before 7.45pm on the competition evening.
Slides must be submitted to the Slide Secretary on those evenings designated in the Program (generally 2 weeks before the competition).
Digital images must be emailed to sgdig@hotmail.com by the Sunday prior to Digital Competition. If this is not possible, then they must be submitted to the Digital Secretary before 7.30pm on the night of competition. THESE TIMES WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED
PRINT, SLIDE AND DIGITAL SECRETARIES The Competition Secretaries, or in their absence, their designated deputies, have the right to reject entries which do not conform to these rules.
RETENTION OF WORK All work submitted for Society competition is done so on the understanding that the member agrees to allow the Grading Convenor and Selection Committees to retain their work if so selected, for use by the Society for Interclub competitions.
Where necessary the Society may pay for a duplicate in the case of slides.
JUDGING Prints, Slides and Digital Images are judged on their photographic and pictorial merits by competent judge/s whose decision is final.
AWARDS The judges may award merits and credits at their discretion to the maximum number of awards as set by the Competition for each section on the night. The total number of awards in each section shall not exceed 33% of the total entries in that grade section.
AWARD POINTS MERIT 3 points CREDIT 2 points ENTRY 1 point
The entry point is given for the Section entry and not for each entry in the section.
All points are totalled for the year and those members who gain the highest scores in each section may receive a trophy or certificate.
ANNUAL EXHIBITION ENTRIES Only Prints, Slides & Digital Images that have been awarded a merit or credit (as denoted by a Society label) in the current year's competition are eligible. All entries must be lodged with the Print, Slide & Digital Secretaries no later than the date shown in the Program.
DIGITAL IMAGING COMPETITIONS A maximum of three (3) entries made be made in each competition. Only the 3 competition entries should be on the entry, no folders or other data Files may be submitted by USB drive or Compact Disk and must be submitted in the following format, (non compliant files will not be accepted for entry).
The image will have a maximum dimension of 1024 pixels x 768 pixels with a suggested resolution of 72 dpi. The image should then be saved as a RGB JPEG file with a maximum file size of 220KB and named using the following convention.
E.g. 2JoeBloggs_ScenicView.jpg |