GENERAL NOTES FOR MONTHLY COMPETITIONS
At the end of this Season the Annual
The Maximum monthly entry is four images e.g. One Themed Print; One
Exhibition will again be judged by
Open Print, One Themed Projected Image and One Open Projected Image.
an outside judge with members able
PRINTS need not be mounted, although this is preferred. There is no size
to submit up to six prints and six
projected images
limit although it is suggested that mounts are limited to 500mm x
400mm for possible framing purposes.
Title -- Open or Theme Competition - Membership No
Digital files to be submitted either on CD, USB memory stick or Smart
card in JPEG format (remember to put your number on them) and should
COMPETITION WINNERS SEASON
be a maximum Size of 1400 pixels wide x 1050 pixels high for
2014 -15
landscape format. Images in portrait format should not exceed 1050 pixels
high. File names should be in the following format.:
Title -- Open or Theme Competition - Membership No
The judge will be asked to mark out of twenty. The position of the first
three in each category will be announced on the evening but the actual
marks will not be disclosed. After the final monthly competition, the
winners will be the members with the highest number of points gained
during the season in each class. Note – only the four highest points out of
five competitions are counted.
ROGER KIDD
Projected Image Photographer of the Year
KIEREN LEE
Print Medley Photographer of the Year – Colour
SUE WILSON
Print Medley Photographer of the Year – Monochrome
ROGER
PRESTCOTE
Projected Image Medley Photographer of the Year ROGER KIDD
The Club reserves the right to display all competition entries for the
Website and Advertising
THE SPIRIT OF THE MONTHLY COMPETITION IS TO ENCOURAGE
MEMBERS TO PRODUCE NEW WORK
Please Note A print or projected image cannot be used more than once in
monthly competitions. A print and projected image from the same file
cannot be used in a monthly competition.
Print Photographer of the Year
Images used in monthly
competitions may be used in other competitions and the Annual
Exhibition
A Digital Image file cannot be entered as a print and projected image in
the same competition
ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Best Panel of Colour Prints
DAVE BARWICK
Best Panel of Monochrome Prints
SUE WILSON
Eastwood
Photographic
Society
Telephone: 07901 978254
Telephone: 01773 710861
President:: Brian A Smith
Vice Chairman: Carl Burgess
Treasurer:
Competition Secretary: Reg Lowe
IT Officer: Brian Farrow
Programme Secretary: Marie and Ian
Johnson
Equipment Officer: Brian Farrow Newsletter Editor: Mike Holland
Publicity Officer: Kieran Lee
and Reg Lowe
Webmaster: Roger Kidd
Committee Members;
64th Year
SEASON 2015 -16
and North East Midlands Photographic Federation (NEMPF)
Brian Smith Marie Johnson
Five Competitions four categories Themed Prints – Open Prints –
Themed Digital – Open Digital
Competition
Most Successful Image 2014-15 Season - APACHE ATTACK - Carl
Burgess
Meetings are held every Thursday from the beginning of
September at
9 Church Street
Eastwood
NG16
3BP
Commencing 7:45 p.m. prompt
OFFICERS for SEASON 2015 -16
Chairman: Lesley Grand-Scrutton
40 Oak Drive
Website: www.eps.co.uk
MONTHLY COMPETITION WINNERS SEASON 2014 - 15
Affiliated to The Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB)
The Conservative Club
Exhibition Secretaries: Kieran Lee
Secretary: Alex Miller
103 Andrews Drive
Nuthall Nottingham NG16 1FJ Langley Mill Nottingham NG16 4GT
1stt
2nd
3rd
1st MONTHLY Theme – In the Kitchen
Themed Prints
Kieran Lee
Roger Kidd
Peter
Peter Jones
Kieran Lee
Aleck Seddon
Roger Kidd
Open Digital Carl Burgess
Kieran Lee
Paul Atchinson
2nd MONTHLY
Theme - Numbers
Themed Prints
Alex Miller
Suzy Harris Paul
Brian A Smith
Lesley Grand-Scrutton
Jones
Open Prints
Alex Miller
Themed Digital
Helen
Chester
Atchison
Open Prints
Roger Kidd
Themed Digital
Paul Atchinson
Helen Chester Peter
Projected Image Photographer of the Year (Total score in Monthly Comps
score over the year)
Jones
Medley Print Photographer of the Year - Colour
Open Digital Paul Twells
Paul Atchison
Reg Lowe
3rd MONTHLY
Theme – Black and White Portrait
Themed Prints
Paul Atchison
Medley Print Photographer of the Year - Monochrome
Medley Projected Image Photographer of the Year - Colour
Medley Projected Image Photographer of the Year - Monochrome
Panel Competition Colour Prints
Lesley Grand-Scrutton
Peter Jones
Open Prints
Sue Wilson
Themed Digital
Best Beginners Print
Roger Kidd
Paul Atchison
Best Beginners Projected Image
Roger Prestcote
Lesley Grand-Scrutton
CLOSING DATE - All entries must be given to the Competition Secretary
David Bull
Open Digital Sue Wilson
Panel Competition Monochrome Prints
on the Thursday before each competition together with a completed entry
Dave Bartram
Paul Atchison
form. NO EXCEPTIONS
Prints should preferably be mounted on 500mm x 400mm mounts, and
4th MONTHLY Theme – Film Titles
Themed Prints
Roger Kidd
if window mounted it is advisable to attach a supporting mount behind
Peter Jones
Dave
under or oversized mounts will not fit. Note. 20 x 16inch mounts are too
Barwick
Open Prints
Dave Barwick
Themed Digital
Alex Miller
Helen Chester
Kieran Lee
Roger Kidd
big for the frames. The reverse must contain the following information
Paul
Open Digital Kieran Lee
Peter Jones
Paul Atchinson
Themed Prints
CD or Smart Card.
Digital files to be submitted in JPEG format and should be a maximum
size of 1400 pixels wide x 1050 pixels high for landscape format.
5th MONTHLY Theme – Bridges
Paul Atchison
Roger Prestcote
Roger Kidd Alex Miller
Lesley Grand-Scrutton
Portrait format should not exceed 1050 pixels high File names should be
displayed in the following format ;
Title – Open or Theme Competition - Membership No
Carl Burgess
Roger
Kidd
Slides (which will compete side by side with digital files) should be
35mm mounted in standard mounts.
Themed Digital
Roger Kidd
Brian Farrow Peter
Glass mounts may be used for
protection. All slides must be spotted on the bottom left hand corner as
viewed and carry the membership number of the entrant and title.
Jones
Open Digital Peter Jones
Paul Atchinson
Alex Miller
ANNUAL COMPETITION RULES
Print Photographer of the Year (Total score in Monthly Competitions over
the year)
Title -- Open or Theme Competition - Membership No
Projected Images from digital files should be submitted on Memory Stick,
Atchinson
Open Prints
the print for protection. Some prints may be mounted in frames and
Judging will be by external judge wherever possible
Medley Print Photographer of the Year - two separate competitions –
colour and monochrome (no mixed panels) - Four prints for each
competition.
Medley Projected Photographer of the Year - two separate competitions –
colour and monochrome (no mixed panels) - Four images for each
competition
February 25th 4th Monthly - Open/Theme – Transport.
March 3rd
the Projected Image Medley
Note - Panels should display a range of subject matter showing variety,
technical ability, artistic merit and good presentation skills. Entries will
be judged as a whole not individually
March 10th
display a range of subjects and show variety,
Monochrome Prints. A panel of four prints on a theme of your choice. No
technique and artistic interpretation
mixed panels allowed.
March 17th
up to four entries in each competition and can be colour, monochrome or
mixed. Each award is made to a single picture.
Nick Tomlinson – Picture the Past, a project from
the Derbyshire records office
These competitions are
open to any member who has not won an Annual Award or Trophy in
Projected Image Medley Competition – Four
Monochrome Images and four Colour Images - to
Panel Competitions - Two Trophies. One for Colour Prints and one for
Best Beginners Print and Projected Image Competitions Members can enter
Gerald Hall – Turkey Treasures Entries due for
March 24th
Ladies Evening – Presentations by Lesley, Marie,
any Camera Club. Winning a Monthly Competition does not debar you
Sue and Helen Entries due for Fifth Monthly
from entering. Each category is treated as a separate competition so having
Competition
won the print trophy does not debar you from entering the projected image
competition and vice versa.
NB 1 A print or projected image can be used in more than one of the
above competitions but cannot appear more than once in the same
March 31st
5th Monthly - Open/Theme–Outdoor Fun
April 7th
A Night Out in Nottingham – taking images of our
City
competition.
NB 2 An image from a digital file cannot be entered as both a print and
a projected image in the same competition
MONTHLY COMPETITIONS
April 14th
Les Nixon – Around the world in eighty minutes
April 21st
Dave Barwick and Roger Kidd presenting their
take on photography.
Each Monthly competition consists of one Open and one Themed subject.
All Entries must be given to the Competition Secretary together with a
completed entry form on the Thursday before the competition at the latest.
THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS.
April 28th
February 18th International Competition – Judging and
comments on our images intermingled with those
prints on a theme of your choosing
May 5th
Annual General Meeting
May 12th
Charity Competition – maximum five projected
images, £1 per image to enter with all proceeds
from Australia. Entries due for the Fourth
Monthly Competition
Print Panel Competition – Two competitions, one
colour and one black and white to display four
All Open entries to be titled, however ‘untitled’ is acceptable.
February 11th Paul Dyson – Wildlife Artist
Entries due for Print Panel
Competition
towards ‘Maggies’ Cancer support centre
May 19th
Presentation Evening
October 15th
demonstrates the link between his work as an
CLUB WEBSITE – www.epsnotts.org
FACEBOOK – Eastwood Photographic Society
ALL COMPETITION ENTRIES MUST BE HANDED IN THE
WEEK PRIOR TO THE COMPETITION NO EXCEPTIONS
artist and his photography
October 22nd
short notice, due to reasons beyond the control of the
Glasgow competition – see the images we sent and
the images from Glasgow and make comments on
the Glagow entries
October 29th
Paul Bingham–Birds Beasts and Dragons –Entries
due for second Monthly Competition
November 5th 2nd Monthly - Open/Theme –Street Photography
November 12th
Please note, this program may be subject to change at
Paul Atchison – Art and Photography, Paul
Sue Wilson and Peter Jones – an insight into
judging
November 19th
Malcolm Sales – Phones and IPads – Malcolm
shows how new technology is influencing
Club. In this event every effort will be made to inform
mainstream photography
members, but this cannot be guaranteed
November 26th Out of the Hat – Your chance to display your
images of the subject you drew – either projected
FULL PROGRAMME 2015 - 2016
September 3rd
Robert Pettigrew – An Indian Love Affair
September 10th
Advice on entering NEMPF, bring your
image or print
December 3rd Brian Davis – Victorian Christmas – Get into the
mood for Christmas with this olde worlde
prospective images – Submit diigital entries for
presentation Entries due for third Monthly
Glasgow Selection
September 17th Clay Cross Video Presentation
September 24th
An evening with local photographer Ian Petrie
Competition
December 10th 3rd Monthly - Open/Theme – Music
December 18th Friendly Evening fun before Christmas guess who
Entries due for first Monthly Competition
October 1st
1st Monthly - Open/Theme – Bicycles
October 8th
Your Favourite Images – Your chance to show your
favourite images, why you took it and receive
members comments
or guess what
December 24th Christmas Eve – Break, No Meeting
December 31st
January 7th
New Years Eve - Break No Meeting
Andy
Lowe
–
Displaying
his
images
as
a
photographer for the British Wildlife Trust. Entries
due for the Beginners Competitions
January 14th Beginners Competition - and your chance to
display your images and perhaps get some advice
from members if required
January 21st
Robert Sanders – A lecture entitled the Sound of
Mull, Entries due for Print Medley Competitions
January 28th Print Medley Competition – Four Monochrome
Prints and four Colour Prints - to display a range
of subjects and show variety, technique, artistic
interpretation and presentation skills.
February 4th
NEMPF – view the images from the 2015-16 entry
Aria
Bonding
Roger Kidd
Paul Atchinson
ALL IMAGES are from the
CLUB COMPETITIONS
Frosty Riverbank
Bucking Bronco
Lesley Grand-Scrutton
Alex Miller
Unzip a Pea
Marie Johnson
Landing
Reg Lowe
Alone Underground
Roger Kidd
No Tweet No Eat
Kieren Lee