Competitions

Competition Information

Competitions are designed for fun and to learn more about the great art of photography.

• Digitally manipulated images are currently allowed in all sections.
• Two or more images may be presented in one image and will be considered as one entry.
• Keep a record of your entries, dates and titles.
• Judges are selected from the Victorian Association of Photographic Societies (VAPS) list of judges and Photographers within the industry. (or judged in-house where required)
• Judges give written or verbal comments and award a score out of 15 for each entry (that fit the criteria).
• Entries are viewed at meetings, judge's comments and scores are read out, certificates are presented for first, second and merit positions.
• Monthly scores are calculated for the Point System and awarded with Annual Awards in June.
• New members start in Photographer grade unless having professional experience or graded higher by another club.
• Member grades are reviewed in May; scores from the previous 11 months of monthly competition are averaged. Current Photographer members whose average is above the club average are promoted to Advance Photographer, while current Advance Photographer members lower than club average have the option to transfer to Photographer grade. Members need to have entered 50% of monthly competitions for grading to be altered.
• In addition to monthly competitions, the club is involved with inter-club competitions organised by Victorian Association of Photographic Societies (VAPS).
• The Paatsch Shield is held annually with the Benalla Camera Club.

General Competition Rules

1. Entries will be accepted from current financial members only.
2. Members may enter a maximum of two images each month, one in each section.
3. Each entry is to be appropriate Title, using Title Case in your Titles (Capitalize the first letter in each word.
4. EDI entries must be in JPEG format only, a maximum of 1920 pixels width and 1080 pixels height @ 300 PPI.
5. Entries of 2 images one for each category intended for the competition are entered into the WACC MyPhotoClub website.
6. Members are to avoid entering the same image more than once in the same month. (Colour or Monochrome).
7. All images must be the original photographic work of the entrant. ie: The Entrant holds the copyright. The Image must be based on one or more original images of the photographer. Entries preferably no more than 5 years old.)
8. Monochrome images may have an overall tone/colour added to the processed image.
9. An entry that has not won a 1st or 2nd placeing, may be resubmitted once. (The Image of the Year is the only exception!) The title must not be changed when re-entering.) (second judge may offer a different comment).
10. Photographic Challenges (where indicated.).
11. Audio/Visual Presentations (where indicated).
12. The Competition Secretary reserves the right to refuse any entry that is deemed not to meet the Set Subject criteria or is deemed inappropriate.