Club Competitions

The club season includes several internal competitions for monochrome and colour prints, transparencies and projected digital images. Each competition event is adjudicated by an external judge, and points are awarded within each category which accumulate towards a final score to decide the overall winner of the class. Each competition class has 3 rounds per season, in which members may usually submit up to 3 entries, with their best 2 counting towards the final score. Projected Digital Image (PDI) competitions were introduced to TPS in 2006, following our acquisition of a laptop computer and digital projector. From September 2009 we no longer have a competition for 35mm slides - although members can of course have slides converted to digital for entry in the PDI competitions.

Also from September 2009 we have changed the description of the two classes of entry that form the basis of the main competitions. These are now divided into:

• Club Class - general class open to all members
• Advanced Class - members who have come 1st in the Club class competition in a previous year, or who have demonstrated a suitable quality of submissions, (possibly at another club), as judged by the TPS Committee.

In addition there are several one-off competitions held during the year, based on specific set themes or subjects. All competition winners receive a printed certificate, along with ownership of the competition award medal or cup, presented during our annual end of year dinner.

The following documents give more details of the competition requirements:

• Competitions Overview - A useful overview of all the competitions and their entry requirements.
• TPS Handbook - the club handbook (v2.0, updated Aug09), containing full details of the requirements for each competition.
• Digital Guidelines - guidelines for preparation and submission of digital images for projection
• Natural History Guidelines - rules for submissions to Natural History set subject competitions (e.g. Alec Braid)
• The AdobeRGB Conundrum - discusses the issues relating to the choice of image colour space, especially regarding AdobeRGB.

The society also competes in external competitions: both friendly with other local clubs; and in the Surrey Photographic Association's Inter-Club Competition.

Competition Results

• Current Season Results (2009-2010)
• 2008-2009 Winners
• 2007-2008 Winners
• 2006-2007 Winners
• 2005-2006 Winners
• 2004-2005 Winners
• 2003-2004 Winners

Competition Images

• Carole's Challenge 2002
• Carole's Challenge 2003
• Chinese Whispers 2008

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