Rules

  1. GENERAL RULES
    1. ALL PRINTS entered for Club Competitions must:
      1. Have a minimum side length of 7 inches (18cms).
      2. Be mounted on a board.
      3. Bear the author’s name and a title on the rear of the mount.
    2. ALL DIGITAL IMAGES entered for Club Competitions must:
      1. Be in JPEG format and use the sRGB colour space.
      2. Be resized to fit a display 1920 pixels wide by 1080 pixels high.
      3. Have the author name set in the Authors field and a title in the Title field.
    3. It is asked that Club Members do not repeatedly offer the same prints or images in Club Competitions.
    4. PROMOTION OR DEMOTION from class to class will be decided by the Committee in consultation with the Member concerned, using the number of points gained in the season as a guide.
    5. IN THE EVENT OF A TIE in any competition where points are awarded, the Member receiving the most 10s will be deemed the winner. If a tie still exists then the Member receiving the most 9½s will be deemed the winner et cetera.
  1. OPEN PRINT COMPETITIONS
    1. There is one print class.
    2. A maximum of three prints may be entered by each Member. Prints can be either monochrome or colour, trade or self printed and on any subject.
    3. Each print will be awarded up to a maximum of 10 points by the judge. At the end of the season, the top 6 marks in all competitions will be added together. 
    4. The Member who accumulates the most points (subject to Rule 1.5) in their class will be awarded the trophy of that class, which is to be held for one year.
  2. OPEN DIGITAL IMAGE COMPETITIONS (DI Comps)
    1. There will be two classes:
      1. Intermediate
      2. Advanced
    2. Each Member may enter up to three images in each competition on any subject.
    3. Each image will be awarded up to a maximum of 10 points by the judge, these being accumulated towards the class trophy for the season. Only the highest two marks per person from each competition will go forward for this purpose.
    4. The Member who accumulates the most points in their class (subject to Rule 1.5)
      will be awarded the trophy of that class, which is to be held for one year.
    5. Images should be delivered prior to the competition, preferably by email before each competition, but not on the night to entries@millcameragroup.org.uk as shown in the Syllabus, unless agreed otherwise.
  3. THE FRED OVEREND MEMORIAL TROPHY is awarded to the member with the highest number of 10s in the Open Print and Open Digital Image Competitions but who did not win an award in those competitions. This member can be from either Intermediate or Advanced classes. This trophy is held for one year.
  4. THE COUNTY TROPHY COMPETITION
    1. This is a digital image competition and there will be one class only.
    2. Images must have been taken on the current season’s Club Outing.
    3. Images must have the correct file naming as per the club's panel naming convention (see  How to name images for panel competitions).
    4. Each panel to be judged in turn.
    5. The Trophy will be awarded to the author of the best panel of images submitted, which should be representative of the day.
    6. The Committee will decide annually the number of images which will comprise the panel and how many panels may be entered.
  5. SET SUBJECT COMPETITION
    1. There will be one class only.
    2. Each member may enter a number of digital images, which represent the current set subject.
    3. The number of images which can be entered to be decided annually by the Committee.
    4. The winner is the member judged to have the best single image.
    5. The winner will be asked to select next season's subject and will have the opportunity to judge the entries, if wished.
  6. ANNUAL EXHIBITION COMPETITIONS
    1. PRINTS
      1. A panel of prints, which will be unlimited in number, shall be entered for the MILL CAMERA GROUP TROPHY, which is to be held for one year.
      2. This will be a one class competition.
      3. The panel must have a common theme or subject.
      4. The member with the best panel of prints will be awarded the trophy which is to be held for one year.
      5. The member with the best print in the exhibition will be awarded the DEREK MORTIMER TROPHY, which is to be held for one year.
    2. DIGITAL IMAGES
      1. Three images will be entered as a panel for the COTTEE TROPHY, which must be named using the club’s panel naming convention.
      2. This will be a one class competition.
      3. The panel must have a common theme or subject.
      4. The member with best panel of images will be awarded the trophy which is to be held for one year.
      5. The member with the single best image will be awarded the PETER LEE MEMORIAL TROPHY which is to be held for one year.
  7. GARDEN TROPHY COMPETITION
    1. There will be one class only.
    2. The trophy will be awarded to the member judged to have the best panel of three digital images.
    3. Images must have the correct file naming as per the club's panel naming convention (see  How to name images for panel competitions).
    4. The Committee will decide annually how many panels may be entered.
    5. One image from each panel should be a view of a garden (not necessarily the whole garden but a view which represents the garden). The remaining images must include one or more flowers, shrubs or trees growing in a garden.
    6. The judge to be the previous winner of the Garden Trophy.
    7. Each panel to be judged in turn.
    8. The trophy will be awarded to the member judged to have the best panel of three images.
  8. KNOCKOUT COMPETITION
    1. There will be one class only.
    2. Each member may enter a number of digital images of any subject.
    3. The Committee will decide annually how many images may be entered.
    4. All images will be randomly paired with another and the members will vote.
    5. The image with the least votes will be eliminated from the competition.
    6. Once all images have been seen once they will be randomly paired again and voted upon.
    7. This continues until there is one image left which will be awarded the TYLER TROPHY (to be held for one year).
  9. MONOCHROME COMPETITION
    1. There will be one class only.
    2. Each member may enter a number of digital images of any subject.
    3. The Committee will decide annually how many images may be entered.
    4. Images must be monochrome; i.e. an image that contains shades of only one colour plus white. Normally this would be black to create a black-and-white image but other single tones are allowed e.g. sepia.
    5. THE FOUNDERS TROPHY shall be awarded to the member judged to have the best single image (trophy to be held for one year).
  10. TREASURE HUNT COMPETITIONS
    1. SHEPPARD TROPHY
      1. There will be one class only.
      2. Each panel consists of nine digital images: Eight representing the set clues and one for the rover (unless otherwise agreed).
      3. Images must have the correct file naming as per the club's panel naming convention (see How to name images for panel competitions).
      4. Each clues images to be judged in turn.
      5. The member with the best panel of images will be awarded the trophy which is to be held for one year.
      6. The winner is to be offered the chance to organise and judge the following year’s competition.
    2. REG SHEPPARD MEMORIAL TROPHY
      1. There will be one class only.
      2. Each member may enter an unlimited number of digital images of any subject.
      3. Images must have been taken on the day of the Treasure Hunt and should not be connected with any of the set clues.
      4. The trophy shall be awarded to the member judged to have the best single image.
  11. AUDIO/VISUAL (A/V) COMPETITION
    1. There will be one class only.
    2. Each member can enter a number of A/Vs of any subject (the total number of entries per member to be decided each year).
    3. The winner is the A/V which is voted by the members to be the best.
    4. The winner receives the KEN ROGERS MEMORIAL TROPHY to be held for one year.
  12. NEW CLUB MEMBERS may be asked to submit five prints and/or digital images for assessment and be classed accordingly.
  13. THE COMMITTEE may alter these rules as necessary at their discretion.