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Internal Club Competitions |
No. | Hand-in date | Judging date |
1 | 18/09/2017 | 16/10/2017 |
2 | 23/10/2017 | 13/11/2017 |
3 | 11/12/2017 | 15/01/2018 |
4 | 22/01/2018 | 12/02/2018 |
5 | 05/03/2018 | 02/04/2018 |
An.Ex. | 26/03/2018 | 21/04/2018 |
External Competitions |
Event | Hand-in date | Event date |
SPF Digital Knockout | 09/10/2017 | 12/11/2017 |
SPF Print Championship | 08/01/2018 | 18/02/2018 |
SPF Portfolio | 09/04/2018 | May 2018 |
3-Way Digital at Linlithgow | 05/02/2018 | 20/02/2018 |
Inter-Fife at Glenrothes | 19/02/2018 | 11/03/2018 |
4-Way at Edinburgh (New) | 13/11/2017 | 04/12/2017 |
Monthly Competition Hand-ins
The Syllabus will confirm the hand-in dates for the competitions. Anyone wishing to participate in these competitions has to hand in their photographs on the named night or earlier. Entries made after the photographs have been taken to the judge will not count.
A single image may be used a maximum of twice, over the three classes: colour print, mono print, and digital image - but not twice in the same competition.
External Competition Requirements |
MUSSELBURGH | This event takes place annually, and the venue alternates between Kirkcaldy and Musselburgh. |
10 prints + 10 digital images per clubMax 2 images per author per class. |
INTER-FIFE | Annually, with the venue rotating between the 5 clubs involved: KPS, St Andrews, Glenrothes, Dunfermline, Cupar. |
colour print + mono print + digital image.8 images per class. Max 2 per author per class |
3-WAY | Between ourselves, Kinross CC and Linlithgow CC. |
20 digital images per club. |
SPF DIGITAL IMAGE | Held in the autumn. Often called the Digital Knockout comp. |
Min club entry of 20, max of 40. Max 2 /author /round (3 rounds). |
SPF PRINT COMP. | Held in spring. Both Club and individual classes. Small charge for entries. |
Colour print + mono printMax 3 prints /author /section.Overall max of 80 prints per club. |
SPF PORTFOLIOS | Judged over the summer, the best images are put onto disc which is available to all clubs for viewing during the following year. Small charge for entries. |
Prints + digital images.Club entry: max 2 prints per author per class. Plus individual entries. |
Society Comps.
Monthly Competitions Eligibility
Each member is classed as a novice unless they have:
● won the novice section of that category in a previous year;
● won a major award in the relevant category in the club’s Annual Exhibition;
● had acceptances in international exhibitions;
● been recognised as an Advanced worker by another Photographic Society.
In addition, the Council has the power to invite deserving novice workers to move to the advance section, at their discretion. Any new member to the club may, on joining the Society, present a portfolio of images to the Council for consideration as an advanced worker.
There are five monthly print competitions, divided into two categories – monochrome prints, and colour prints. Each of these categories is divided into novice and advanced. For . . . . . . Click for more
The Annual Exhibition is both a showcase for member's work and a judged event.
The official requirement for a monochrome entry to any club competition or SPF competition is as follows: “A monochrome work fitting from a very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey . . .” Click for more
‘Nature’ is the broader and less restrictive definition. Within it there’s a much stricter division called ‘Wildlife’. Any qualifying ‘Wildlife’ image can be entered in the ‘Nature’ section of a . . . . . . Click for more