Time to pick your topics for the 2019-20 assigned subject competition:

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Time to pick your topics for the 2019-20 assigned subject competition: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NHCC2020

We have friendly photography competitions once a month (8 times a year, plus an "End of Year" competition)
  • We compete digital images: an open category, plus three additional categories: assigned subject, monochrome, creative/image artistry, plus an anonymous image critiquePlease see our handbook which contains the rules and instructions for competing your images.
  • There is a one time registration with the Photo Contest Pro system in order to be able to upload your digital images for competition.
  • Upload your images to the monthly contest before the competition deadline (competitions are the fourth Monday, deadline is the Friday  before the Monday competition). 
  • http://www.photocontestpro.com/Default.aspx
  • If you have questions please email Paul (individual members should NOT contact Jack, the author of the software that club uses, Jack will be contacted by Paul or Lisa only). Please do not wait until late Friday night to discover that you need help.
You can save the pdf with the instructions for uploading images into competition 

The NHCC handbook has been updated, please download it and read it, it is your responsibility to know the rules. 

The New Haven Camera Club expects that its membership will adhere to the highest ethical standards when complying with its competition rules. It is especially important that all photographs entered into competitions be the exclusive work of the maker (except for commercially made prints or digital photographs scanned from a slide original allowed by the rules).

Highlights: 

  • All aspects of the image must be taken by the photographer (Clipart, Textures, etc. are NOT permitted, except in image aristry, in that category you must start with an image that you photographed but you may add elements, textures, etc.).
  • Images of a similar nature may not be submitted again once that image has won a ribbon.
  • The winning same image (or a very similar rendition taken at the same time) may not be submitted into a different competition or in a different season.
  • Please note that there are NO makeups
  • Please note that there no way to email images late if you have problems, so we urge you please do NOT to wait until the last minute to submit your photographs.
  • Setups are ONLY allowed in Class B

    • Number of entries per contest:

    a. Each member may enter a maximum of 2 photographs into the print competition in each of the 8 contests, for a year's total of 16 entries.

    b. Each member may enter a maximum of 2 photographs into the open electronic competition in each of the 8 contests, for a year's total of 16 open electronic entries.

    c. Each member may enter a maximum of 1 photograph into the assigned subject competition in each of the 8 contests, for a year's total of 8 assigned subject entries.

    d. Each member may enter a maximum of 1 photograph into image artistry competition in each of the 8 contests, for a year's total of 8 image artistry entries.

    Cumulative Score is the sum total of all print or electronic photograph scores to date. At the end of the competition year the highest 6 - 12 scores of each maker (depending on the category) are summed to determine the cumulative score. Makers can compete in more than one category and can have cumulative scores in each category. These points will count toward an award for highest cumulative point total for the year presented at the Annual Dinner.

    a. To be ranked in class B electronic photographs, the maker must have submitted at least 10 photographs (8 contests times 2 photographs per contest and you can have up to 6 zeros).

    b. To be ranked in class A, Electronic photographs, the maker must have submitted a total of 12 photographs (8 contests times 2 photographs per contest and you can have up to 4 zeros).

    c. To be ranked in image artistry, the maker must have submitted a total of 6 photographs (8 contests times 1 photograph per contest, two zeros allowed).

    d. To be ranked in assigned subject, the maker must have submitted a total of 6 photographs (8 contests times 1 photograph per contest, two zeros allowed).

    Each month we have the following image competitions: 
      • Electronic (uploaded via website prior to deadline). Two classes: Class A (advanced level) and Class B (entry level, top scorer gets promoted to A at end of year)
      • Creative/Image Artistry category (uploaded via website prior to deadline)
      • Monochrome category (uploaded via website prior to deadline)
      • Assigned subject, see topics (uploaded via website prior to deadline). 
        • Please note that the electronic image assigned subject competition is in addition to the regular OPEN subject (anything goes) monthly competition.