Devizes Camera Club

• they competed in the General Category in any previous Competition Year or

• they achieved promotion from the Intermediate Category during the previous Competition Year or

• they hold at the start of the Competition Year a recognised photographic distinction or qualification or

• the member has submitted to the Committee prior to the start of the Competition Year a panel of 12 images in the relevant discipline and the Committee has then decided that the member should compete in the General Category

a member shall compete in the Intermediate Category unless;-

• they are required to compete in the General Category or

• they are eligible to choose to compete in the Beginners Category and do so

a member may choose to compete in the Beginners Category unless either;-

• they achieved promotion from the Beginners Category to the Intermediate Category in a previous Competition Year or

• They entered and scored points in the Intermediate Category in the previous Competition Year
  
  A member may choose to compete in the Beginners Category if they are a new member to the Club or have not previously entered a Monthly or Annual Competition and are not required to compete in the General Category.
  
  Club members from 2010-11 who were eligible for the then 'Preliminary' Category shall compete in the Intermediate Category unless during the 2011-12 Competition year they choose to compete in the Beginners Category.
  
  They may not elect for the Beginners Category if ;-
  
  
• they achieved promotion from the Beginners Category to the Intermediate Category in a previous Competition Year
  
•  they entered and scored points in the Intermediate Category in the previous Competition
• they have already entered a competition for 2011-12.

a) The John Sowman Memorial Trophy will be awarded annually for the best print of a nature subject. Each member may submit up to 2 prints of any size or process.

b) The Bowker Praed Shield will be awarded each year for the best projected image of a nature subject. Each member may submit up to 2 images.

Note 1 - The FIAP definition of Nature will be used: ‘Nature photography depicts living, untamed animals and uncultivated plants in a natural habitat, geology and the wide diversity of natural phenomena, from insects to icebergs. Photographs of animals which are domesticated, caged or under any form of restraint, as well as photographs of cultivated plants are ineligible. Minimal evidence of humans is acceptable for nature subjects, such as barn owls or storks adapting to an environment modified by humans, or natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves, reclaiming it. The original image must have been taken by the photographer, whatever photographic medium is used. Any manipulation or modification to the original image is limited to minor retouching of blemishes and must not alter the content of the original scene. After satisfying the above requirements, every effort should be made to use the highest level of artistic skill in all nature photographs’.

Note 2 - Accurate, brief, descriptive titles are recommended for nature photographs. In both of the above Nature Competitions the use of ‘humorous’ or ‘cute’ titles should be avoided.

Note 3 - Entries should allow for a well informed person to be able to identify the subject material and to certify as to its honest presentation.

Note 4 - Entries will be subject to scrutiny by the Competition Secretary and two other well informed people to determine their eligibility under the above definitions. Members will be informed if an entry cannot be accepted and given the opportunity to substitute where possible.

The Pencil of Nature Camera Trophy donated by Syd Holley, will be awarded annually for the best monochrome print on any subject. Each member may submit up to 2 prints.

Note - The FIAP definition of Monochrome will be used: ‘A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey. A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black and white category; such a work can be reproduced in black and white in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage. On the other hand a black and white work modified by a partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category; such a work requires colour reproduction in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage’

Note  - Entries will be subject to scrutiny by the Competition Secretary and two other well informed people to determine their eligibility under the above definitions. Members will be informed if an entry cannot be accepted and given the opportunity to substitute where possible.

The Gilbert Adams Trophy will be awarded annually for the best print in the Single-use Camera Competition. Each member may submit up to 3 prints. The Club will arrange camera supply and processing and charge the member accordingly.

The Demiurgic Trophy, donated by Rod Stowell, will be awarded annually for the image judged best overall in the Creative Photography Competition.

Note 1 - Creative photography shall be defined as ‘The use of photography as a means of expression and as a vehicle for the photographer to make a personal photographic statement. The photographer should seek to stimulate the imagination and arouse the emotions of the viewer. It should be the input of the photographer which makes the description of creative appropriate’.

Note 2 - All elements of the creative photographic image for this competition must be derived from the photographic images of the maker.

Note 3 - In the interest of stimulating new work, it is a requirement for this competition that the base photographic image should have been taken within the last two years and that any image, whether in original state or modified, which has been entered into any Club competitions previously will not be eligible.

Note 4 - Any Nature image that would be eligible for the Club’s Nature Competitions C4 is not eligible for this Competition.