ctps.co.za Photographic Competition : Cape Town Photographic Society

Organization : Cape Town Photographic Society
Competition Name : Photographic Competition October 2016
Competition Deadline : 28th September

Website : http://www.ctps.co.za/competitions/
Rules : https://www.southafricain.com/uploads/411-Rules.pdf

Photographic Competition :

** The October 2016 competition will be held on the 5th October at 7 PM in St Stephens Church Hall, Central Square, Pinelands.
** The set subject is “Vertical scapes”.

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** The judge will be Lee Slabber.
** The deadline for submissions is midnight on the 28th September.
** Please upload your entries to Photovault.
** View the Competitions page for help files on how to prepare images and upload to Photovault.
** Your PDIs and digital copies of your print images must be entered via Photovault.
** Maximum size is 1920 x 1080 pixels and file size not more than 1.2 MB.
** Please see the documents below for help in registering on Photovault and uploading your images.**

Theme : Vertical scapes
Competition Date : 5 October
Deadline : 28 September

Competition Rules :
1. Introduction :
** This document constitutes the By-Laws of Cape Town Photographic Society drawn up and approved by the Council of Cape Town Photographic Society in terms of Clause 4.3.13 of the Constitution.

** These By-Laws establish the Rules for the various prints, projected images (digital and slides) and audio-visual divisions of the Cape Town Photographic Society under which the Society’s competitions shall be held, the various awards shall be made and trophies and medals shall be awarded.

** The Council shall be responsible for the making of awards and awarding trophies.

2. Prints And Projected Images (Digital And Slides) Divisions :
2.1 Classification of Photographers :
** For competition purposes photographers shall be classified as Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced or Salon. Promotion from one class to the next shall be by accumulation of points gained in competition as prescribed in paragraph 2.3 below.

** A new member of the Society shall be classified as Beginner unless he/she substantiates to the satisfaction of the Council that he/she has gained a higher status at a photographic society/club recognised by the Council in which case the Council shall determine into which class such member shall fall.

2.2 Society Competitions :
** Society competitions for prints and projected images shall normally be held once in each month.
** Photographs entered for projected images and print competitions must have been taken by the entrant.
** The photographs entered into competitions must be original and must not have been entered previously into any other CTPS competition in which ranking points are awarded.

2.2.1 The number of entries allowed :
** Images may be entered in either medium, PDI or print, and may be entered in either the Open or Set categories.
** A maximum of three images is allowed with a maximum of two images being allowed in any one medium, print or PDI.

2.2.2 Submission Deadlines :
** Projected Digital Images must be uploaded to the Photovaultonline website by 23h00 on the Wednesday preceding the competition. See the CTPS website competitions page for instructions.
** Digital copies of print images must also be uploaded to Photovaultonline by the deadline.
** The Prints need to be presented to the convenor by 18h40 on the night of the competition.

Requirements for promotion are :
From Beginner to Intermediate :
** 30 points including any gained from Salon acceptances and including a minimum of 3 Gold Awards in Society competitions

From Intermediate to Advanced :
** 40 points including any gained from Salon acceptances and including a minimum of 5 Gold Awards in Society competitions.

From Advanced to Salon :
** 30 points from Salon acceptances and 30 points including 5 Gold Awards in Society competitions. 50 Gold Awards in the Advanced Class in Society Competitions will also qualify for promotion to the Salon class.