• Up to 2 photographs may be entered per entrant each month.

• Photographs shall be entered as digital projected images with the exception of entries in February, May and August when prints may also be entered.

• Photographs awarded an Acceptance or higher in previous Greymouth Photography Club competitions may NOT be re-entered.

• An image shall only be entered in one medium; digital projected images or prints.

• Digital image files must be formatted and named in accordance with the guidelines governing entry of digital images. They may be saved to CD, USB Flash Disk or emailed direct to the Competition Secretary.

• Prints may be titled on either the face or reverse of the print or mount. Prints may be mounted / matted (please note this is NOT compulsory) and are to be no larger than 40cm x 50cm (including mount / mat). Framed prints will NOT be accepted.

• Label your images to correspond with your entry form.

• Do NOT label your photographs with your name.

• Entries are to be handed in to the Competition Secretary no later than the corresponding monthly meeting dates.

• Size of images to a maximum of 1024 pixels wide and 768 pixels high.

• Images must be in JPEG format.

• Embedding a source ICC colour profile is recommended (usually sRGB).

• For identification and sorting purposes, your image file must be named as follows -

• COMPETITION ABBREVIATION
       O = Open   N = Nature   S = Set Subject

• GRADE
       A = A-Grade   B = B-Grade   C = C-Grade

• MEMBER ID, followed by [SPACE]

• IMAGE TITLE - the title of the image may contain as many characters as needed, where there are breaks between words in the title use a space. Excessively long titles may be truncated.

• Label your CD or USB Flash Disk (by pen or electronically) with your name
  OR EMAIL your entries to competitions@greymouthphotoclub.org.nz

EXAMPLE OF NAMING YOUR IMAGE FILE

NA123 The Winner
(Nature, A-Grade, Member ID 123, title: The Winner)

• Images gaining a place in the end-of-year competitions may be used as a Merit.

• Images winning a trophy in the end-of-year competitions may be used as an Honours.

• Members who have not met the promotion criteria, but who feel they are in a lower grade than they should be, may submit a selection of six images to the committee members present at a club meeting for consideration for promotion to a higher grade.

• A member who is promoted up a grade through the points system, but who feels they do not yet have the skills required for that grade, has the option of remaining in their existing grade for one more competition year.