Ampthill & District Camera Club

Six internal competitions will be held each year: three for prints and three for digital images.
Some of these will have themes and some will be open.
There will be an external judge for all competitions.

Members may submit up to four images or prints for each competition.

Depending on total number of entries, it may be necessary to select only three images or prints from all authors.
Prints and digital images should preferably be less than four years old and may be submitted for one internal competition only, regardless of further manipulation, including conversion to monochrome.
All entries must have a title.

For Prints

• Title must be on the back of the mount with the name of the author.
• Image size must have a minimum area of 300 sq cm (about 20 x 15cm), with a mount size of 500 mm x 400 mm.
• Any fourth prints to be marked "04" on the reverse of the mount.

For Digital

• File names must be in the form, "TITLE IN UPPERCASE by Author Lowercase"
• Images must have a maximum size of pixels of width 1400 by height 1050.
• Any fourth images this should be named, "04 TITLE IN UPPERCASE by Author Lowercase"
• Image File Type must be "jpg"

This is awarded annually for the most consistently successful photographer for the calendar year.

For each photographer, the best three marks from each of the six internal competitions will count towards the Les Pick Shield.

The member with the highest total score for the 18 counted scores will be awarded the trophy.

The Print title must be on the back of the mount with the name of the author.

Entry to consist of three related images

• Three prints, separate 500mm x 400mm mounts OR
• Three separate prints, in one 500mm x 400mm mount OR
• Three images on one print, in one 500mm x 400mm mount

Each entry may include up to two images that have previously been entered in internal competitions.

Members may submit up to three entries.

For each entry, up to two previously unused prints may also be entered in a future competition.