2024-25 Non-League Competitions
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Set of Three/George Walsh
Date: Tuesday 26 November
Location: The Arc
Judge: Jim Pascoe BA ABIPP ARPS
Christmas Knockout
Date: Tuesday 17 December
Location: LMH
Judge: the members
Society Competition Evening
Date:Tuesday 8 April
Location: The Arc
Judge: Gladys Perrier LRPS
Best of the best
Date: Tuesday 6 May
Location: The Arc
Judge: Carl Reeve LMPA
Winning and Held Back Entries By Round
Pending the availability of this year’s results, the galleries below show results from previous years.
Click on any pane to see the winning and held back images in that class
A=Advanced, B=Beginners, G=Gold, I=Intermediate
See also the Internal Competition Image Archive
Set of Three
Set of Three
[from the Handbook – amended to add details of fourth image]Members submit three printed images that have a single theme, subject or concept of their own choice. All three images are viewed and assessed by the judge at the same time.
The images can be mounted on separate boards or one large one, but the mounting will not be judged.
A maximum of one of the images may have been entered in a previous society competition.
How to enter
- Use PhotoEntry to upload your images (not later than the Friday before the competition)
- For the Set of 3 competition you must upload 3 or preferably 4 images
- Please add a suffix to each image name to indicate its position
- -left, -middle, -right OR -L, -M, -R
- -top, -middle, -bottom / -T, -M, -B if arranged vertically
- You should also add a fourth image which is a composite of the first three showing how they should be arranged.
Then
- Make sure your three images are printed, mounted and labelled
- Bring them along on Competition night or
- ask a friend to take them in for you
Last updated: 8 July 2024
The George Walsh Memorial Trophy
This trophy is presented in memory of George Walsh, longstanding member of WPS, who died in May 2017.
During his 60 years of membership he was actively involved in the running of the Society, taking the role of President twice and being appointed Honorary Life President in 1991.
He ran the Society’s annual exhibition for 31 years, and was co-founder of the Audio-Visual Group.
As a tribute to George’s work as a Hampshire Chronicle photographer, the trophy will be awarded to the winner of a new competition on the theme of documentary/photojournalism.
Documentary photography provides a straightforward and accurate representation of people, places, objects and events. It is used to chronicle events or environments that are significant and relevant to history, as well as those that show everyday life.
Photojournalism, closely associated with street photography, employs images that tell a story, usually news-related, in a creative format that is entertaining as well as informative.
Last updated: 8 July 2024
Judge: Jim Pascoe BA ABIPP ARPS
About Jim
Following a short spell in the Royal Navy, seven years at Standard Life, and five years at Stonehenge Cycles (a passionate cyclist), Jim decided on a career change to follow his love of photography.
In 1998, Jim graduated from Salisbury College – acknowledged as one of the leading photography colleges in the UK – with an HND and a BA(Hons) in Professional Communication(Photography).
Jim is a long-standing member of and a former chairman and vice-chairman of Highcliffe & Infinity Photography Club.
With his wife Nicky, also an experienced photographer, he has been running Jim Pascoe Photography since 1998.
He is a frequent and welcome visitor to WPS, and an experienced SCPF Level 3 judge.
Recent visits include judging 2021-22 Print Round 4, and the Competition Night on 19 January 2021 which included the Set of Three and the George Walsh Trophy awards. He was one of the judges for our 2024 Annual Exhibition.
He was also our guest speaker on 13 April 2021, when we were meeting online because of the pandemic.
See
Last updated 26 October 2024
The Christmas Knockout
This light-hearted competition is part of our Christmas Social evening.
Members may enter up to four PDI images.
The images are projected in pairs in a randomised order, and members vote for their favourite of each pair.
Gradually images are knocked out until just one – the winner – remains.
Images entered in this competition can also be entered into league competitions.
For the display of winning images (when available), the losing quarter-finalists are shown as 5th equal, the losing semifinalists as 3rd equal).
Last updated: 8 July 2024
The Society Competition Evening
This is a light-hearted evening of themed competitions without classes. The entries in each competition must comply with the relevant guidelines described in the first section Advice on Entering. The competitions are:
- Theme (Prints – maximum 1 per member)
- Portrait (Prints – maximum 1 per member)
Awarded for the best portrait of a person, or a number of people, who must be the main feature of the image. - The Creative Cup (Projected Digital Image – maximum 1 per member)
for an innovative image based on one or more of the author’s photographs. It should be original, creative and avant-garde, originating from the camera and the photographer’s imagination. No limits – only your imagination! - Greg’s Egg Cup (Projected Digital Image – maximum 1 per member)
for a visually humorous image, with an appropriate title to add to the fun. Technical quality is only a secondary consideration.
Last updated: 8 July 2024
Theme
The theme for 2024-5 is In the Swim
Judge: Gladys Perrier LRPS
Last updated 29 September 2024
About Gladys Perrier
(from her Bracknell CC profile picture)
Gladys is a Level 2 judge on the SPF circuit, a member and 2023-24 Co-chair of Bracknell Camera Club
On her website she writes: I have been an active amateur photographer since the early 1980s, always interested in nature and wildlife. With a love of walking and exploring, these interests go hand-in-hand. My camera is always my companion.
Her first visit to WPS as a judge is for the 2024-25 Society Competition evening.
Pictures of the year
There are two competitions in this evening, previously called “Best of the Best”; one for the best print of the year and one for the best PDI of the year.
Each competition brings together in an open forum all the images from each of the four classes which came first or second in the five League rounds.
From these 40 prints and 40 PDIs the judge awards the coveted titles of Print of the Year and PDI of the Year.
Last updated: 7 November 2024
Judge: Carl Reeve LMPA DipPP
About Carl Reeve
image copyright Onsite Photos
reproduced by permission
Carl Reeve is a member of Locksheath and Sarisbury Camera Club.
Carl is a Level 2+ judge on the SCPF circuit.
He joined the SCPF panel of judges in December 2018 and was upgraded to a Level 2 in September 2019.
In 2012 he achieved his Licentiate of the Master Photographers’ Association in Portrait Photography.
Carl runs his own business, Onsite Photos, covering Wedding, Event, Portrait and Model & Fashion photography.
For more information see:
- Onsite photos
- Master Photographers Association Qualifications
- The MPA is a body for working professional photographers with qualifications at Licentiate, Associate and Fellow level.
Last updated 8 July 2024
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