External Competition Information
Thornbury Camera Club enters a number of external competitions throughout the year
The Tom Crowe Challenge
This is an annual digital competition between invited clubs in memory of Tom Crowe who was a former Thornbury Camera Club chairman
The Rules
Images must have a landscape dimension not greater than 1600 pixels wide, and portrait images must not be greater than 1200 pixels high. Images must be JPEG files using sRGB colour space. Number of entries from each club shall be 8 (eight) images each from a different photographer. Within the 8 images, at least 1 (one) images shall be in the following 4 (four) categories:-
[L] LANDSCAPE countryside, city etc
[P] PORTRAIT people or animals
[C] CREATIVE fantasy, abstract
[N] NIGHT night or low light photographs
The remaining 4 images can be in any of the above or yet another Category. Please title the images with their title followed by the photographer’s name.
What TCC members need to do.
Please send no more than 10 images for consideration, sized 1600x1200, complete with title. If you think any of your images would be suitable for one of the named subjects, then please indicate which category for which image when you send in your entry. Send your entries to Simon Riches on the email below by the new date of Monday 20th September 2021.
Any questions or queries then please email Simon Riches: extcomp.thornburycameraclub@gmail.com
WCPF DPIC
-This is the annual Western Counties Photographic Federation (WCPF) annual Digitally Projected Images Competition (DPIC).
Images needed please for DPIC by Friday 29th October 2021
Thornbury has entered this competition every year since it’s inauguration ( which is lost in the mists of time, well the early 2000’s). The judging for the event typically takes place in Exeter in February. We are yet to find out if it will be another virtual event, like it was this year.
As per previous year’s the club needs your images to create its entry. They need to follow the competition’s usual format of images sized no greater than 1600 x 1200 in sRGB colour space.
Please ensure that none of the images have been submitted in to previous DPIC or other WCPF competitions, as the image(s) will be automatically disqualified.
Please send no more than 10 images to Simon Riches (extcomp.thornnburycameraclub@gmail.com) From all of the submitted entries, 18 will be chosen to be entered for the competition.
Please note that entrants cannot enter for more than one club.
Images need to have IMPACT as they are only seen on the screen for 7 seconds. Below is an award winning image from this year’s competition to give an example of an image that scores well.
Link to the WCPF DPIC page - DPIC | WCPF (thewcpf.co)
Link to DPIC and PAGB rules - dpic_and_pagb_rules.pdf (thornburycameraclub.co.uk)
Images needed please for DPIC by Friday 29th October 2021
Thornbury has entered this competition every year since it’s inauguration ( which is lost in the mists of time, well the early 2000’s). The judging for the event typically takes place in Exeter in February. We are yet to find out if it will be another virtual event, like it was this year.
As per previous year’s the club needs your images to create its entry. They need to follow the competition’s usual format of images sized no greater than 1600 x 1200 in sRGB colour space.
Please ensure that none of the images have been submitted in to previous DPIC or other WCPF competitions, as the image(s) will be automatically disqualified.
Please send no more than 10 images to Simon Riches (extcomp.thornnburycameraclub@gmail.com) From all of the submitted entries, 18 will be chosen to be entered for the competition.
Please note that entrants cannot enter for more than one club.
Images need to have IMPACT as they are only seen on the screen for 7 seconds. Below is an award winning image from this year’s competition to give an example of an image that scores well.
Link to the WCPF DPIC page - DPIC | WCPF (thewcpf.co)
Link to DPIC and PAGB rules - dpic_and_pagb_rules.pdf (thornburycameraclub.co.uk)
3 Way Battle
This is a day's photoshoot competition for digital projected images between Thornbury, Sodbury and Yate, and Crossbow. Each club chooses the venue for a year and the idea is for the three clubs to spend the day in the defined location taking photographs. Photographers can go individually or in groups, at any time in the 24 hour period. The photo shoot usually takes place on a Sunday in May, and the judging in the following September (by the host club).
However due to covid restrictions, the photo shoot will now take place on Sunday 10th October (2021)
Judging is on 10th January 2022
Each club chooses its best 25 images and they are then sent to the host club who arranges for an external judge. The images are then finally shown and judged at an evening organised by that year's host club.
Historically, this photoshoot used film and only two films were "issued" to each club, the idea being to get the best pictures as seen on the day. With the decline in slide film use and the rise in digital imaging the competition has had to move to the latter medium and so some simple rules now apply. Images are not allowed to be "manipulated", other than by cropping or balancing brightness, contrast, and colour balance. Parts of the image may not be removed, substituted or added to.
However due to covid restrictions, the photo shoot will now take place on Sunday 10th October (2021)
Judging is on 10th January 2022
Each club chooses its best 25 images and they are then sent to the host club who arranges for an external judge. The images are then finally shown and judged at an evening organised by that year's host club.
Historically, this photoshoot used film and only two films were "issued" to each club, the idea being to get the best pictures as seen on the day. With the decline in slide film use and the rise in digital imaging the competition has had to move to the latter medium and so some simple rules now apply. Images are not allowed to be "manipulated", other than by cropping or balancing brightness, contrast, and colour balance. Parts of the image may not be removed, substituted or added to.