COMPETITION RULES (Other Than Monthly Competitions)

LINCOLNSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION (L.P.A.)
Prints need to be titled on the front or back and must bear identification, particularly the Club/Society name. Mounts to be no larger than 20"x16".
Slides to be labelled and spotted.

The Battles
An inter-club competition in both prints and slides. Each club submits nine images in each section. There are three preliminary rounds, each judged by a different judge. Scored on a points system.

Photographer of the Year (POTY)
Monochrome and colour prints and slides - for a panel of three prints or slides, each individual print or slide in a panel to be of a different category. Maximum mount size for prints is 20"x16". Entry is open to all members of clubs affiliated to the LPA and there is no limit to the number of panels. Categories are the same as for the Annual Competition less Landscape/Seascape and Any Other Subject but plus Abstract/Derivative which is described as:- Results of derivation from a negative/slide or without one. "Cokin" effects are insufficient to turn a "straight" picture into a derivative

The Folio
This is a touring collection of monochrome or colour prints and slides. An individual competition with no limit to the number of entries but each person must mark their entries in order of preference.

The Biennial
An exhibition held at a different venue every two years for prints. Mount size 20"x16". Each club can submit nine prints.

Trade Processed Print Competition
Run by Barton Photographic Club. An individual competition for trade processed prints, which must be 7"x5" and mounted. Competitors can enter two prints.

GEORGE SAVILLE TROPHY
George Saville was a Secretary of the Society. After his sudden death, his widow Doreen donated a rose bowl in his memory. The competition is for prints one year and slides the next. Members are invited to enter panels of three prints/slides. There are no specific rules laid down but it is suggested that there should be a theme (however tenuous!) running through each panel.
Each set of three pictures is shown together on the print stand or on three screens in the case of slides. This means that the photographer should mark his/her entries to indicate his/her preference for the order in which they are to be shown, on the back of each mount or on the front of the slide mount..
Eg Set1 L (left) C(centre) R (right) This is in addition to the normal competition rules requiring correct size entries to be marked with the title and, in the case of slides, correctly spotted.

A guest judge is usually invited to come and give his assessment and to award the trophy to the winner and as many Certificates of Merit as he deems suitable.

TIPS
Remember the judge will be considering the pictures as a panel not as three single prints. It will make a more pleasing presentation if the two outside prints lead into the centre one ie people or shapes should face in towards the centre picture. If the panel is composed of two horizontal and one vertical (or visa versa) the "different" one should be in the centre. In colour prints, the colours should harmonise. Similarly print mounts are more effective if they are all the same colour.

G.P.S. CENTENARY TROPHIES

There are two trophies, one for prints and one for slides and they are awarded to the entry gaining the (total) highest number of points in the Battles.

ANNUAL COMPETITION
PRINTS
Members may enter a maximum of 20 prints There is no specific limit for any individual category.
Mount size 20"x16".
The print may be titled on the front. The details on the back should include:- title, category, colour (C) or monochrome (M) and B for Beginner if appropriate
Prints may be home or trade processed. An entry form will be available fo listing your entries.
Prints should not have been entered in any previous Annual Competition.

SLIDES
Members may enter three slides in each category
The slide should show title and category entered and be spotted as described elsewhere
Slides should not have been entered in any previous Annual Competition.

CATEGORIES
Portrait (Human)
To include natural, studio or flash lighting, also candid environmental photographs.

Record
Architectural detail, artefacts, plaques, coins, interiors or exteriors of buildings, machine details.

Natural History
Wild things in their habitat. (Domestic pets, zoo animals, cultivated plants etc are not eligible). The scientific or Latin name should be included where known - some judges are known to mark down where this is omitted.

Pictorial
In this category application should be given to expression. The disposition of details forming the picture must be a pleasing pattern, assisted by the way the light is used and applied. Where colour is used, harmonies and patterns are important aspects. Remember the importance of lighting, atmosphere and mood.

Landscape/Seascape
The title more or less speaks for its' self- a view over land or sea. You should try to get something in the foreground to help give depth and scale to the view. Remember that "chocolate box" pictures might be more appropriate to Pictorial

Any Other Subject
Anything which really doesn't fit in any of the other categories -or in some cases could equally fit in two or three without being specific to any one.

Photo-journalism (PRINTS ONLY)
Record of an event or occasion, anything which could be featured in a newspaper or magazine and which tells a story. Theatre photography and sporting events fall into this category.