END OF YEAR AWARDS
Our End of Year awards form a major part of our end of year celebrations.
The awards nights are held on two nights.
November - Member Donated Club Awards Entries Close | 2nd Saturday Midnight - November
MEMBER DONATED AWARDS
Entries: Judged on the night – 2nd Monday of November.
Submission Criteria:
Members may submit up to four (4) entries in each category.
Entries may be new or previously submitted.
Club members who are donating awards for the evening will choose a category and criteria for the award they will be judging and provide an award to the winner.
Member Donated Club Awards Categories
DIGITAL – “Landscape” Judged by: Kevin Phelan
“An image of the natural scenery of the countryside, an image with land and sky based elements displayed in a pictorial fashion. A river or other inland water may be a dominant feature of a landscape image. It may include evidence of man, people or animals provided that none of these dominate the photograph. It may be a closed landscape where the sky is omitted from the image. Cityscapes, coastal scenes and seascapes are not included in the Kevin Phelan Award. In the spirit of the award, preference should be given to an image containing only elements of the Natural Vista.”
PRINT – “Portrait of a Person” Judged by: Margaret Greenwood
“An image of a single person, not necessarily posed, that captures their personality, identity, or essence. This goes beyond a simple snapshot, to reflect the subject’s character, mood, or story, using techniques like strategic lighting (indoor, outdoor, studio or natural), backgrounds and posing to achieve a natural and comfortable portrayal. “
DIGITAL or PRINT – “Ian Cust Seascape” Memorial Award
The Ian Cust Seascape Award is a memorial award in honour of Ian Cust. A club member is asked to judge this award however, the award is provided by the club.
“Seascape photography is also known as coastal photography or ocean photography, and the water is usually the main subject across the different types of seascapes that you can photograph. Seascape photography is a type of landscape photography where the main subject to photograph is the sea.”
December - End of Year Awards Entries Close | 2nd Saturday at Midnight - November
CLUB AWARD – “DIGITAL of the YEAR”
Submission Criteria:
You may submit up to four (4) DIGITAL entries.
Entries must have been entered previously in any monthly competition within the current year and left unchanged.
(Score out of 15 – 1st place to be nominated).
These entry points go towards Sponsored Award – “Highest Aggregate in the Digital of the Year” Award.
CLUB AWARD – “PRINT of the YEAR”
Submission Criteria:
You may submit up to four (4) PRINT entries.
Entries must have been entered previously in any monthly competition in the current year and left unchanged.
(Score out of 15 – 1st place to be nominated).
These entry points go towards Sponsored Award – “Highest Aggregate in the PRINT of the Year” Award.
SPONSORED AWARDS
“Highest Aggregate in the DIGITAL of the Year”
This award is given to the member with the highest aggregate points scored for entries in the
CLUB AWARD – “DIGITAL of the YEAR”
above.
SPONSORED AWARDS
“Highest Aggregate in the PRINT of the Year”
This award is given to the member with the highest aggregate points scored for entries in the
CLUB AWARD – “PRINT of the YEAR”
above.
DONATED AWARDS
Alex Murray Memorial Trophy
To win this trophy it is necessary to enter four (4) entries in BOTH CLUB AWARD – “PRINT of the YEAR” and CLUB AWARD – “DIGITAL of the YEAR” above, as it relies on the highest combined aggregated of the 8 scores given by the judges.
SPONSORED AWARD – Bendigo Bank “Black & White PRINT”
Submission Criteria:
You may submit up to four (4) PRINT entries.
Entries may be new or previously submitted. (1st place only).
DONATED AWARD – Harold McCorkill Memorial Trophy
Submission Criteria:
Submit one (1) entry of three (3) PRINT entries or three (3) DIGITAL entries to tell a story.
Entries may be new or previously submitted.
(1st Place only to be selected from combined DIGITAL and PRINT entries.
Digital entries can be presented as one (1) DIGITAL entry or three (3) separate DIGITAL entries.
Entries will be judged on both technical merit and the story told by the series with emphasis on the story. Print entries can be mounted on one mount board not exceeding 16” x 20” (508mm x 406mm), or three separate prints.
CLUB AWARD – Neil Anderton “Nature”
All images must be made in unrestricted nature. Images of pets, captive animals and cultivated plants are not permitted. Large grazers and wild animals within extensive grazing or safety fences are considered wild and free.
For a full definition of the rules please see APS Nature Definition
CLUB AWARD – Neil Anderton – “Nature DIGITAL of the Year“
Submission Criteria:
You may submit up to four (4) nature Digital entries.
Entries may be new or previously submitted.
(1st place only)
CLUB AWARD – Neil Anderton – “Nature PRINT of the Year“
Submission Criteria:
You may submit up to four (4) nature PRINT entries.
Entries may be new or previously submitted.
(1st place only)
CLUB AGGREGATE AWARDS
Submission Criteria:
There is no need to submit entries for these awards.
These awards are based on aggregate scores for competition submissions made throughout the year.
PRESIDENT’S AWARD
Submission Criteria:
There is no need to submit entries for these awards.
Either the current president or past president will select an image from the Set Subject category from images entered into the monthly competitions for the year.
