Competitions

We have two meetings per month, on the 2^nd and 4^th Mondays (Sept. to May). One meeting per month is devoted to competition, while the other meeting is a program (a presentation, lecture and/or workshop). All competitions include: color slide, print (B&W and color) and electronic contests. Any subject.

* The special assigned subject electronic competition is held each month (held in addition to the regular image competitions). The categories for the assigned subject competitions for the season are determined at the last meeting by popular vote of the members attending the meeting. The results are announced at the Awards Banquet. See the assigned subject page.

Make-up privilege: A maker who unavoidably misses a contest may enter 2 make-up photographs along with their regular 2 entries at one of the following contests. This privilege may be exercised only twice in the contest year, for a total of 4 make-ups in each category. Four make-up entries may not be entered on the same contest night. Make-ups must be marked as such by the maker. These entries are not eligible for ribbons, but their scores are included in the maker's cumulative score.

Prints must be between 8" x 10" and 16" x 20", mounted (required in class A, but not in class B) but not framed. Developing and printing may be done by the photographer or may be done commercially. Prints produced using digital techniques are acceptable. Prints may be matted conventionally or electronically. Please see the handbook.

Prints must be submitted no later than 7:15 p.m. on competition night so that the competition committee has time to organize the prints for the competition.

A maker’s 2 prints will be arranged so that all makers’ first print are judged before all makers’ second print rather than being grouped together. Make-up entries will be judged at the end.

Prints will be returned to the makers on the competition night when entered after members have had a chance to peruse them following the regular meeting unless they are held for outside competitions.

Slides for our regular competition are due at the meeting preceding the competition (normally the 2nd Monday of the month) to allow the Vice President for Inside Competitions or his/her designated assistant time to organize the entries for competition. A box is set out at the meeting for this purpose. Other arrangements may be made such as mailing or personally dropping off slides with the Vice President for Inside Competitions or his/her designated assistant, as long as they are received not later than the Friday preceding the Monday competition.

See the section on Preparing Photographs for Competition in our handbook for details on how to thumb spot and label your slides.

A maker’s 2 slides will be arranged so that all makers’ first slide are judged before all makers’ second slide rather than being grouped together. Make-up entries will be judged at the end.

The slides are normally returned at the next meeting after the competition unless they are held by the Vice President for Outside Competitions to be sent to outside competitions.

Each year the NHCC holds a Mini Slide Show Competition, usually in December.

	Any member is welcome to participate.
	The programs may be on any topic: travel, nature, humor, etc.
	Each slide show should consists of any number of images, with or without narration, with or without music, and no longer than 5 minutes.
	The members in attendance vote on their favorite program.
	The winner receives the Ruth Sprague Memorial Award. This award honors the memory of the late Ruth Sprague, a longtime club member.

Held at the Annual Awards Banquet in June, the slide, electronic and print of the year competitions are open to club members.

	Each member may enter up to 4 slides and 4 prints and 4 electronic images.
	These must have been entered into our regular competition (not category competition) during the season. They do not, however, have to be award winners.
	Additional slides (slides can be made from prints or electronic images) can also be entered in the landscape or seascape competition and one will be selected to win our Joe DiChello, Jr. Memorial Award.
	Additional electronic images (electronic images can be made from prints or slide images) can also be entered in the Nature competition and one will be selected to win our Jane Sibley Award.
	Judging (by three outside judges) is by In - Out system. First, second, and third place ribbons are awarded in each class. The First Place Winners are then judged to determine the Image of the Year.
	Year-end awards: A high cumulative score* trophy is awarded for the highest cumulative score in each print class (A and AA), each electronic photograph class (B and A), and the slide class.
	The Everett Wilson Memorial Trophy is presented to the new member (defined as a member who is in his/her first 5 years of membership in the New Haven Camera Club without previous competition experience in another club) who shows the greatest improvement from one year to the next. To be eligible the member must have submitted 16 photographs in a single category during the season. That member must have submitted at least 6 photographs in the same or a different category the previous season. The winner is the member whose average score shows the greatest improvement from one year to the next. The Joseph A. Dichello Memorial Award is presented to the best landscape or seascape slide selected by the judges in a separate competition. Joe was a long time member of the club who was known for his excellent landscape photography.
	The Jane Sibley Honor Award is presented to the best nature photograph selected by the judges in a separate electronic competition. Jane is a long time member of the club known for doing a variety of photography including nature.
	A trophy is also awarded to the person who accumulates the most points in our Special Category Competition (Assigned Subjects).

* Cumulative Score is the sum total of all print, electronic photograph, or slide scores to date. At the end of the competition year the lowest 4 scores of each maker in each category of competition shall be dropped and both the cumulative score and the per photograph average shall be computed on the basis of the 12 highest scores obtained that year. To be ranked, the maker must have submitted a total of 16 photographs (8 contests times 2 photographs per contest) in prints, electronic photographs, or slides (makers can compete in more than one category and can have cumulative scores in each category). This is why members are encouraged to enter each month’s competition and why they should take advantage of makeup privileges if they miss one or two competitions.

Copyright © 2007 New Haven Camera Club Last modified: October 12, 2007

Copyright © 2007 New Haven Camera Club
Last modified: October 12, 2007