All members of the club are encouraged to enter their photos for our internal competitions which are spread throughout the season.

For a summary of all club competitions SEE Club Internal Competitions

  1. No person shall take part in a Club Competition or enter a Club Exhibition unless their subscription is up to date.
  2. Each Member may submit a maximum of two entries for each competition.
  3. No image, substantially similar image, or digital file previously entered by the author may be entered again for any subsequent LBPC Competition, with the following exceptions
    1. Entry for PDI Of The Year Competition.
    2. Inclusion within a Portfolio Panel for the Portfolio competition.
  4. All elements of the work submitted must be the work of the Author. All assets used in an image must have been captured by optical means by the author, and the copyright of all elements of a picture must be owned by the Author.
  5. The use of machine-learning software, services and applications. The use of AI is broken down into two distinct categories:
    1. Editing tools that use AI/machine learning technologies to edit and transform photos.
      The use of software for editing images such as cloning, compositing, sky replacement, blurring, etc. are accepted forms of image post-processing, as these are methods that were originally used in the darkroom. The introduction of AI/machine learning-assisted editing tools is an extension of these techniques. Therefore, the use of these tools will be permitted to edit and post-process club images.
      It must be noted that this amendment does not supersede the requirement that ALL assets used within an image should be the author’s own work and that all assets used in an image must have been captured by optical means by the author.
    2. Software that creates computer-generated images from scratch.
      The use of computer software, services and applications to create a completely computer-generated image is not permitted. Images entered into club competition must be the author’s own work, created solely using assets captured by optical means and the copyright is owned by the author.
    3. Exemptions:
      1. Any modern camera or phone includes an element of AI such as autofocus, face/eye detection, etc. in its construction so does not fall within these amendments.
      2. Editing assets such as brushes, textures, masks etc.
  6. The competition coordinators may, under certain circumstances, use their discretion to waive or amend the competition rules where appropriate.
  7. The Committee will appoint an external judge, who will mark each entry out of twenty.

Rules for Projected Digital Images (PDIs)

  1. Two Digital Images Files PER ENTRY must be uploaded to the appropriate Dropbox link by 23:59 of the Friday before the
    competition:

    • Image 1 (for Internal Competitions) –  size 1400 pixels Wide X 1050 pixels High. Your image must not be greater than 1400 on the horizontal axis and 1050 pixels on the vertical axis including any keyline. If your image IS NOT 1400 x 1050 on either or both axes then it must be set on a black 1400 pixels x 1050 pixels black canvas.
    • Image 2 (for External Competitions) – a maximum size of 1600 pixels Wide x 1200 pixels high. Your image must not be greater than 1600 pixels on the horizontal axis and 1200 pixels on the vertical axis including any keyline. NO canvas backing is required to make the image an exact 1600 x 1200 pixels in size.
    • (See HERE for more sizing info)
  2. Each image MUST include the ‘TITLE’ in capitals at the beginning of the filename, followed by ‘by’ in lower case, and ‘Authors Name’ in Sentance Case. Image 1 (1400 pixels x 1050 pixels) must be prefixed by ‘[14] space]’ DO NOT INCLUDE THE QUOTES.

TITLE IN CAPITALS + ‘by’ + Author Name in mixed case + ‘.jpg’

e.g. SLEEPING TIGER by John Smith.jpg

OR [14] SLEEPING TIGER by John Smith.jpg

3. Digital Image files MUST NOT exceed 2MB in file size. Images not conforming to this standard will be rejected. To ensure Member’s entries conform to this size requirement, they should ensure their file size is 1.98MB or smaller.

4. Images must be in RGB mode (even for monochrome), and in the sRGB colour space.

5. The image file type must be ‘jpg’ (not ‘jpeg’, ‘tif’ or ‘tiff’).

6. The image area must not identify the author or club.

 NOTE: Image Files incorrectly named or sized WILL NOT be entered into the competition.

  • PDI image files must be submitted via Dropbox. Submission links are published on the LBPC Programme Calendar (See HERE).
  • In exceptional circumstances and by prior agreement, competition entries may be submitted via email to lbpcpics@gmail.com with the subject line:
    • PDI [Season] [Competition Name] Eg. PDI 2020-21 Open1 or PDI 2020-21 Reflections

Rules for Prints

  1. Prints must be mounted, on a mount of sufficient thickness that will stand when supported on its lower edge.
  2. The print may be any size not larger than 40cm x 50cm overall including the mount. There must be no velcro on the mount, and the print must not be mounted in such a way that other prints may be damaged when stacked.
  3. The print title, member’s name and section must be on the reverse of the print. The front of the print may optionally show the title, but must not identify the author.
  4. Trade, home processed, digital, monochrome or colour prints are accepted in both sections.
  5. The prints must be handed to the Print Co-ordinator by 19.45 on the night of the competition.
  6. In addition, a digital image (conforming to Club PDI standard) of the print must be submitted via the
  7. Dropbox links published on the published on the LBPC Programme Calendar (See HERE), no later than 23:59 on the Friday prior to the competition.
  8. The PDI’s will be projected while the print is being judged, so members can see the image more clearly. The judge will base all comments and scores solely on the printed version.

Rules for Mobile Photography Competition

  1. Members MUST submitt One image per entry
  2.  Image size 1600 pixels wide X 1200 pixels high
  3. Each image MUST include the TITLE in capitals at the beginning of the filename, followed by by in lower case, Authors Name in Sentance Case
  4. Each image must be in landscape format (ie. 1600 px wide and 1200 px high). If necessary, the surrounding area must be filled with a pure black background to meet these dimensions (See HERE for more sizing info). Images not conforming to this standard will be rejected.
  5. Digital Image files MUST NOT exceed 2MB in file size. Images not conforming to this standard will be rejected. To ensure Members entries conform to this size requirement, they should ensure their file size is 1.98MB or smaller.
  6. Images must be in RGB mode (even for monochrome), and in the sRGB colour space.
  7. The image file type must be ‘jpg’ (not ‘jpeg’, ‘tif’ or ‘tiff’).
  8. The image area must not identify the author or club.
  9. Files must be named according to the following convention:

TITLE IN CAPITALS + ‘by’ + Author Name in mixed case + ‘.jpg’

e.g. SLEEPING TIGER by John Smith.jpg

NOTE: Files not named or sized correctly WILL NOT be entered in the competition.

  1. At least 75% of the AV content must be the original work of the author. and must comply with any copyright legislation.
  2. The presentations need to last between two and twelve minutes and be accompanied by a soundtrack.
  3. The sequences must run with no additional software requirements and without a ‘run box’, and they must return to the desktop at the end.
  4. Sequences must be anonymous; neither the club nor the author’s name must appear.
  5. To comply with copyright rules, the author must hold copyright or licences for soundtracks, or use royalty-free material. No reference to the music/soundtrack must be shown.
  6. The committee will appoint an external judge who will select the first, second and third place entries.