The Photographic Alliance of Great Britain
Inter Club Print Championship
The Inter-Club Print Championship is held usually each October. Federations each nominate two Clubs to take part alongside the Finalists from the previous year. The category is Open. Trophies and PAGB medals are awarded to the winning Clubs. Medals are also awarded to individual images.
TICKETS: Anyone may attend, and a ticket form is available HERE.
RULES: The Rules are available HERE. The closing date for Federations to nominate their representative Clubs is around the end of August. Participating Clubs will be sent instructions to enter, timetables, venue details and a ticket application form usually in early September.
A QUICK GUIDE TO ELIGIBILITY:
Entrant: The Club is responsible for ensuring the eligibility of Photographers and Images.
Photographers: A photographer may only be entered by one Club each year.
Images: An image may only be entered once (all Clubs and all years combined). An image in a Club’s bank, which is not used in any round, has not been entered and remains eligible in a future year. Guidance
ENTRIES: The initial round of entries are declared in advance. Other entries are chosen at the event from an unlimited bank. Participating Clubs are issued with details to make their entries HERE.
Inter Club Projected Digital Image Championship
The Inter-Club Projected Digital Image Championship is held each July. Federations each nominate two Clubs to take part alongside the Finalists from the previous year. The category is Open. Trophies and PAGB medals are awarded to the winning Clubs. Medals are also awarded to individual images.
TICKETS: Anyone may attend, and a ticket form is available via the Home page.
RULES: The Rules are available HERE. Participating Clubs will be sent timetables etc..
A QUICK GUIDE TO ELIGIBILITY:
Entrant: The Club is responsible for ensuring the eligibility of Photographers and Images.
Photographers: A photographer may only be entered by one Club each year.
Images: An image may only be entered once (all Clubs and all years combined). An image in a Club’s bank, which is not used in any round, has not been entered and remains eligible in a future year. Guidance
ENTRIES: A bank of entries and the initial round from that bank are declared on-line in advance. Other entries are chosen at the event from the Club’s bank. Participating Clubs are issued with details to make their entries HERE.
GB Trophies (Prints)
The PAGB GB Trophy is an Inter-Club competition (introduced in 2015) for unmounted Prints. There are two separate competitions – GB Trophy (Open – Mono and Colour), and GB Trophy (Nature).
The GB Trophies for Prints are held each November. Clubs enter directly, without any pre-qualification. Clubs may enter the Open Trophy, and may also enter the Nature Trophy. Awards are made to the winning Clubs. A number of awards are declared for individual images. A significant selection of prints are placed in albums for display at PAGB events.
TICKETS: The judging session is closed, and tickets are not available.
RULES: The Rules are available HERE. The timetable etc is available HERE.
A QUICK GUIDE TO ELIGIBILITY:
Entrant: The Club is responsible for ensuring the eligibility of Photographers and Images.
Photographers: A photographer may only be entered by one Club each year (Open and Nature separately).
Images: An image may only be entered once into each Trophy (all Clubs and all years combined). Guidance
GB Cups (Projected)
The GB Cups for Projected Images are held each January. Clubs enter directly, without any pre-qualification. Awards are made to the winning Clubs. A number of awards are declared for individual images and groups of images.
Any Club may enter either the Open Cup or the Small Clubs Cup. ‘Small Clubs’ refers to the number of entries a Club wishes to submit and not to the number of members in a Club.
Any Club may enter the Nature Cup.
TICKETS: The judging session is closed, and tickets are not available for this event.
RULES: The Rules are available HERE. The timetable etc is available HERE.
A QUICK GUIDE TO ELIGIBILITY:
Entrant: The Club is responsible for ensuring the eligibility of Photographers and Images.
Photographers: A photographer may only be entered by one Club each year (Open, Small Clubs and Nature separately).
Images: An image may only be entered once into each Cup (all Clubs and all years combined). Guidance
PAGB Masters of Print
The PAGB Masters of Print Competition is held each October, followed by a public Exhibition. Individual Photographers who are members of affiliated Clubs may enter directly, without any pre-qualification. Photographers may enter prints to any combination of the Monochrome, Colour and Nature Categories, and awards are made to individual prints. Prints are then selected for the Exhibition. Awards and Selections for the Exhibition will also be published in the Exhibition Catalogue.
TICKETS: Tickets are not available for the Competition judging. There is free entry to the Exhibition.
RULES: The Rules are available HERE. The timetable etc is available HERE.
A QUICK GUIDE TO ELIGIBILITY:
Entrant: The Photographer is responsible for ensuring the eligibility of Images.
Photographers: The Photographer must be a member of an affiliated Club.
Images: An image may only be entered once into each Competition (all Categories and all years combined). Guidance
ENTRIES: Photographers register and declare their entries HERE. An image file is required with each print. The Image size must be 2400 pixels on the longer side with no border. Image files must be saved in RGB mode (even for monochrome). The file size must be no larger than 3MB. Guidance
LBPC Results
Location Challenge 3 – Woburn Village
The location was selected this time by John Curd – the winner of our last challenge in February. His chosen location was Woburn [...]
Biennial Landscape Competition 2021-22
As usual there was a great variety of excellent images, from landscapes to cityscapes and seascapes (although the rules dictated that these must [...]
Barbie Lindsay – Barbie’s Pic & Mix
More of Barbie’s work can be seen at http://www.barbielindsay.co.uk which is packed with all manner of images. Barbie is a leading creative [...]
League Competition – Minimalism
The set subject was “Minimalism”. To this the Club Programme added – “Minimalist photography is a form of photography that is distinguished by [...]
Location Challenge 1 – MK Open Market Exhibition
MK Open Market was originally chosen for our first ever location challenge by David Bolam. And the resulting images were critiqued by [...]
Portfolio Competition 2021-22
Entries for this competition must consist of three to five pictures to be judged as a panel. For digital images this means combining [...]
Photographic Exhibition: MK Open Market Saturday 9 April
This was our first ever “location challenge” and the brief for the challenge was to photograph a set location during a specified period [...]
Colour Challenge 2 – Analogous Colour Scheme
Using the RYB (Red, Yellow, Blue) colour wheel, first described by Sir Isaac Newton in 1666, we were asked to produce images featuring [...]