CRITIQUES

HOW THE CLUB CRITIQUES MEMBERS PHOTOGRAPHS AND HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR IMAGES FOR COMPETITIONS

 

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CRITIQUES

Critiques are for members to show their work to other members. The aim is that through providing constructive observations from the commentators and other members all members can learn how to add to their skills.

GENERAL
1.1 Entries for the critiques are only open to Group members.
1.2 Submission of an entry by a member is deemed to imply knowledge and acceptance of all critique rules.
1.3 The Committee's decision will be final regarding all matters relating to the interpretation of these rules.
1.4 Off topic or offensive images may be rejected at the absolute discretion of the Competition Secretary.
1.5 The Committee or any representatives are not liable for losses or damages.
1.6 Changes to Group rules can only be made by majority decision of the Committee –SEE ARTICLES 3.6 Members will be advised of changes.
1.7 Any Image which does not conform to Group rules will be liable to disqualification.
1.8 Critique entries quorum is 10. May be waved at the discretion of the critique Secretary.

2. AUTHORSHIP & OWNERSHIP
2.1 Images must be the original work of the entrant. Unless otherwise stated post processing (editing) is permitted.
2.2 Copyright – see 3.7 below.

3. SUBMISSION RULES
3.1 Entries to be submitted to the critique Secretary as advised.
3.2 Critiques are for digital images only– SEE SUBMISSIONS GUIDE
3.3 Entries, unless otherwise advised, are a maximum of two images on topic subject, and two images of the member’s own choice.
3.4 Members are encouraged to submit their most recent images for Critiques. It is strongly recommended that images are not more than 2 years old at the time of submission.
3.5 All images to be titled correctly and entered anonymously –SEE SUBMISSIONS GUIDE
3.6 Images submitted to group critiques are entered subject to the owner/creator’s granting of a non commercial royalty free licence* to the Group to be used as the Committee without restrictions. 3.7 Members who do not wish their images to be used or published outside of the club membership (ie on the website) should ensure that a committee member is informed and are advised to add ‘XXX’ to the file name: “example daisies-CROC-XXX.jpg”. It is also recommended that ‘XXX’ is added to the IPTC ‘usage terms’ field under ‘copyright’.

*Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

4. PRESENTATION, FORMAT & SUBMISSION
4.1 SEE SUBMISSIONS GUIDE FOR REQUIREMENTS

5. COMMENTARY
5.1 Commentary on Critiques will be given by one or two group members chosen by the Committee for each session.
5.2 As Commentators for critiques are chosen their names will be advised.

6. HELPFUL DEFINITIONS
6.1 Black and White: an image in greyscale – saturation values of between 0% and 100% black.
6.2 Monochrome: an image in the tonal scale of one colour only – eg saturation value of between 0% and 100% red.