City of Belfast Photographic Society - Info ...

Website: www.belfastphotosociety.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/belfastphotosociety Email: info@belfastphotosociety.co.uk Programme 2023-24: Wednesday Evenings at 7.30pm

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Monthly Club Competitions

For Subjects / Themes 2023 - 2024 see NIPA section below - 'Inter-Club Competitions'

Club Competition Rules 'PDF' file (Amended Sep 2019)

Club Competition Entry Form - 'PDF' file



Annual Exhibition

Exhibition Rules - 'PDF' file (2019)

Exhibition Entry Form - 'PDF' file - (2019)

Exhibition Entry Form - 'Word' doc - (2019)



Tutorials

Projected Digital Images (PDI) - Resizing Tutorial - 'PDF' file (Updated 2021)

Flash Photography Basics - 'PDF' file (4MB)

Flash Equipment and Suppliers - 'PDF' file

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NIPA (Northern Ireland Photographic Association) - Info ...

	NIPA website: www.niphoto.co.uk
			NIPA on Facebook

Genres / Themes for NIPA Inter-Club Competitions

Note: Rounds 1, 3 and 5 subjects are 'Open'

2023 / 24
Round 2 (Genre): Still Life Photography
Round 4 (Themes): Entertainment / Arts

2024 / 2025
Round 2 (Genre): Architecture
Round 4 (Themes): Flowers

2025 / 26
Round 2 (Genre): Macro
Round 4 (Themes): Intentional Camera Movement

2026 / 27
Round 2 (Genre): Pets
Round 4 (Themes): Minimalism

2027 / 28
Round 2 (Genre): Nature
Round 4 (Themes): Long Exposure

2028 / 29
Round 2 (Genre): Sport
Round 4 (Themes): The colour red

2029 / 30
Round 2 (Genre): Human Portraits
Round 4 (Theme): Film or TV show titles

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Size of Entry:

Prints:  For all 5 rounds, prints may be any size on a maximum mount size of 40cm x 30cm.

PDIs:  Must be in jpeg format and sRGB colour space.
            Sized to a maximum of 1600 pixels wide and a maximum of 1200 pixels high.

N.B.  A tutorial on resizing images for PDIs is available here (Updated 2021)

Wex - sponsor for NIPA competitions

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PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) - Info ...

PAGB website: www.thepagb.org.uk

PAGB Newsletters

The PAGB produces an e-mail newsletter, 'e-news'. Anyone can subscribe to the newsletter circulation list.

Click here for your free subscription also for current and back issues of e-news.

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PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit

The Awards for Photographic Merit (APM) are open to all members of Clubs affiliated to the PAGB through their Federations (i.e. City of Belfast Photographic Society ) and are at three levels:

• Credit (CPAGB) – Blue badge and certificate
  Standard: Good Club Photography

• Distinction (DPAGB) – Red badge and certificate
  Standard: Open Exhibition Photography

• Master (MPAGB) – Yellow badge and certificate
  Standard: Highest Standard of UK Amateur Photography

The awards are held for life without any annual fee and holders are entitled to use the designated letters after their name.

Media:

Prints or PDIs - Applications in still images may be with prints or projected images, but not a mixture.
For full details and information leaflets click here

Audio-Visual - Application is by digital projection with sound.
For full details and information leaflet click here


Awards for Photographic Merit - further info

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