Buckingham Camera Club
Additional competition guidance
Additional Competition Guidance
These notes are available as a pdf document here
The Buckingham Camera Club is a member of
the CACC and the PAGB. The competitions that we run in the club are
administered by our own rules BUT some of the best images may be
retained by the external competitions secretary for use by the club in
competitions organised by the Associations and Federations listed here.
Each has its own rules and we have seen fit to publish the important
ones here as additional guidance for those who allow their images to be
used in this way. If our images conform to ALL the rules and guides then
we shall not be embarrassed by entering external competitions with work
that does not fit the regulations.
REQUIREMENTS FOR CACC COMPETITIONS &
EXHIBITIONS
General:
These general requirements apply to all competitions and exhibitions
('events') organized by the Association (CACC), except where they may be
supplemented or modified by the requirements of an individual event. CACC Committee can make changes or decisions at their discretion for the
effective running of events, and normally delegates this to an
individual event organizer. CACC may make free use of any image
submitted to events e.g., for publicity or catalogues, while respecting
and citing the copyright of the author.
CACC events are open to all Clubs in CACC, and to the members within
those clubs. Members may only enter CACC events via one Club in any
season (September - August). To participate, Clubs must submit an
entry form (or electronic equivalent) by the date advised in the calling
notice for each event. Clubs must then comply with the specific
requirements of the event and the administrative arrangements set out by
the organizer of the event. CACC will take all care in the handling of
media (print, digital), but cannot accept responsibility for loss, theft
or damage.
All images must:
Be less than 2 years old at the start of the event season (1st
September).
Be the member's own work, complying with the copyright note below.
Not have been used in the same event in a previous season.
NOT be shown in two or more different media print, digital image on the
same day, where CACC holds multiple media events together.
Copyright
In accordance with the established copyright regulations, images entered
at events must be free of all rights of
ownership, artistic or otherwise, which others may hold. By
participating, authors of images indemnify the CACC against
all and any action which may be taken against them by
owners of copyrights. CACC will accept no responsibility in
the case of dispute or litigation.
CACC reserves the right to report evidence of plagiarism or
breach of copyright to the Photographic Alliance, where
action may be taken to bar individual authors and, if
necessary, to report onwards to other national and
international photographic organizations.
Media - Prints must:
Be on a mount of sufficient thickness that the print will
stand when supported on its lower edge.
Be labelled on the back with the Title, Author, and Club, and
optionally on the front with the Title.
Not be larger than 40cm x 50cm overall including the mount.
Not have any Velcro on the mount, or be mounted in such a
way that other prints may be damaged when stacked.
Be delivered to the organizer/event in robust packaging e.g.,
a Nomad case.
Media - Digital must:
Media formats for digital are 1400xl050 pixels
Media - Audio-Visual must:
Be an executable computer program file, prepared in
consultation with and acceptable to the CACC organizer of
the AV event.
Note: Slide/tape sequences are no longer feasible in
CACC events.
Besides the general copyright requirements, it is accepted
that certain types of sequence e.g., documentaries, can
include stock images where these are necessary to tell the
story. It is the responsibility of the author either to use
copyright-free images or to obtain the necessary
permissions.
The author is also responsible either for using only
copyright-free sound recordings, or for holding the
necessary performance license.
The CACC organizer may require authors to confirm the
copyright and performing license status of entries.
The Rules of the RPS International AV Festival may be
consulted, as further background information, at
http://www.ibateman.co.uk click
on the RPS AV button and then on the Rules button
Subject - Nature:
If cited for a specific event, a Nature image means any
creature or plant living in the wild and photographed in its
natural habitat.