6: Photographer of the Year Competitions
6.1. Photographer of the Year
Trophies for the Photographer of the Year - Prints
Beginners Section - Ralph Pullen Cup
Intermediate - 'Rabbit' Plaque
Advanced - Roy Kemp Rose Bowl
Trophies for the Photographer of the Year – Projected Images
Beginners Section - Beginner’s PI Salver
Intermediate - Preliminary Photographer’s Shield
Advanced - Payne Cup
· Points gained during the Competition Year from each of the eligible Open and Annual Competitions will be totalled to give an overall score for the year for each Member.
· Any points awarded from the Annual Competitions (which are not competed for in Sections) will be added to the total for that Member in the Section in which they were competing.
· Separate trophies will be awarded to the Member with the highest accumulated points total during the Competition Year in each of the Sections in each of Prints and Projected Images.
· In the event of a tie in points, the trophy shall be awarded to the tied photographer with the most 1st places in competitions during the year. In the event of a tie on both points and 1st places, the number of 2nd and then 3rd places gained during the year will be considered. If there is still a tie after all placings are accounted for then the trophy shall be awarded to the tied photographer who gained the first 1st place during the competition year.
6.2. Print and Projected Images of the Year
Trophies for the Print of the Year
Beginners Section - Beginner’s Print Cup
Intermediate - Cherhill Plate
Advanced - Payne Trophy
Trophies for the Projected Image of the Year
Beginners Section - Beginner’s PI Salver
Intermediate - Monkton Plaque
Advanced - Pewter Salver
· The Print and Projected Image of the Year competition will be judged by an external judge as described in ‘Section 1 General Competition Rules’.
· Separate competitions will be run for Prints and Projected Images in each of the Competition Sections.
· For each of these competitions, a Member will be eligible to enter within their Competition Section all their images during the Competition Year which attained 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in an Open or Annual Competition.
· The competition secretary shall compile the list of entries from the qualifying competitions held throughout the year, no additional image entries are required.
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