RULES FOR COMPETITION ENTRY:

*Images using AI-generated technology are not permitted

DIGITAL ENTRIES – (Projected)

 1 – Entries must be submitted into My Photo Club (MPC) by 11:55pm on the closing date of entries.

2 – Members are limited to a maximum of 3 digital entries: 2 Open & 1 Set Subject OR 1 Open & 2 Set Subject.

3 – All entries must be correctly sized (max height 1200 dpi, max width 1920) & retitled once uploaded in MPC.

PRINTS - (to be submitted Unmatted - trial year)

Prints are to be un-matted for 2025. Members will be given 2 resuable acetate envelopes for the submission of images.

1 - Print competitions are held on alternate months.

2 - Print entries must be submitted digitally to My Photo Club (MPC) by 11:55pm on the closing date of Print entries, i.e. the competition night of the previous month. For example, January competition night is the closing deadline for February print submissions.

3 – Place your unmatted print in the Print box on the previous month’s competition night.

4 – Members are limited to 2 Print entries per competition, being either 2 Open, OR 2 Set Subject, OR 1 of each.

5 – The Image title, Grade, & Open or Set to be noted on the back of the print.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

JPEG, up to 2MB @ 300ppi, sRGB, Max W:1920 x Max H:1200, uploaded to MPC, and add a title. Do not add your name and category.

SET SUBJECTS 2025

JANUARY - AGED

DIGITAL Closing 4/1/25, NO PRINTS

.An image that shows a life long-lived – can be animate or inanimate including humans, animals, buildings, cars, books – anything that is showing old age. May be in colour or monochrome.

FEBRUARY – QUINTESSENTIAL AUSTRALIAN

DIGITAL Closing 08/2/2025, PRINT Closing 22/1/2025

The APS interclub comp will have “Australian” as their main theme. Any image that shows a flavour of life in Australia including landscapes, people, events and places including architecture, birds and animals. Images may be taken in any of Australia’s territories. Entries must be a single image as captured by the camera. Images must not be ‘composite images’ that combine subjects or elements from different scenes (replacing a background or sky, for example). However HDR, focus stacking etc. performed in camera is permissible.

MARCH – LOW LIGHT

DIGITAL Closing 8/3/2025, NO PRINTS

Low light photography encompasses capturing images in dimly lit conditions with minimal ambient light available. It can be anything from subdued indoor lighting to low light night photography. It does not include brightly lit buildings etc at night.

APRIL – PORTRAIT

DIGITAL Closing 5/4/25, PRINT Closing 26/3/2025

An image of a person or persons from the waist up only, not a full length shot. This may include accessories and backgrounds in character with the subject. The image may be taken in a formal studio setting or in the community at large. It may be in colour or monochrome. Must be a live human being (mannikins, statues or ornaments will not be accepted).

 MAY - ANIMALS

DIGITAL Closing 10/5/2025, NO PRINTS

Images of living untamed or domesticated animals (including pets) in natural or other outdoor environments that may include objects made by humans. Images may feature single or multiple animals. Indoor shots are not allowed. Creative post-processing, including composites, is allowed.

JUNE - INTERESTING PERSPECTIVES

DIGITAL Closing 7/6/2025, PRINT Closing 28/5/2025

Perspective in photography is defined as the sense of depth or spatial relationship between objects in a photo, along with their dimensions with respect to what viewer of the image sees. By changing perspective, subjects can appear much smaller or larger than normal, lines can converge differently, and much more. The most common and often least interesting perspective is "eye level". Interesting Perspectives are "Anything NOT at Eye Level". Try these: (1) Shoot down on your subject. (2) Shoot up at your subject. (3) Lie down and shoot from ground level.

JULY – MACRO/CLOSE-UP

DIGITAL Closing 5/7/2025, NO PRINTS

The photograph should be taken from a position very near the subject. Generally this means that the lens should be focused at or near its closest focusing position. The use of screw on close up filters, extension tubes and macro lenses are permitted.

AUGUST – REFLECTIONS

DIGITAL Closing 9/8/2025, PRINT Closing 23/7/2025

Reflection photography, also referred to as mirror photography, is when you use reflective surfaces to create an artistic echo of a scene. This type of photography can add an interesting spin to locations that are hotspots for photographers such as oceans, lakes, puddles, and even rain drops. They're all subjects that are commonly used to create brilliant reflection photographs. Of course, less traditional resources such as metal, tiles, mirrors and anything with a shiny surface can also be easily incorporated into this type of photography. The photograph may or may not include the subject which is being reflected.

SEPTEMBER - DWELLINGS

DIGITAL Closing 6/9/2025, NO PRINTS

An abode, domicile or home affording a place of shelter in which people stay. This includes houses, condos, apartments, castles, house boats, mobile homes and recreational vehicles. The dwelling must be the point of interest, but a sense of place may also be included.

 OCTOBER - EYES

DIGITAL Closing 4/10/25, PRINT Closing 24/9/2025

EYES are the window to the soul, so they say. In this instance they are your photographic subject. Eyes are to be the dominant part of your photo, be they human or any other animal, insect, fish etc. NOTE: Not to be eyes of a potato or anything other than animal or insect.

NOVEMBER - FRAMED

DIGITAL Closing 8/11/2025, NO PRINTS

Frame your subject. In photography a natural frame is anything that forms a border or part of a border around your subject. It can be tree branches, entrance to a cave, or man-made structures such as doorways, windows, etc.

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OPEN SECTION 2025

You are free to contribute images in any format and any style, in colour or monochrome — composites, high dynamic range, macro, micro, conceptual, high speed, infra-red, long exposure, time lapse, panoramic, still life, action, sports, street — you name it, you shoot it.