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Overview of External Competitions

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External Competitions - Exhibitions Qualifications

Overview

The purpose of this series of notes is to inform members of the variety of external competitions and qualifications that are available to you to enter individually or as part of a Preston Photographic Society (PPS) club entry.

What organisations administer competitions, exhibitions and qualifications?

PPS get involved in national and regional competitions through our membership of the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union (LCPU) region of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB). We also take part in a number of local competitions with nearby camera clubs.

Qualifications are available through the PAGB, Royal Photographic Society (RPS), the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) and others.

Exhibitions are organised by British Photographic Exhibitions (BPE), Photographic Society of America (PSA) and FIAP. Awards are available at exhibition level and based on numbers of overall acceptances.  

​A more detailed note explaining the above (and all the acronyms) is on our website.

Why would I be interested in taking part in external competitions, exhibitions or qualifications?

There are several possible reasons:
Improve 
and take your work to another level
There is no doubt that external competition exposes you to high quality work and different ideas and allows you to test your work against established and recognised photographers.

Challenge yourself to succeed
You may 
have to try different genres and learn new skills as well as enhancing your current knowledge.

Recognition
Seeing your accepted images displayed in an exhibition or gaining a recognised accreditation can be highly rewarding. In addition, exhibitions (salons) generally award medals, ribbons and certificates for the top images.

Teamwork
See your work included within the PPS entry and be part of the team.

How do I take part?

That depends on which type of competition or exhibition it is that you are interested in.
 
For Club competitions, our governance and selection process is described below, and a separate note describing the process in detail is available on the website.
 
For exhibitions and qualifications, more details can be found in the relevant section or ask the external competitions secretary.

Governance

Overall responsibility rests with the PPS Committee who delegate the operation and overseeing to the External Competition Secretary who is a member of the PPS Committee.
 
The Club enter the same competitions each year and any variation from this is agreed by the Committee.
 
Image selection is the overall responsibility of the
External Competition Secretary who will normally discharge this through a Selection Committee, chaired by the External Competition Secretary who has the casting vote for any dispute. The members of the Selection Committee will typically number 3 - 5 including the chair.
 
Entries can be accepted from any current members of the Club, within the constraints of the rules for any individual competition, and the membership will be notified of the competitions within a timely manner to allow this to happen.

The Selection Committee has the right to restrict entries e.g. to podium images from our internal competitions where practicality and timescales dictate this to be necessary. However there is a general principle of inclusiveness which allows any image by any member to be considered.

The aim of the Selection Committee will be to have as wide a representation as possible commensurate with a good club entry. Images typically cannot be submitted more than once to the same competition and some rules are more restrictive.
 
Members do need to be aware of the following key points:
  • Entering images in our internal competitions automatically gives PPS permission to select these as part of our entry in any external competition unless you explicitly opt out.
  • Under LCPU (etc) rules you can only enter images as the representative of one club. Any member who is  a member of another club should declare this and decide which Club they are representing. You should tell PPS and the other club which club you intend to represent as failure to do so can lead to one or both clubs being disqualified
 
For the 2021-2022 season, we are trialling a Selection Bank.

In essence, members are invited to submit up to 5 images (Open) and 5 images (Nature) for consideration by the Selection Committee.

​Images are then drawn from this for each competition. Members can update their selection bank entries at any time. A separate note on how this works is available on the website.
 
For more information contact the PPS External Competition Secretary by email on contactppsexternalcompsec@gmail.com.

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  • About
    • Meet the Committee
    • Contact
    • Membership
  • News and Events
    • Preston City Events
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  • Syllabus
  • Internal Competitions
    • Advanced Section
    • Flora & Fauna
    • Fox Talbot
    • Open Colour Prints
    • Open Mono Prints
    • Novice Section
    • Theme
  • External Competitions
    • Overview of External Competitions >
      • External Organisations
      • How to Enter External Competitions
      • How to Enter
    • PAGB >
      • PAGB Overview
      • PAGB - Cup >
        • PAGB - Cup Overview
        • PAGB GB Cup 2022
        • PAGB GB Cup 2021
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    • 3 Way Battle >
      • 3 Way Battle - 2022
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      • L&CPU Digital Knockout 2022
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    • Oldham Mono PDI
  • Members Gallery
    • Aaron Birchall
    • Alf Myers
    • Allison Lyon
    • Angela Kershaw
    • Ann Edwards
    • Anthony Sharples
    • Asif Mohammad
    • Charles Budge
    • Charlotte Whittle
    • Dave Bennion
    • Dave Duxbury
    • Dave Pratt
    • David Vaudrey
    • Dee Hounslea
    • Derek Clarkson
    • Gary Cook
    • Graham Mills
    • Harry Mountain
    • Iain Jack
    • Ian Bamber
    • Ian Heslop
    • Ian McGill
    • Jeanie Lazenby
    • Karen Browne
    • Lee Inskip Clark
    • Lesley Wilkinson
    • Louise Ollerton
    • Lucy Allen
    • Lynda McGennity
    • Maria Ann Hampton
    • Michael Tempan
    • Michael Wilson
    • Mick Porter
    • Mick Rawcliffe
    • Neil Fleming
    • Oliver Doree
    • Paul Ascroft
    • Paul Rushton
    • Paul Yates
    • Peter Bunting
    • Ray Sergeant
    • Robert Turley
    • Ryszard Kosik
    • Sandie McQueen
    • Sandra Wiseman
    • Stephen Pennington
    • Tim Gilbert
    • Trevor Southward
    • Warren Budge
    • William Mathews
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