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Welcome
Ashby Camera Club has been welcoming and encouraging local photographers of all ages and abilities continuously since 1967.
The Club aims to provide an environment where everyone can enjoy exploring their photography, share experiences, receive constructive advice and feedback and enjoy the company of like-minded others, from all walks of life. The club has a buoyant membership and is always pleased to welcome new members.
The club offers a 12 month programme, and meetings and outings are arranged throughout the year, to cater for diverse tastes and interests.
In winter, activities are indoors for a series of talks, demonstrations and practical evenings, always with a view to improving skills and gaining fresh insights and inspiration. The Club’s competition schedule runs throughout the winter season. It offers members the chance to pit their photographic skills against other members, as well as seeing their work competing in external competitions against a number of other local clubs.
The summer programme offers outings to a variety of locations to allow members to test their skills. Venues for summer evening outings range from sporting events and historic buildings, to industrial sites and local nature reserves. Members often benefit from exclusive access to locations.
Chairman Rob Hope
Officials and Officers
Chairman To Be Confirmed
Secretary Arthur David
Treasurer To Be Confirmed
Competition Secretary Dave Goacher
Committee Members Alan Box
Steve Haywood
James Farley
Lifetime Members Grenville Cooper
Exhibitions
Measham Library Sep 2020
Sharpes Pottery Jan/Feb 2021
Castle Surgery Annually
Photo Rambles
2020 2021
Sun 7th February
Sun 4th October Sat 10th April
Sat 5th December Sun 6th June
Competition Winners
2019/2020 Ivanhoe
Jeff Jarvis Alan Box Lastolite Dave Goacher Presidents Alan Box Quarterly Lorna Gamble Ivanhoe Winner Dave Goacher Hastings
Jeff Jarvis Phil Griffiths Lastolite Steve Haywood Presidents Rob Maddocks Quarterly Martin Cooke Hastings Winner Martin Cooke John Webster Trophy (external) Clive Bew
Hand-In Dates
Internal Competitions Q1 Open Digital 20 Sept 20 Jeff Jarvis Digital 18 Oct 20 Q2 Themed Digital 8 Nov 20 Presidents Prints 17 Jan 21 Lastolite Digital 17 Jan 21 Q3 Open Prints 21 Feb 21 Q4 Themed Prints 25 Apr 21
COMPETITION SECRETARY GUIDELINES
Internal Competitions
We hold four quarterly competitions. Two of these are themed, with the themes being chosen by the competition Secretary, and the other two being open. The quarterly competitions rotate from Prints to DPI’s Jeff Jarvis Competition
Which for 2020/21 is a 4 digital panel. There is no
theme but they must link together for your
chosen theme.
The Lastolite Trophy and The President’s Trophy These are specifically for images taken at club
events during the preceding season. This includes
events which form part of the summer programme,
as well as practical sessions held over the winter, or
one of our photo-rambles. It does NOT include
images taken during the annual Lake District
weekend, although, of course, these images may
be used for other events.
Lastolite Trophy is for DIGITAL,
President’s Trophy is for PRINTS
Digital entries, re-sized appropriately (see later), and
Print Titles should be submitted to the club’s
competition using PhotoEntry. Digital images and
print titles must be submitted using PhotoEntry by
12 midnight on the preceding Sunday.
Digital Images
Should be re-sized before submission, such that they
fit within a maximum size limit of 1600pixels x
1200pixels in landscape format. Therefore, the image
must be no larger than 1600pixels WIDE and
1200pixels HIGH.
Print work should be brought to the meeting on
the night. Preparing Images for Competitions
Print Images
Must be a MINIMUM size of 40sq ins (250sq cms approx.).
They must be presented mounted and can be either
window or surface mounted, with a MAXIMUM mount
size of (40 x 50 cms).
Printed images should be clearly labeled on the reverse
with the title and the author’s INITIALS ONLY.
Exhibition Entries
Must be mounted on a 50cm x 40cm
Jenny Carr – Painted Lady
September 2020
Sept 9th AGM / Trophy Presentation
To start the new season we have our AGM and
Trophy Presentation to follow
Sept 16th Speaker
Tonight we welcome Tony Gervis for a
presentation on “Visions of America”.
Sept 23rd Competition
Tonight we begin our new season of
competitions with Q1 This is an open Digital
competition.
Sept 30th Speaker
Tonight we welcome Fran Halsall for a
presentation on “Landscapes”.
Larry South - Gunners
October 2020
Oct 14th Night Photography
Last season we were unable to take night
photography at Bath grounds due to the
weather but we will try again tonight.
Oct 21st Jeff Jarvis Competition
This years competition is a DPI, 4 panel with an
open theme.
Oct 28th Speaker
Tonight we welcome back Bob and Sue Moore.
Their presentation is ”Even Moore and Moore
Images”
Martin Cooke – Muddy Motocross
November 2020
Nov 11th Competition
Tonights competition is Q2. This is an Themed
Digital competition. Theme is “Abstract”
Nov 18th Practical Workshop
Our evening will be either:-
Workshop
Model
Still Life
Nov 25th Competition
This is our first external competition this
season. We will be at home against Burton.
Rob Maddocks - Frozen Brook
December 2020
Dec 9th Speaker
Tonight we welcome Bob Brind-Surch giving us
a presentation “Macro”
Dec 16th Christmas Dinner
Please try to join us in the Christmas Social to
be held at Smisby Village Hall. Details will be
distributed in November.
Lorna Gamble – Early Morning Sun January 2021
Jan 13th Members work evening
This is an opportunity for our members to give
a 15 min presentation of some of their work.
Jan 20th Presidents and Lastolite Competition
This is an opportunity to submit 3 digital
photos into Lastolite and 3 Prints into
Presidents competitions.
Jan 27th Speaker
Tonight we welcome Chris Upton giving us a
presentation “Thoresby, the end of the mine”
Steve Haywood – Saturday Night Shoes
February 2021
Feb 10th Competition
We have an external competition tonight at
home to Melbourne.
Feb 17th Speaker
Tonight we welcome Timothy Sexton giving us a
presentation “Wildlife Photography”.
Feb 24th Competition
Tonights competition is Q3 this is a prints
competition and the theme is “POWER /
MOVEMENT”.
Clive Bew - Rhino
March 2021
Mar 9th Practical Workshop
Tonight we will have either:-
Workshop
Model
Still Life
Mar 15th Competition
Tripartite which is being held on a Monday
night at Coalville.
Mar 24th Competition
We are away to Earl Shilton in this external
competition.
Mar 31st Speaker
We welcome Martine Hamilton Knight giving
us a presentation on “Architecture”.
Rob Hope – Rydal Water
April 2021
Apr 14th Speaker
We welcome Phil Newman giving us a
presentation “Creative Photography”.
Apr 20st Competition
Tonight we have an external competition. This
is the Image Matching competition held at
Shepshed. This is a Tuesday night,
Apr 28th Competition
Our final competition of the season.
Q4 is Prints which is an open competition.
Ian Peterson -Scooters for hire
May 2021
May 12th Chairman’s Challenge
An opportunity to take and submit 3 themed
photos chosen by the Chairman.
May 19th Speaker
Tonight we welcome Jon and Sue Baker for a
presentation “Landscapes”
May 26th End of Season Awards
Awards Night and Quiz.
Formulated in accordance with The Photographic Alliance of Great Britain guide lines and fundamental principles
1. Rules of the Club
1.1 The Club shall be known as Ashby-de-la-Zouch Camera Club. Herein after referred to as "the club".
1.2 The object of the club shall be to stimulate the members in all branches of the science and art of photography.
1.3 Membership of the club is open to anybody with an interest in its objectives. However, potential members less than 16 years of age need their parents’ (or guardians’) permission to join, and must be accompanied by a responsible adult for the duration of the meetings and events.
1.4 Ordinary meetings are normally held on Wednesdays from 7.30pm to 9.30pm from September to May, known as the winter season. An informal, external, summer season is arranged at the discretion of the committee during the remaining months of the year.
1.5 The business of the club shall be conducted by an elected committee, consisting of a Chairman, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Competition Secretary plus 2 ordinary committee members.
1.6 The committee has the right to co-opt additional members. 1.7 In any matters requiring a vote, the Chairman shall have the
casting vote in the event of a tie. 1.8 All offices shall become vacant at the annual general meeting
when elections shall be held for the following year. All members shall be eligible to serve in any office of the club. The members taking the positions of Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer will be termed “officials” of the club, with other posts being held by “Officers”. Nominations can be accepted at the AGM. Aug 30 2019 Version 1.0
1.9 Officials and officers listed as follows shall submit reports to members at the AGM. The Chairman, the Secretary, the Competition Secretary and the Treasurer who will furnish an independently checked statement of accounts and a balance sheet.
1.10 The annual subscription shall be set at the AGM. The committee shall have the power to amend this at the start of the season if necessary. New members joining the club later in the season may be charged a reduced subscription at the discretion of the committee. Prospective new members can attend up to three meetings free of charge.
1.11 A reduced membership fee may be charged to members returning from long term illness at the discretion of the committee.
1.12 All members will be charged a reduced membership subscription following their sixtieth birthday.
1.13 Subscriptions shall be paid not later than four weeks from the commencement of the season or at the discretion of the committee (four weeks from joining for new members).
1.14 Acceptance of membership of the club shall imply acceptance of these rules. In the event of a dispute on any matter the aggrieved party's complaint will be heard by the Officials of the club, none of whom shall be involved in the dispute. The majority decision they reach will be binding on the parties involved.
1.15 Any equipment purchased from club funds, or presented to the club, shall be the property of the club. An inventory shall be maintained by the Secretary, and an up to date list of the club's equipment, and its current location, shall be kept.
1.16 No alteration of these rules shall be made, except at an AGM or an extraordinary meeting called for the purpose. A majority vote of members present at the meeting shall be necessary to make an alteration.
1.17 Visiting Speakers, Judges, potential members and other guests will be granted temporary membership for duration of the meeting.
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2. Club Competition Rules - General
2.1 The club shall maintain rules governing its internal and external competitions.
2.2 No member's entry will be accepted for club competitions unless the member's subs are paid.
2.3 All entries must be individually identifiable by a title. Print images must also carry the author’s initials. Digital projected images should simply have an identifying title and NOT the author’s initials, since the title is displayed on projection.
2.4 Members are encouraged to submit recent work to club competitions.
2.5 Entries into internal competitions must reach the Competition Secretary by the date announced by him/her. Entries into internal competitions will be submitted in accordance with the Competition Secretary Instructions
2.6 All queries regarding competitions should be made to the Competition Secretary.
2.7 The club will take reasonable care of members’ entries. The club will not be held responsible for loss or damage to entries. It is recommended that valued work is copied and the copies used for competitions.
2.8 All images and their post editing must be the total and exclusive work of the member and may not include any element that was originated by, or is the copyright of, any other person.
2.9 Plagiarism is not acceptable. 2.10 Each entry will be awarded marks out of 20 by the judge. 2.11 For competitions, photograph means a print or digital projected
image, but note that entries to some competitions are limited to specific types of photograph.
2.12 Members will make available for external competitions any photograph entered any internal club competition.
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2.13 A photograph should only be entered into an internal competition once and must not have been entered for any previous internal competition.
2.14 Photographs used in external competitions remain eligible for internal competitions provided they have not previously been submitted for an internal competition.
Printed Images
2.15 Prints may be in monochrome or colour. They must be a minimum size of 40 sq inches (approx. 250 sq cm).
2.16 All prints must be mounted on a suitable material and may be either surface or window mounted and identified on the reverse by the title and the author’s initials.
Digital projected Images
2.17 Digital projected images must be re-sized to a maximum dimension specified by the Competition Secretary.
2.18 When submitting digital entries, file names must be the same as the image title but should not include the author’s initials.
3. Internal Quarterly Competitions (2 Open and 2 Themed)
3.1 General club competition rules apply. 3.2 A maximum of three photographs may be submitted for each
quarterly competition. The Competition Secretary reserves the right to amend the maximum number of entries permitted to competitions.
3.3 The competition winner is the member whose work gains the highest cumulative score out of a possible 60 points.
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4. *Solar M, President’s and Jeff Jarvis Competitions
4.1 A maximum of three entries may be submitted in each competition.
4.2 Solar M and President’s competitions are for photographs taken at any publicised club event.
4.3 Jeff Jarvis Competition is for photographs suitable for promoting specified entities, for example products, places, or events. The theme is decided annually by the committee.
4.4 Solar M competition requires entries to be digital projected images.
4.5 President's competition requires entries to be prints with a maximum print size of 210 mm x 297 mm (i.e. A4 size).
4.6 The Jeff Jarvis requires entries to be prints or digital projected images, or any combination, up to the maximum number allowed
*Note: Solar M is being replaced by Lasterlite
5. External Competitions
5.1 Entries going forward in the name of the club to inter-club (external) competitions shall be decided by the competition selection panel only.
5.2 A competition selection panel of up to five members shall be selected by the Competition Secretary to select entries for external competitions. Images selected by the panel may not be substituted or replaced by other work, unless by agreement of the original selection panel.
5.3 The number of prints and digital projected images will be mutually agreed between the competing clubs.
5.4 General competition rules will apply. PAGB rules take precedence over club rules.
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5.5 Each member may submit a maximum of FIVE photographs for
selection in addition to any photographs requested from internal competition entries.
5.6 Except for image matching competitions, no more than three photographs from any one member can be selected for an external competition.
5.7 For image matching competitions the maximum number of images submitted by a member for selection is at the discretion of the Competition Secretary.
5.8 No photograph previously used against a competing club will be considered for future selection against the same club.
5.9 The club encourages members to submit more recent work for selection.
5.10 The selection panel reserves the right to crop any digitally projected image, and title or re-title any selections.
5.11 The member scoring the highest total number of points from all external competitions (excluding Image Matching competitions) will be awarded the John Webster Trophy.
6. Leagues
6.1 New Members submitting entries to internal competitions will, by default, be entered in Hastings Division.
6.2 At the end of each competition year, the two members with the highest overall score for internal competitions in the Hastings Division will commence the following competition year as entrants in the Ivanhoe Division.
6.3 At the end of the competition year the two members with the lowest overall score for internal competitions in the Ivanhoe Division will commence the following competition year as entrants in the Hastings Division.
6.4 The member that accumulates the highest score in the Ivanhoe Division will be awarded the Ivanhoe winner trophy.
6.5 The member that accumulates the highest score in the Hastings Division will be awarded the Hastings winner trophy
Ashby Camera Club Venue The village of Smisby is located 2 km north of Ashby de la
Zouch. It is best approached from the A511 by-pass and then following the Ticknall road for approximately, 1 km. Smisby is
the first turn on your left, post code LE65 2TY
The Village Hall is located on the Main Street. When approached from the Ashby - Ticknall road junction it is
approximately 100m into the village on your righthand side.
Meetings are usually held on a Wednesday evening from September till May, but we do not meet on the first Wednesday of
each month.
Tea/Coffee and biscuits are available on club nights at a nominal fee of £1 per member, members are asked to share in the responsibility of taking turns to prepare the refreshments.
Parking Parking is only available on Main Street and as this is a quiet village please take care when parking and ensure that you
always leave space for emergency vehicles to pass if necessary.
SMISBY VILLAGE HALL Main Street Smisby LE65 2TY
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