Throughout the season the Club holds a number of Club Competitions as well as Inter Club Battles – these are an excellent opportunity for feedback and constructive advice on your images, and a chance to see others members’ work.
General competitions (external judge)
There are five competitions during the season from A to E each with a set subject and open category – see submission dates and set subjects in the box below for 2023/4 season.
Members can submit one image into each category:
Open Print
Open Digitally Projected Image (DPI)
Set Subject Print
Set Subject DPI
| Competition | Submission date | Judging night | |
| A | Glass + Open | 02 Oct 23 | 30 Oct 23 |
| B | A Portrait + Open | 30 Oct 23 | 04 Dec 23 |
| C | The Colour Wheel + Open | 04 Dec 23 | 15 Jan 24 |
| D | High Key / Low Key + Open | 15 Jan 24 | 19 Feb 24 |
| E | Long Exposures + Open | 19 Feb 24 | 25 Mar 24 |
| Annual | 2023/24 Annual competition | 08 Apr 24 | 29 April 24 |
Annual Competition ( external judge)
In addition to the five general competitions which run throughout the year there is also the Annual Competition which offers members the chance to win various cups and trophies with DPI and prints. The deadline for this year’s Annual Competition images is 08 April 2024. Details of categories for 2023/4 season can be found below:
Award | Subject | Format | Notes |
Pitchers Trophy | Horses and People of the Cotswolds* | DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | Topic chosen by our Club President * At least 1 horse and 1 person! |
Dennis Moss Trophy | Open | Print 1600 x 1200, sRGB | |
Leonard Jones Cup | Open | DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | |
Cavendish Cup | Black and white Open | Print 1600 x 1200, sRGB | |
Miles Shield | Open (Club outing) | DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | |
Gladiator Trophy | Aviation | DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | |
Pitchers Cup | Open | Either Print or DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | Open to new members only. |
Summer Cup (judged by members)
Ted Parrott Memorial Trophy (judged by members)
This new trophy, initiated in 2021, is in memory of a long standing and valued member of the Club, Ted Parrott who passed away in 2019. Images must be of ‘Sporting Action‘, and be submitted by Monday 04 September. This image must have been taken between September 05th 2022 and September 4th 2023.
Internal Club competitions – general rules
- One image per category, 1600 x 1200px in sRGB colour space
- Colour or monochrome
- Competitions are judged by a qualified independent judge
- Places and points awarded for First / Second / Third / Highly Commended / Commended
- Images must have been taken within the previous three years
- The set subjects are decided by member vote each season, and announced at the AGM.
DROPBOX LINK
Please note that the Dropbox link for sending in your competition submissions is
https://www.dropbox.com/request/DpAdq7inLJSz17gWu2Bg
If you have any difficulty in sending images please email the Competitions Secretary on competitions@cirencestercameraclub.org
Inter Club Battles
CCC takes part in three battles a year, currently against Swindon, Calne and Wantage Clubs, Cheltenham and Stroud Clubs, and Tetbury Camera Club.
Images entered into the Battles are chosen from the members’ images submitted to the General Competitions by the Battle Secretary and a small selection committee.
On ‘Battle Night’, an independent judge scores each image out of 20, and announces the winning club at the end of the evening.
Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.
Don McCullin, Photographer