Annual Competition 2024-25

The Annual Competition is our premier event of the year, showcasing our members' work. 

• Three categories are voted on by club members (Clive Mathewson, Video, Print).
• Nine categories (100-900) are scored by external judges.
• All categories are for digital images except the one Print category.
• See all entry categories and rules below​
• Winners will be announced at the Annual Awards Meeting in May

2025 Annual competition description and Rules

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Club Annual Competition Awards Night May 22/25.

2024-25 Annual Competition Winners

Judged Winners  

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Member Voted Winners

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Judge scored winner slideshow

judges scores & COMMENTS

member voted winner slideshow

2024-25 Monthly Competition Cumulative Winners

​100 Digital Theme
First: Kirby Price
Second: Terri Ross
Third: Clayton Reitzel

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200 Digital Open
First: Clayton Reitzel
Second: Gord Bosker
Third: Gerry Simard

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300 Print
First: Linda Treleaven
Second: Terri Ross
Third: Lucia MacQuarrie

100 Theme scores

200 Open Scores

300 Print Scores

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Annual Competition Categories - All Entries

100: President's challenge "FIFTY"

Format:​ A single ​digital​ image
Content:​ The theme is chosen by the Club President
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All Entries

Scores

200: feature theme "perspective"

Format:​ A single digital image in a category that is set annually by the competition committee
Content:​ The featured category this year is Prespective
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all entries

scores

300: A Work in progress

 Format:​ A single digital image
Content:​ Open. This category is restricted to members that have NOT received a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place JUDGED award in any of the competitions this 2024-25 club season. Members who have received a member-voted first, second, or third place may enter.

All entries

Scores

400: Outings/Workshop

Format:​ A single ​digital​ image
Content:​ The image must be taken at a sanctioned IACC Outing or Workshop ​in the current club year June 2024-May 2025. The Outing/Workshop name and year should be in the title, e.g. Aldon 2024_image name.jpg
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all entries

scores

500: the wild world - flora

Format:​ A single digital image
Content:​ Image must be of a ​wild​​plant​(s), ​photographed in its natural setting (hand of man allowed, e.g., fence post). ​Plants include lichen, seaweed, fungi and mosses. Non-wild plants that have gone feral are not allowed, e.g., irises or lilacs found around abandoned farmsteads.
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all entries

scores

600: the wild world - fauna

Format:​ A single digital image
Content:​ Image must be of a ​wild animal​(s) ​photographed in its natural setting​ (hand of man allowed, e.g., fence post). ​ Non-vertebrate creatures are allowed. Feral versions of non-wild animals are not, e.g., horses or pigs.
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all entries

scores

700: 'scapes

Format:​ A single digital image
Content:​ The image may be a landscape, a seascape, a skyscape or a cityscape. There are no hard restrictions, other than that the image is to be made outdoors.
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all entries

scores

800: New member

Format: A single digital image
​Content: Open. First time new member in Sep 2024-May 2025 season. Returning members after a lapsed period, are not eligible.

ALL ENTRIES

SCORES

900: photo essay

Format:​ A large single composite digital image (5-9 images)
Content:​ A narrative photo essay is a series of images, presented together, designed to tell a story of some sort. A thematic photo essay will likely score poorly (e.g. 6 images of a flower from different angles). See Annual Competition Rules for more details.
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All entries

scores

1000: Clive mathewson award

Format:​ A single digital image
Content:​ Humorous, lighthearted
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all entries

scores

1100: video composition

Format:​ A single video, up to 3 minutes long, with either verbal or musical accompaniment
Content:​ Open. See Annual Competition rules for technical details.
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all entries

scores

1200: print

Format: A single print, can be to 20" x 20", not including a mat.
Content: Open
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all entries

scores