Competition Guidelines 2024 - 2025
Opening Shots –
4th Sept. 2024
OPEN internal PRINT competition.
Bring your mounted prints to the URC hall on the 4th September. TPC members will judge on the night.
NOT included in the POTY.
Image taken within last 12 months
‘OPENING SHOTS’ Open PRINT competition, judged by TPC members on the night. There are no POTY scores. Subject is OPEN, the only stipulation is that the images must have been taken during the last 12 months.
October Open –
2nd Oct. 2024
OPEN PDI Competition.
External Judge.
Closing date – 18th September
Scores accepted for the POTY
‘OPEN’ simply means that there are no restrictions on the subject matter or genre, or time limits on when the shot was taken.
Portraits –
30th Oct. 2024
Themed PDI Competition
External Judge
Closing Date – 16th October
Scores accepted for the POTY
‘PORTRAITS’ these images may be of an individual or a small group, such as a family portrait. The portraits may be of people, or animals, they can be character studies, photojournalistic, or taken in the subject’s environment. The portraits may be taken inside or outside with artificial or natural lighting. There are no restrictions on the who, where, how and why as long as suitable permissions were sought where appropriate, such as with children, candid street shots where an individual is the main focus point, or on private land.
Odd Couples –
27th Nov. 2024
Themed PRINT Competition
External Judge
Closing Date – 13th November
Scores accepted for the POTY
‘ODD COUPLES’ this title is hopefully self-explanatory, and can refer to any
subject or genre that the photographer thinks relevant. This is similar to the Knightshayes print competition and entries should be suitable for inclusion.
Triptych
Competition –
11th Dec. 2024
OPEN internal PRINT competition.
Bring your mounted prints to the URC hall on the 11th December.
TPC members will judge on the night.
NOT included in the POTY.
‘TRIPTYCH’ Open PRINT competition, judged by TPC members on the night. There are no POTY scores. Subject is OPEN. Each entry to have 3 images that have a connection to each other. This can be 3 images printed on a single sheet and mounted, or 3 separate images stuck onto a single 50cm x 40cm mounting board, and there does need to be a link between all 3 images.
January Open –
29th Jan. 2025
OPEN PDI Competition.
External Judge.
Closing date – 15th January
Scores accepted for the POTY
‘OPEN’ simply means that there are no restrictions on the subject matter or genre, or time limits on when the shot was taken.
It’s a Knockout –
12th Feb. 2025
OPEN internal PRINT competition. Bring your mounted prints to the URC hall on the 12th February.
TPC members will judge on the night.
NOT included in the POTY.
‘IT’S A KNOCKOUT’ Open PRINT competition, judged by TPC members on the night.
There are no POTY scores.
Subject is OPEN.
Full details TBA.
The Weather –
12th March 2025
Themed PDI Competition
External Judge
Closing Date – 26th February
Scores accepted for the POTY
‘THE WEATHER’ any image that depicts the weather, and/or the immediate after effects of weather. Good or bad weather, from steaming hot to freezing cold and the effect it is having on the landscape, individuals, animals, buildings etc. From stormy skies to scorching sun, anything that depicts the weather and the effect it is having.
April Open –
9th April 2025
OPEN PDI Competition.
External Judge.
Closing date – 26th March
Scores accepted for the POTY
‘OPEN’ simply means that there are no restrictions on the subject matter or genre, or time limits on when the shot was taken.
Closing Shots –
21st May 2025
OPEN internal PRINT competition. Bring your mounted prints to the URC hall on the 14th May.
TPC members will judge on the night.
NOT included in the POTY.
Taken within last 12 months.
‘CLOSING SHOTS’ Open PRINT competition, judged by TPC members on the night.
There are no POTY scores.
Subject is OPEN, the only stipulation is that the images must have been taken during the last 12 months.
Guidance on the use of image creation and processing tools (sometimes labelled as “AI”) wcpf guideline.
Generative AI uses various algorithms, data and sometimes user prompts to generate new content that is not photographic. Therefore, images or image elements created using Generative AI are not permitted.Increasingly image processing software includes tools which use AI /machine-learning for content fill, scene expansion, patching or object removal (e.g. Photoshop’s “Remove Tool”). Their use needs to be consistent with the General WCPF Competition Rules above.Image enhancement tools (e.g., AI De-noise, AI Scaling, AI Sharpening) are acceptable, so long as they do not introduce image elements that are not present in the original. In general, the images immediately before and after enhancement should look nearly identical when viewed at full-screen.The PAGB Compliance Statement on AI (Oct 2023) states that “It is appreciated that the individual photographer may not be fully aware of exactly how individual processing functions act, whether in-camera or in post-processing, However, the PAGB would expect photographers to be aware of when any significant addition has been made to an image which is not part of an original work by the photographer.”