Woodstock Camera Club has three regular contests every year, plus the Photo Art Contest (which occurs at the same time as Contest no. 3). Other contests may be held periodically; however, only points from the three regular contests will count toward year-end totals.
WCC Contest Information 2024-2025
| 1 Category Theme 1 Open. (Your Choice) | Due | Results | |
| Contest 1 | Summer/Fall Memory | Nov 10 | Nov 21 |
| Contest 2 | Seasonal Feeling | Jan 19 | Feb 5 |
| Contest 3 | Think Small | Mar 9 | Mar 20 |
| Photo Art | @ Entries- Open Category | April 27 | May 22 |
Contest 1-3, enter 2 photos, one in the category shown and one in Open ( your choice)
Woodstock Camera Club
Contest Entry Rules and Procedures: Updated November 5, 2023
Woodstock Camera Club has three regular contests every year, plus the Photo Art Contest. Other contests may be held periodically; however, only points from the three regular contests will count toward year-end totals and awards. Digital images only are currently accepted.
PDF of the contest rules can be downloaded by clicking here
Regular Contest Entries
General Requirements for Digital Images
- Two entries per contest are allowed, one per category. One is open, the photographer’s choice
- Previously judged images cannot be re-entered into contests
- All entries must be the original work of the photographer and an honest depiction of what was seen. Photographs of another person’s art are not allowed unless the artwork is a component of the overall image. A photo of a sculpture or painting is not allowed but a scene of several people admiring the sculpture or painting is allowed
- Digital entries shall be submitted on the deadline date, which will be announced beforehand
- Stated categories must be followed. Disqualification of an entry may result if the image is not within the contest category. The decision to disqualify an image lies solely with the Contest Chair
- A panel of qualified judges will judge submissions and provide comments. Their scores are final
Editing: Acceptable Digital Adjustments
Any editing must be the work of the entrant. Accepted digital adjustments include:
- Burning and dodging to adjust the exposure i.e., lightness, darkness, or tonal range of parts of the image or of the whole image
- Cropping to change an image’s boundaries
- Flipping or rotating to change an image’s orientation
- Brightness, contrast, highlight and shadow detail adjustment
- White balance and/or colour adjustment. Conversion to monochrome or removal of certain colours, for example, taking everything out but red
- Perspective correction to adjust the vertical or horizontal distortion in an image
- Sharpening
- Redeye Reduction
- Vignetting to lighten or darken corners for emphasis
- Repair by cloning/healing of image faults such as dust, lint, and sensor spots, scratches, and noise
- Limited cloning to remove distractions such as hydro lines and signposts
- Stitching together two or more images to create a panorama whether in camera or with software
- HDR Merger – merging images for exposure control whether in camera or with software
Image Standards
- Files must be saved as 72 dpi highest quality JPEG/JPG
- Colour space must be sRGB
- Size must be a maximum of 1920 pixels wide and a maximum of 1080 pixels high. For example: square image = 1080 x 1080 pixels; landscape = 1920 x 800 pixels; portrait = 700 x 1080 pixels. No watermarks or text are allowed. Make sure images are large enough during emailing
Digital File Names
Name digital files using the following protocol: C# – Category – FName LName – Title.jpg
e.g., C1 – Open – Dan Camera – My Winning Photo.jpg
Submitting Images: Emailing
- Send the two entries in one email with the file names as above on the image files and not just in the body of the email. Email to: contest@woodstockcameraclub.com
Photo Art Entries
General Requirements for Digital Images
This is an open category contest. Two entries per contestant are allowed for Photo Art.
Editing: Acceptable Digital Adjustments
Any editing must be the work of the entrant. Open editing is allowed, and multiple elements and images may be combined to create a resulting final image. Use your imagination as anything goes.
Image Standards
- File requirements are the same as for other club contests (listed above)
- File names: Please format your file names as follows: (Example for submitting 2 images)
- PA – FName LName – Title.jpg
- e.g., PA – Sandra Canon – My Winning Photo – #1.jpg
- PA – Sandra Canon – My Best Photo – #2.jpg
Contest Awards
The three scores for each entry are added and ribbons are presented as follows:
- a score of 22, 23 or 24 receives a yellow ribbon
- a score of 25, 26 or 27 receives a white ribbon
- a score of 28 or 29 receives a blue ribbon
- a score of 30 receives a red ribbon
Year-End Awards – Presented at the year-end Gala
- Members Choice Award: for the image that receives the most members’ votes in each contest. Before each regular results night, all images (without attribution) are sent to members who view them and vote for their favourite image of that contest.
- Photo Art Award: for the first-place winner in the Photo Art Contest – a trophy donated by Wilson Johnson Jr., a WCC member, is presented. The winner and members who achieve a second or third place also receive plaque mounts.
- Image of the Year Award: for the overall top scoring image from each of the three regular contests. the Jake Hoekstra Memorial trophy, donated by Bill and Deb Hall, past WCC members, is presented. The winner and members who achieve a second or third place will also receive plaque mounts.
- Photographer of the Year Award: for the overall highest scoring entrant from totalling scores from each of the regular contests. The plaque was donated by Jerry Cornell, former WCC member, and his late wife Joan. The winner will also receive a smaller trophy to keep. The winner and members who achieve a second or third place will also receive plaque mounts.
All trophies are to be returned to the Contest Chair by April 30 so they will be ready for the year-end Gala. (If possible, bring the trophies to WCC’s final April meeting)