Introduction
The Southampton Camera Club was formed in 1896 and has been running its annual International
Exhibition for no less than 96 years! Our 2009 International attracted well over than 7000 entries from
more than 50 countries around the world, confirming our position as one of the largest
photographic salons in the United Kingdom.
Our exhibition is run under the patronage of La Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique (FIAP),
the Photographic Society of America (PSA) and the Royal Photographic Society (RPS).
Please note that for our Open Digital Class C the PSA patronage is from their Color Projected Image Division (CPID),
not their Electronic Imaging Division (EID).
At the discretion of the
judges, it is our intention is to award in excess of 25 awards in each class for
our next Exhibition in 2010. These will include a FIAP gold medal, 4 PSA or 4 RPS medals, 6 Southampton CC medals
and up to 15 Southampton CC certificates of merit, plus a number of ribbons.
To minimise postage costs, prints (but not CDs) may be forwarded to us from the Smethwick International. Note that we no longer forward digital entries to the Bristol Salon as their
maximum image dimensions are different to ours and they now accept online entries.
There are 2 ways to enter the 2010 Exhibition:
Please note that these are alternative methods. You must use either one or the other. Our systems are
unable to accept a mixture of an online and a postal entry as they use different databases!
Online entry process (our preferred method)
You can use our
Online Entry Form
to fully describe your entry in all classes, upload digital images and make payment via
your PayPal account (or a credit/debit card). This is our preferred method of entry, even for print
entrants, as it will greatly simplify our administration. Obviously, prints will still
have to be sent by post, quoting a reference number you will be given after your online
payment. If you entered our 2008 or 2009 Exhibition and gave us your email address then you have already
been registered on this site and we have emailed you your UserName and Password.
If you have not received such an email from us then you should
register here as a new user.
Postal entry process
For those who are unable or unwilling to make online payments, we have an
alternative method using a
Postal
Entry Form based on an interactive PDF document.
Group entries
The vast majority of entries to our competition are individually submitted by the entrant. However, some groups
find it more convenient to nominate a co-ordinator who submits a batch of entries on their behalf. Typically, group
entries involve a large box of prints being sent to us by the co-ordinator, with the box of prints being returned
to that person at the end of the competition.
We are happy to accommodate such group entries but there are some rules that must be followed to avoid potential
confusion and unnecessary work.
- All members of the group must use the same entry method, i.e. online or postal (as always, online is
much preferred).
- When prints are being delivered and returned via a group co-ordinator then each member must write the
co-ordinator's name in the 'Return prints via' box when making their individual entry.
- We cannot accept non-standard payments for return postage of prints as our database has not been designed to
record such payments. If prints are to be returned, then each member of the group must indicate this in their
own entry submission and they will then be charged the postage-inclusive fee.
- For any individual entry, the nominal postage charge may be calculated by subtracting the postage-exclusive fee
from the equivalent postage-inclusive fee. If the total nominal postage charge for your group significantly
exceeds the real postage charge for returning your box of prints we will make a refund.
- If you insist on making a postal entry we would appreciate a written summary of the individual fees in order
to check that your total group payment is correct.
Digital & print shows
A selection of the best images from SIE 2010 will be presented at the following locations.
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Digital Shows |
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Print Shows |
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Chichester Camera Club |
18 Mar 2010 |
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Amersham Photographic Society |
15 Mar 2010 |
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Oxford Photographic Society
|
23 Mar 2010 |
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Havant Camera Club |
16 Mar 2010 |
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Newbury Camera Club |
25 Mar 2010 |
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Brighton |
30 Mar 2010 |
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Winchester Photographic Society |
6 Apr 2010 |
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Dorchester Camera Club |
26 Apr 2010 |
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Poole & District Camera Club |
14 Apr 2010 |
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Kingswood Photographic Society |
30 Apr 2010 |
Dates or venues may vary due to unforeseen circumstances. Please check with the venue before travelling.