This gallery contains all of the Individual Awards won on 19th Nov 2023 as part of the 2023 Spf Digital Championship Plate and Bowie Trophy competitions. Full results of these events can be found by going to the following webpage...
What's on
3rd Dec
The PAGB Masters of Print Competition is held annually and is open to all SPF club members. The Judging is followed by a public Exhibition. Individual Photographers who are members of affiliated Clubs may enter directly, without any pre-qualification.
Photographers may enter prints to any combination of the Monochrome, Colour and Nature Categories up to a maximum of 5 prints. Prints are then selected for the Exhibition (max one per author), and awards are made to individual prints. In addition to this, you have the chance of winning a sponsor's award if you are selected for the Exhibition - There were some very high value prizes to be won in previous years. Prints must be received by post no later than 6th Dec. Please see more details on our dedicated SPF web page which can be found under 'External Competitions'.
9th Dec 10th Dec
This is the Judging and selection weekend of the 7th Masters of Print competition and Exhibition.
7th Jan
This is the online closing date for the following competitions - PAGB GB Cup, GB Cup for Nature, and GB Cup Limited Eligibility (all digital file) and also the GB Trophy (Prints). All of these competitions require author, title and digital file uploaded by this date. The PAGB Central Entries System, known as the CES, opened for entries on 1st Sept. Full rules and details about these events can be found on the dedicated page of our website under the 'External Competitions' drop down, or from the PAGB website.
20th Jan
Final Closing Date to Drop-Off Points. Please note some Drop-Off points may require you to have your entries with them before today as they may be travelling early to the SPF EC meeting being held the next day.
Some drop-off points may be able to take your prints later than this if they are attending the Print sort at Carluke, so please discuss this with them if required. Please also see the final date for receipt of Prints direct to Carluke.
Latest news
Congratulations to the SPF Print Championship Paper Spectrum Sponsor's Award Winner for 2023 who was Manoj Mohan from Eastwood PS.
Manoj, who was delighted to have won, was recently presented with his sponsor's prize of a box of A3 Pinnacle Premium Silk Baryta 310 and 500x400 Black Mount Board and his winner's certificate by Eddie Telford, Paper Spectrum Ambassador and SPF Area Rep for Ayrshire.
"All the team at Paper Spectrum are delighted, once again, to sponsor the SPF Print Championship and would like to congratulate all who entered such a fine array of fantastic prints.
We would like to extend our special praise to Manoj Mohan of Eastwood Photographic Society for the superb print 'Lone Tree at The Quirang' as selected by our Scottish Ambassador Eddie Telford."
"We have been in the business of supplying Photographic and Fine Art paper and related products since 1995 and our simple goal is to offer customers the very best products, service and value for money on the market. As paper is such a widely available product we are involved with an equally varied customer base, however the majority of our customers are professional photographers, camera clubs, architects, graphic designers, producers of inkjet fine art and educational outlets."
The SPF would like to thank Paper Spectrum for again sponsoring this event, and hope to see them again in person next year.
To find out more about the SPF Print Championship and this year's event please visit the following webpage (click here)
For those of you interested in audio Visuals this International event is open for entries. 6th Port Elizabeth Camera Xlub International Audio Visual Festival 2024 with FIAP Patronage 2024/001 and PSSA 2024/24 All AV enthusiasts worldwide are cordially invited to enter this event. Closing date is 21 March 2024
Two categories: Open and Photo Harmony
JUDGING PANEL:
Adri van Oudheusden FPSSA, APSSA (Vers.), EPSSA, AV-AFIAP
Jill Sneesby Hon MPSSA, FPSSA Dux, AV-FPSSA, MFIAP, ESFIAP, FPSA
Ian Bateman FRPS, MPAGB, AV-AFIAP, APAGB
Submission via Wetransfer. Payment via PayPal €15 for one AV €25 for two or more AVs is via PayPal to pecameraclub.pp [at] gmail.com The brochure and entry form are supplied in the downloads area of this news article and contain all of the information you require.
Roel van Oudheusden, SPSSA Salon Director.
Featured galleries
This gallery contains the Final images that Kilmaurs Photographic Club used to win the 2023 Bowie Trophy competition at the 2023 SPF Digital Championship held in Victoria Hall, Dundblane on Sunday 19th Nov 2023. To see more on this event together with the other Club placings please ...
Welcome to the SPF
We are a non-profitmaking network of almost 100 clubs and societies from Thurso in the north to Dumfries in the south and all areas in between. The sizes and involvement of each club within the SPF varies widely.
Founded in 1903, our remit is to promote the art and science of photography through interaction. To this end, the SPF Executive Committee organises a diary of events annually, mainly in the form of competitions and workshops, which our Clubs and their Members can participate in. The SPF also organises or co-ordinates entries to other events nationally or internationally on behalf of our members. We also maintain a mailing list and supply various services, including our e-newsletter the 'e-flash', and SPF Directory which contains all SPF Clubs and our SPF Judge’s & Lecturer’s list.
Through our SPF membership, comes affiliation of the PAGB. This gives access to the Club network throughout the whole of the UK. Through this affiliation comes other benefits including competitive Insurance arrangements for Camera Clubs, exclusive to the PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) network, which you can take advantage of as an affiliated SPF club. In addition to this UK membership; as a member Club of the SPF, you and your members also automatically become members of FIAP (Federation Internationale de l'art Photographique) which is a worldwide organisation, currently based in Luxembourg.