This gallery shows all of accepted and award winning prints.
Visit the following page (click here) for more details, or to view a PDF copy of the Exhibition Catalogue (...
What's on
26th Sep
We are holding a Results and Awards Presentation Event for the SPF Annual Portfolios at 2pm via Zoom to which all Club members who wish to attend are invited. We will announce the final Club Placings in all three Sections together with the Individual Award Winners. A Gallery of the top scoring shortlisted images that the Individual Awards were chosen from will appear soon so you can see whos in the running for an Award!
This event is FREE. A zoom link and details will be sent out to Club Secretaries and Competition Secretaries by 17th September. There is no requirement to pre-register you can use the link to join us on the day. Any last minute issues in joining please Contact Libby or Neil using the contact area of this website.
8th Oct
This is the online Closing Date for the 2021 Masters of Print, not to be confused with the delayed Masters of Print in 2020 which was Judged in early 2021. You can enter as an Individual or you can organise an entry on behalf of your Club. The entry is for unmounted prints, please see the full details for size and format accepted for this event. Photographers may enter prints to any combination of the Monochrome, Colour and Nature Categories up to a maximum of 5 prints. Visit the External Competitions page of this website for full details. Prints require to be received by the organisers by 15th October 2021. It is planned to hold an Exhibition in Birmingham at St Martin's Church in the Bullring from the 4th December.
24th Oct
The PAGB Print Championship 2021 is going ahead at Smethwick PS with a restricted audience. SPF competing Clubs are Carluke CC, Dumfries CC and Edinburgh PS. This event will also be video streamed. We will pass on any details we receive should you be interested in watching the Judging.
Latest news
The 2021 Masters of Print is open for entries with the online entry closing 8th October 2021 and prints to be with organiser by 15th October. It will be Judged shortly after, and it is hoped that an Exhibition will go ahead at Birmingham in St Martin's Church in the Bullring from the 4th December. This is the second Masters of Print to be Judged in 2021 as the 2020 event was postponed due to Covid.
For full rules and details please visit the following documents on the PAGB Website (click here) and (click here)
You can enter as an Individual or you can organise an entry on behalf of your Club. You should be a bona fide member of a Club affiliated to the PAGB and may only enter once per competition and for one Club each year. If your Club is not currently operating, or you are unable to join it because of the current restrictions, let the PAGB know and they may permit your entry.
Entries, either by an Individual or by a Club, must be made through the PAGB on-line Entries System. This includes PDI copies of your prints 2400 pixels on the longest side. Photographers may enter prints to any combination of the Monochrome, Colour and Nature Categories up to a maximum of 5 prints.
60 Prints are then selected for the Exhibition (max one per author), and awards are made to individual prints. In addition to this, you will receive a copy of this year's printed catalogue, to the same quality as the one all Clubs received Free this year, which will feature all of the Accepted and Award winning photographs (one per page).
You can enter via the PAGB Website (click here)
For Scottish Successes in 2020 and to view previous catalogues and galleries visit the following webpage where you will find all of the details and links (click here)
The Dingwall National Projected Image Exhibition is back and open for entries. Closing Date 20th September.
Four Sections - Open Colour - Monochrome - Landscape - Nature
This year the Judges are - John Chamberlin FRPS APAGB MFIAP FBPE from Bristol; Allan Gawthorpe DPAGB EFIAP/s PSA5 from Aberdeen and Christine Widdall MPAGB EFIAP FBPE APAGB HonLCPU from Oldham.
Entries are made online. Visit Dingwall Camera Club's Exhibition page for full details (click here)
The Judging will take place online using Photographic Exhibition Software, over the weekend of 9th and 10th October.
For the previous Exhibition Award Winners please visit the following gallery (click here)
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This is David's successful DPAGB entry in Prints to the PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit Adjudication held in Smethwick in June 2021. David is a member of Dundee Photographic Society.
Welcome to the SPF
We are a non-profitmaking network of almost 100 clubs and societies from Orkney in the north to Stranraer 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.