This is Keith's successful DPAGB entry in Prints to the PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit Adjudication held in Smethwick in June 2021. Keith is a member of Eastwood Photographic Society.
What's on
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.
31st Oct
The Annual General Meeting of the SPF on Zoom. Time TBC. Club Secretaries should look out for the SPF Annual Report for 2020 which will also contain SPF EC proposals to the AGM on SPF Membership Fees for 2021. The Annual Report will be sent out 2 weeks prior to the AGM date. If you don't see a copy then please contact the SPF General Secretary via the Contact Us area of this website.
7th Nov
As well as the Executive dealing with the general administration of the SPF and its events; These meetings are your chance to have any items of business you wish to be discussed brought to the attention of the SPF via your Area Rep or by contacting the SPF General Secretary. This meeting will be on Zoom and start at 1pm
Latest news
The Edinburgh Photographic Society are this year running their First Edinburgh Photographic Society International Digital Exhibition.
The Exhibition has both FIAP and PSA patronage, as well as that of the SPF. SECTIONS AND FEES - The Exhibition consists of Four (4) Sections with up to Four (4) entries allowed in each: Open Mono, Open Colour, Nature and Wildlife AWARDS - A total of 80 Awards will be presented including 4 Gold Medals from each of the Photographic Society of America, Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique and the Scottish Photographic Federation.
Entry fees are £10 for the first section then £3 for each additional section. Payment is via PayPal
Entries Open 1st September 2021 Entries - Close 7th December 2021
The salon is conducted in accordance with the recommendations and approval of: The Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique (FIAP) 2021/503 and The Photographic Society of America (PSA) 2021-1666
Click on the following web link (click here) and scroll down for all of the details you require together with access to their online entry.
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)
Featured galleries
This is a Gallery of the 95 top scoring shortlisted images that the Individual Awards for the SPF Annual Portfolios 2021 were selected from by this year's Judges in both the Projected Image and Print Portfolios (NB - Print sections submitted and Judged as Digital).
The results were...
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.