Competitions

During the year, we participate in many different types of competitions, described below. Some of these are competitions within our club, and some are organized by other groups and include many camera clubs, like the Wisconsin PSA and WACCO.

Some changes have had to be made for some of these competitions because of COVID-19. For example, the Challenge of the Month is still voted on by our members, but they do so virtually before the meeting where the winner is revealed rather than during the meeting.

You MUST be a member of the club to submit an image.

Club “Judged” Competitions

For this competition, we bring in three judges from the area. They are usually professional photographers, or very advanced amateurs. Each member can submit up to five images for each of the competition topics. The judges do a blind judging (they do not know who took each image), using our on-line system to rank the images.

We hold this competition twice in each programming year. The results from the Fall Competition are announced at the November meeting and the results of the Spring Competition at the May meeting.

Each competition has two categories, “General” and a specific category announced when the competition opens.

General Rules

  • This competition is only open to paid members of the Club.
  • There is no restriction on when the images may have been taken.
  • If you submit a composite image, you must have taken ALL images used to create the composite.
  • Images must be submitted through the club website no later than 10pm (Central) on the announced due date.
  • Up to five (5) images may be submitted for each category.
  • The same image may not be submitted for both categories.
  • Specific size restrictions (width, height and megabytes) are posted on the web site and enforced when the image is uploaded.

Challenge of the Month

The Challenge of the Month (COTM) competition is meant to be a fun challenge to get members out each month shooting about a specific subject. Images that are entered in the competition must be taken anytime between the announcement of the topic and the meeting at which they will be judged (roughly two months).

We leave some of these intentionally vague so that people can be more creative in their interpretation of the subject.

General Rules

  • This competition is only open to paid members of the Club.
  • The image must be taken between when the category is announced and the due date for the competition. This is normally around two months.
  • Images must be submitted through the club website no later than 10pm (Central) on the announced due date.
  • Only one (1) image may be submitted for the competition.
  • Specific size restrictions (width, height and megabytes) are posted on the web site and enforced when the image is uploaded.

Wisconsin PSA Showcase of Images

The Wisconsin PSA sponsors the Showcase of Images. As a club, we get to enter seven images, no more than one image per member. These go into a pool with the images from the other clubs and are then sent to each club for judging, with the results announced sometime in May or June of the following year.

General Rules

  • The image must never have been submitted to a Wisconsin PSA Showcase of Images competition before. Repeat images will be disqualified.
  • If you belong to more than one Wisconsin PSA camera club, you may only submit images through ONE club.
  • Submitted images can be taken from any time
  • If you submit a composite image, you must have taken all images used in that composite.
  • Images must be submitted to the club website no later than 10 PM (Central) on the clubs due date.
  • The seven (7) from the club will be chosen by the members of the club in time to be submitted to the Wisconsin PSA competition committee.

WACCO Competitions

WACCO (Wisconsin Area Camera Clubs) holds a number of competitions throughout the year. Since we are a member of WACCO, our members may enter any of these competitions.

General Rules

Please see the WACCO website (link above) for the specific rules for each of their competitions.

Scavenger Hunt

The Summer Scavenger Hunt competition is another fun challenge and is open to everyone. A list of topics are shared at the last meeting of the year. The members and public are invited to submit one image for each of the categories that they decide to enter. Instructions on where to send the images are shared on the Facebook page for the club. The images are displayed and all persons in attendance vote on the image they feel meet the category. There is no monetary award for the winning image, just admiration from the participants of a great image.

Like the COTM competition, we have intentionally left some of the categories vague, to encourage people’s creativity. And humor.

General Rules

  • This competition is open to members of the Club and the general public.
  • The image(s) submitted for this competition must have been taken between when the categories are announced and the due date. This is usually about two and a half months, sometimes three.
  • Images from members must be submitted through the club website no later than 10pm (Central) on the announced due date. Images from the general public must be submitted via email to an email address that is posted on the club’s website,
  • One (1) images may be submitted for each category.
  • Specific size restrictions (width, height and megabytes) are posted on the web site and enforced when the image is uploaded.