Hexham & District Photographic Society

Number of Images:

The PDI competition is now a single competition with two categories that members can enter images into. These are listed below, with the maximum number of images allowed per member:

• Colour PDI - 2 images maximum
• Mono PDI - 2 images maximum

There will still be an award for the "best standard" image, so please continue to label your images as in previous years.

Note:

• There is no requirement to enter both Mono and Colour competitions if you don't want to, so for example, if you really only have a single colour image to enter, just enter the one image.
• If you are not sure if you are Advanced or Standard level for each category, the competition's secretary will be able to confirm for you.
• An image that has been previously entered into a Print or PDI Competition cannot be subsequently entered into another Print or PDI competition, and vice versa.

Image format & sizing:

• JPG format, i.e. with the ".jpg" file extension.
• sRGB or Greyscale
• Sized to 3840 pixels by 2160 pixels - This means for a landscape orientation image the maximum dimension is 3840 pixels
  whereas for portrait orientation and square images, the maximum dimension is 2160 pixels.

Naming your images:

• The title of the image must not exceed 25 characters in length.
• Image naming must follow the following convention: Image-Title_yy.jpg where:
  
  1. Image_Title is your image title for the image
  2. ‘yy’ is your membership number.
• Class and discipline should be indicated by preceding the above with:
  1. A or S - Advanced or Standard
  2. M or C - Mono or Colour
• For Example:  S_M_The reaper_87.jpeg

Where to send your images:

Simply attach your Jpeg files directly to an email (do not zip them), and please send Mono & Colour on separate emails:-

• Mono - Set the subject of the email to Mono and email to pdi@hexhamphotographic.org 
• Colour - Set the subject of the email to Colour and email to pdi@hexhamphotographic.org 

Once submitted, you should get an automated receipt (this can take an hour or two) confirming that your image(s) have been received.

The above is a summary of what is fully defined in the competition rules, which can be found here.