Revised & amended: 2026
GENERAL INFORMATION
Competition will be conducted during the first meeting of the month from October through April. Only dues paying members may compete in the monthly competitions.
Food and beverages may be served before the meeting is called to order.
Specific competition information is listed on FCC website under Competition Information.
COMPETITION CLASSES
DPI (Digital Processed Images) contains 3 classes. Two submissions in each class are allowed.
Color
Monochrome
Specials – (Specials topics will be determined each competition new year and listed on club website.
DPI entry specifications are listed in Competition Entry Information
PRINTS – Up to 2 print images are allow in each class – Print entry specifications are listed in Competition Entry Information.
• LARGE COLOR PRINTS• SMALL COLOR PRINTS
• LARGE MONOCHROME PRINTS• SMALL MONOCHROME PRINTSSPECIFICATIONS FOR PRINTS
Prints are classified as either SMALL or LARGE.
• A small print is any print mounted on an 11” x 14” board.
• A large print is any print mounted on a 16” x 20” board.
All prints must be identified by affixing a completed Foresters Camera Club label in the upper left corner
on the reverse side of the board. The entrant must record the following information on the label: name,
date, and title of the image.
Prints may be maker-made or commercially made.
PRINT ENTRY FORMS
Both parts of the form must be filled out completely, correctly, and legibly, or the entries on that form
will be disqualified. The form includes the entrant’s name, date, title for each entry, and appropriate
check marks indicating the proper category. There can be only one form submitted per competition
category. The form must be whole, not cut in half.
Print Entry Forms can be found on FCC website under Members Area >Competition Info > Print Entry Form. They can be filled out on line and printed.
The Image Coordinator will enter scores on both the upper and lower half of the form and record Awards
and Honorable Mentions in the appropriate spaces. Following the competition, one half of the form will
be returned to the competitor for his/her records. The other half of the form will be given to the
Scorekeeper. It is the responsibility of the entrant to verify the accuracy of the scores and bring any
discrepancies to the attention of the Scorekeeper within 72 hours of the competition. Otherwise, the
score will stand.
REQUIREMENTS FOR HONORS
For honors to be given, there must be a minimum of three (3) entrants and five (5) entries in the
category. Otherwise, only points will be awarded.
MONTHLY WINNERS
The club will acknowledge with honors a minimum of 20% of the entries in each category, DPI Color, DPI Mono, DPI Specials, Print Color Small, Print Color Large, Print Mono Small, Print Mono Large. The awards are to be divided into two groups–Awards and Honorable Mentions (HMs) provided that the minimum number requirements have been reached. The 20% total is based on 10% of competition entries for Awards and 10% Honorable Mentions. When the 10% amount is a fraction, the award amount will be rounded UP to the next whole number ( ie. even if the are 11 entries : 11 x 10% = 1.1 rounded UP to 2 images).
A Print-of-the-Month (POM) shall be selected from the Awards group.
Judges will select approximately 10% of the total entries in each category for Awards and
approximately 10% of the total entries in each category for Honorable Mentions. Variances from
these percentages may occur at the discretion of the judges. For instance, in the event of multiple high
scores, judges may give more Awards than the stipulated 10%. As long as the minimum is reached,
the club allows the judges leeway.
JUDGING METHOD
Three (3) judges, will view, judge, and award the entries. Judges can be club members or outside nonmembers.
The judging will be conducted as follows:
Judges will use scoring machines equipped with a number display. Each of the three (3) judges will assign a number score of “4” to “9” for each image as it is displayed. The three (3) individual scores are totaled and assigned to the image. Total points for an image range between “12” and “27,” most images scoring in the range of “16” to “23.” Club will use CACCA judging guidelines for scoring and explanation can be found of FCC website under Members Area > CACCA> CACCA Judging Guidelines.
Judging guidelines
The 20% receiving the highest scores will return for a second round of judging. However, often times
the number receiving the highest scores will be less than 20% of the entries. In those instances,
another round will be conducted from entries with lower scores. These will be passed through for
review by the judges to increase the number of entries and achieve the target 20%. If the number of
entries receiving the highest scores is more than 20%, an elimination round will be conducted to
achieve the target 20%.
Once an acceptable percentage of images have been selected, a process called “IN and OUT” is used.
The judges are shown each entry again to determine if it should remain in the competition or be
eliminated. As the entry is presented, the judges vote with a “1” to keep the image in the competition or
a “0” to eliminate the image.
• If all three judges select “1,” the Scorer will call “three in” and the image is accepted for the
next round.
• If two judges vote “1” and one judge votes “0,” the Scorer will call “two in” and the image
is accepted for the next round.
• If one judge votes “1” and two judges vote “0,” the Scorer will call “one in” and the image is
eliminated.
• If all three judges vote “0,” the Scorer will call “out” and the image is eliminated.
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After a review of the remaining entries, further rounds of “IN and OUT” may be necessary to attain the
10% for Awards and 10% for Honorable Mentions.
PRINTS OF THE MONTH
After the regular judging of the entries, all Award winning entries will be shown to the judges again so
that they may award Print of the Month (POM). The “IN and OUT” process will be used to determine
the POM from each competition category.
PRINTS OF THE YEAR
This competition will be conducted on the first Tuesday in May using an outside panel of judges or club members. All
club members may submit up to four (4) images that were previously judged during the current club
season. These images need not have earned Awards or Honorable Mentions. There will be one winner A 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place will be awarded in
each competition category. Print of the Year (POY) will be presented at the annual awards banquet or
other suitable occasion.
COMPETITION COMMITTEE
The Executive Board will serve as the Competition Committee.
ENTRIES HELD FOR PSA AND CACCA COMPETITIONS
Suitable print and DPI entries may be selected and held for PSA & CACCA Interclub Competition.
Permission from the entrant is implicit, unless otherwise stated.5 of 8ALTERATIONS AND AMENDMENTS
Any of the foregoing rules of competition may be altered and amended by a majority vote of the
membership present.