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Victoria Camera Club Competitions

Our new two-tiered competition system is your invitation to enter with confidence, whether you are a novice or one advanced in the photographic arts!

The Victoria Camera Club and its members have entered into competitons since the salons of its earliest years. In their modern form, competitions serve to stimulate the search for that "perfect" image and to provide an opportunity to develop  one's skills and techniques. See a partial record of those who have blazed the trail over the years and decades: VCC Awards History.

Our Club competitions cover the gamut of media and categories: prints, projected digital images and slides; open, nature and theme categories. Six monthly competitions are scheduled plus annual Year-End Competitions and Aggregate Awards.

We celebrate our achievements in Competitions through enjoyment of the wide array of fine images awarded recognition. Those winning images are on display via Galleries > Club Competitions. 

Location: Competition Nights are held at Norway House (see map).

See our Calendar for the full schedule of upcoming competitions.

For tips on the criteria used by judges when evaluating images entered into competitions see the following two links.

Twleve Elements: 12 Elements for Success in Print Competiton.

Photo Contest Guide to Judging Criteria: Document (pdf) reproduced with permission from the Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers Control Area.

Model Releases - Copyright - Photography Laws: The following links are provided for your guidance regarding how law and photography relate in Canada and British Columbia.

VCC Copyright and Model Release Policy (pdf).

Ambient Light - Photography Laws - A summary of laws in Canada and British Columbia which pertain to photography.

2011 Competition guidelines are available by clicking the button below. These include, new number of entries permitted, new categories (Creative and Novice Print), new size requirements and the subjects for the Theme comps.

VCC Competitions - 2011-12

For complete competition results click the buttons below to enter our Members' Only password-protected area. For login information contact the webmaster.

Competition Results - 2011-12

Competition Results - 2010-11


Cropping and Resizing Images: For artistic reasons and to meet the NEW maximum size rules for entry into competitions, it will be necessary to crop and to resize your digital images. Click the button below to view a presentation (pdf), prepared by Richard James, on the "how to's" of cropping and resizing images. This updated version also includes details for winning images (and other images) for publication in Close-Up.

VCC Crop and Resize

A new, user-friendly procedure is currently under development for the management of our competition entries, judging and reporting of results.

This is not available at this time. ALL competition entries must be submitted using a new version of the Uploader which will be available shortly.

The VCC Upload Manager, is available for both PCs and Macintosh computers.

Click on the first button below to view a presentation, prepared by Doug McLean, on the procedure to follow. Updated for new rules and Close-Up uploads.

Then obtain your copy for installation on your PC or Mac via the appropriate button below:

VCC Upload Procedure (Updated)

VCC Upload Manager  -  PC (2011-12 version)

VCC Upload Manager - Mac (2011-12 version)


External Competitions

Members of the Victoria Camera Club have extended their reach through successful entries in a number of External Competitions over recent years.  We now celebrate our Club's banner year, 2009-10. In addition to VCC's 1st Place finish in the prestigious Natures's Best competition, our Club scored a 1st, three 2nds and two 3rds in the round of CAPA digital competitions. Those were topped off by VCC's 3rd Place finish in the Lion's Gate Celebration of Nature Photography 2009 competition. 


View the images entered and results achieved via our Galleries > External Comps page.

External competitions in which our Club has participated in the past year include:

In 2011-12 members will be kept informed regarding entry deadlines, image requirements and the results of these and other external competitions which may be entered into during the year.  


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