Ards Camera Club Info ...

Website: www.ardscameraclub.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/cameraclubards Email: secretaryardscameraclub@gmail.com Programme: 2025 - 2026 - (Fri Evenings) Click here

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Monthly Club Competitions

Round/Subject	'Citique' Night	'In Club Competition' Night
Round 1 'Open'	Wed 10th Sept 2025	Friday 19th Sept 2025
Round 2 'Macro'	Wed 8th Oct 2025	Friday 17th Oct 2025
Round 3 'Open	Wed 19th Nov 2025	Friday 28th Nov 2025
Round 4 'ICM' *	Wed 7th Jan 2026	Friday 16th Jan 2026
Round 5 'Open'	Wed 4th Feb 2026	Friday 13th Feb 2026

* Intentional Camera Movement

For future years' Genres / Themes see NIPA section below - 'Genres / Themes for NIPA Inter-Club Competitions'

Monthly Competition Rules - click here (pdf file) (Amended Aug 2025)

Monthly Competition Entry Form - click here (pdf file)

Size of Entry:

Prints:  For all 5 rounds, prints may be any size on a maximum mount size of 40cm x 30cm

PDIs:  Must be in jpeg format and sRGB colour space.
            Sized to a maximum of 1600 pixels wide and a maximum of 1200 pixels high.

N.B.  Tutorials on resizing images for PDIs are available below


Ards Annual Competitions and other external competitions

Each year in Ards CC we have several competitions that we are involved with...
click here (pdf file)

Annual Exhibition 2026

Closing Date for entries:
(Full information to follow)

Exhibition - Rules - 'pdf' file - (amended April 2024)


AV and Triptych / Three Related Images Competitions

Closing Date for all entries:
(Full information to follow)

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Tutorials

Resizing images for 'Projected Digital Image' Competitions (PDI)
Two tutorials are available below, one as a pdf document the other as a video.

Projected Digital Images (PDI) - Resizing Tutorial - click here (pdf file) (Updated Sep 2021)
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How To Resize An Image In Photoshop - YouTube video
Watch this tutorial to learn how to resize an image in Adobe Photoshop.

NEW Sep 2023
Illustrated Guide to Mount and Print sizes, Pixel sizes for PDIs - click here (pdf file)

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Constitution/Rules and Child Protection Policy

Ards Camera Club Constitution/Rules - click here (pdf file)

Safeguarding Children and Adults at Risk
or in Need of Protection Policy- click here (pdf file)
(Ards Camera Club has adopted the NIPA Policy for Safeguarding Children and
Adults at Risk or in Need of Protection)

NIPA (Northern Ireland Photographic Association) Info ... 

	NIPA Website: www.niphoto.co.uk NIPA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/niphotoassoc NIPA Email: nipa.secretary@gmail.com NIPA Programme: 2025 - 2026 Click here NIPA Competition Rules: Oct 2023 Click here

Genres / Themes for NIPA Inter-Club Competitions

Note: Rounds 1, 3 and 5 subjects are 'Open'

2025 / 26
Round 2 (Genre): Macro
Round 4 (Themes): Intentional Camera Movement

2026 / 27
Round 2 (Genre): Pets
Round 4 (Themes): Minimalism

2027 / 28
Round 2 (Genre): Nature
Round 4 (Themes): Long Exposure

2028 / 29
Round 2 (Genre): Sport
Round 4 (Themes): The colour red

2029 / 30
Round 2 (Genre): Human Portraits
Round 4 (Theme): Film or TV show titles

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Size of Entry:

Prints:  For all 5 rounds, prints may be any size on a maximum mount size of 40cm x 30cm

PDIs:  Must be in jpeg format and sRGB colour space.
            Sized to a maximum of 1600 pixels wide and a maximum of 1200 pixels high.
         
N.B.  Tutorials on resizing images for PDIs are available in the club section above

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NIPA Adjudication dates and venues 2025-26

For competitions below click here (pdf file) for full details.

Monthly competitions:
Rounds 1 to 5

Additional competitions:
Roy Finlay Memorial Natural History Competition
Novice Competition
Top Print & PDI Competition
NIPA 2026 Annual Exhibition

PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) Info ... 

PAGB Website: www.thepagb.org.uk

PAGB Newsletters

The PAGB produces an e-mail newsletter, e-news. Anyone can subscribe to the newsletter circulation list.

Click here for your free subscription also Current and Back Issues of e-news.

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PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit

The Awards for Photographic Merit (APM) are open to all members of Clubs affiliated to the PAGB through their Federations (i.e. Ards CC) and are at five levels:

• Badge (BPAGB) for prints only

• Credit (CPAGB) – Blue badge and certificate
  Standard: Good Club Photography

• Distinction (DPAGB) – Red badge and certificate
  Standard: Open Exhibition Photography

• Excellence (EPAGB) for prints only

• Master (MPAGB) – Yellow badge and certificate
  Standard: Highest Standard of UK Amateur Photography

The awards are held for life without any annual fee and holders are entitled to use the designated letters after their name.

Media:

• Prints or PDIs - Applications in still images may be with prints or projected images, but not a mixture.
For full details and information leaflets click here

• Audio-Visual - Application is by digital projection with sound.
For full details and information leaflet click here

• APM Advice Service
For full details and information leaflet click here