Sections

There are three competition sections: Assigned Subject, Open Subject, and Creative.
Creative is intended to encourage experimental or non-traditional work. The image may be whatever the maker wants it to be, PSA defines creative as exhibiting 'Altered Reality'.

There are three competition classes: Salon, Class A, and Class B. Assignment of participating members is based on ability and is determined solely by the Standards Committee. You can read more about competition classes on DPS In Focus (the members only Web site).

Each entrant may submit two images in the Assigned Subject and Open categories and one image in the Altered Reality category.  Note that the number of images now applies to the combined slide and digital competitions – now known as the projected image competition.

The closing date for entries is still 7 days prior to the Monday of the digital competition although this may change as we get used to the new system.

Images

Prepare up to five images, two in the Assigned Subject and Open categories and one in the Altered Reality category.

The constraints of digital projection mean that we don't need, indeed we can't cope with, high resolution images. Make your images look good on your computer screen as they will be shown using a digital projector driven by a computer.

Image Contstraints: All images entered for DPS Projected Image competitions are required:

  • To be Jpeg files (we recommend the sRGB color space for projection)
  • Up to a maximum of 1000 kB (kilobytes)
  • Up to a maximum dimension of 1050 pixels (maximum image dimensions of 1050 × 1050 pixels)
  • To have a substantive title

You can basically title them as you wish as long as it is a substantive title - titles like 'unknown' or 'no title' are not allowed. The titles are not shown to the judges until the scoring is done.

The new entry form will not accept images for upload that do not meet these requirements.

File Naming

It is not necessary to name your image files according to any naming standard as in the past. You may name your files any way that makes sense to you. Internally your files will be stored with a name that includes your member# to ensure no confusion with other members with same family name as used to happen in the past.

The Entry Form

We now use the online entry forms on the Members only Web site. Having uploaded your initial submission you can now return as often as you like until closing and change titles or even remove image and upload new ones.

File upload time will depend on your internet connection speed – please be patient.
Time for 5 images may range from 1 minute by high speed connection to 12 minutes by dialup modem.