Skill Level Criteria
Camera club members who enter the contest are asked to assess and classify their photographic skills at one of the Skill Levels as outlined below:
Camera club members who enter the contest are asked to assess and classify their photographic skills at one of the Skill Levels as outlined below:
- Skill Level 1 (Beginner) are those new to photography, and do not understand how to manually adjust exposure settings and the focus point on their camera in actual practice regardless of the size or complexity of their camera.
- Skill Level 2 (Intermediate) understand basic photographic techniques, the concept of the exposure triangle (aperture, shutter speed, and ISO), and how to effectively focus using their camera.
- Skill Level 3 (Advanced, relative to other members of the club) have developed a greater degree of proficiency in the use of their camera, photographic techniques and composition, and post processing techniques.
- Skill Level PY includes entrants whom have won multiple Photographer of the Year awards, with their latest win coming in 2017 or after. These club members are encouraged to submit entries which will be scored and critiqued by the judges and displayed with the other entries, but they will not be eligible for Photographer of the Year honors. However, they are eligible for placing ribbons and People’s Choice Awards if they submit in the Print Competition.
- The Photo Contest team has the right to promote a member based on their previous year’s results if they topped their Skill Level in at least two of the Digital Contests or in the Photographer of the Year competition.
