Any questions please contact Sue Heard, Competition Secretary

Most photos should be entered into PhotoEntry. You should be given a login to this when you joined Visions. This program allows you to upload new photos. For some competitions, you can select previous entries to add to a new competition. It also allows members to view and/or judge a competition when appropriate.

Competitions at Visions

See this link for some useful tips written by Annette to hopefully make your photos do well in competitions.

Summer Quarterly

Subject – Layers and Depth

This competition is designed for members to make photos where the main focus of the photo uses the compositional tools of layers and depth.

Layers And Depth

A photograph that has depth appears to be three dimensional rather than two dimensional and is generally a much better photograph.

There are many techniques that can be used to achieve this.

  1. A strong foreground, a compelling middle ground and a contextual background. These can all be sharp or by using a smaller depth of field you can focus on one of these, generally the middle.
  2. Using leading lines to draw your eye to the main subject
  3. Using a frame to surround the main subject
  4. Directional lighting creates shadows which help create a 3D effect It also helps distinguish between the foreground, middle ground, and background to prevent the image from “collapsing” into a single plane
  5. Reflections can create layers by adding another plane to the image thus increasing the total depth.
  6. Other techniques include multiple exposures and overlapping elements.

Layers can also be interpreted in a more conceptual way such as layers (generations) of a family, or combining past and present.

This theme can be photographed using many different genres from landscape to street, from macro to ICM.

This is designed as a Team competition. Being part of a team allows the sharing of ideas, support when needed and an opportunity to learn from each other.  Together you will produce a number of NEW photos in a friendly competition. 

Key Dates:

Competition Opens                                            26th March

Teams allocated (randomly)                           2nd April

Club night to create photos:                            30th April

Club night to discuss and select photos:   28th May

Closing Date                                                       7th June – judged by          external judge (yet to be appointed)

Results presented                                               25th June (club night)

Rules

Each team submits 10 photos for judging

  • Photos need to have been taken within this three month period
  • Each team member can offer up to 4 of their photos to be considered for the team entry
  • Every team member must have at least one but no more than two photos put forward into the competition
  • Members of the team can help each other with pre and post photo production
  • Each photo should be accompanied by a couple of sentences to describe their reason or aim of the photo for the judge
  • Each photo selected by the team needs to be submitted to photoentry by the photographer by the closing date of 7th June.

Those showing an interest will be divided into teams.  A Team Leader will be appointed and hopefully there will be 5-6 team members.  Communication within your team can be by WhatsApp, Messenger or email as decided by the team – or even over a bevvie.

If you would like to join in please reply by return email and I will add you to the entries list.  By signing up you don’t have to commit to being at all the events.  As long as you are able to communicate with your team and wish to enter a photo you are eligible to join in.

GOOD LUCK  AND HAVE FUN!!

Entries via Photentry.

https://compent.photoentry.uk/compent/

Any questions, please direct them to Sue Heard.

Key Dates for 2026

27th Jan: Competition closes at midnight

 

28st Jan to 3rd Feb: 7 days.  Member voting on PE

 

4th Feb: shortlist created from scores – about 30 photos

 

5th Feb: Club night to discuss shortlisted shots – small groups with presentation to meeting

 

6th Feb to 8th Feb: 3 days. Edit and resubmit if required

 

9th Feb.   Zoom meeting by panel to choose final 12 photos

 

10th – 14th Feb   Any final editing done 4 days

 

15th Feb: Submit photos to GE ahead of final submission date of 17th February.

 

6th March  Any unsold GE tickets returned

Contact Annette Murty with any questions about Grampian Eye entries.