Sandton Photographic Society

Club Judging

SUMMARY (for a Gold Award)

One Star

1. Correct exposure

2. In Focus

3. Element of composition

4. Picture clean and well presented

Two Star

1. Correct exposure

2. In Focus

3. Element of composition

4. Picture clean and well presented

5. Some Impact

6. Some knowledge of when to crop

Three Star

1. Correct exposure

2. In Focus

3. Composition - should begin to show an understanding of the importance of lines, shapes and form

4. Picture clean and well presented

5. Impact (Now a strong requirement)

6. Knowledge of when to crop now needed

Four Star

1. Should show a full grasp of all the above principles and

2. Should show work of entry level national salon standard (Salon Standard = The top 20% of all the entries in a National competition)

Five Star

1. National salon standard plus

2. Entry level International Salon standard (International Salon Standard = The top 20% of all the entries in an International competition = Top 20% in the World)

Please take NOTE!

No text is allowed to be added to any images !

Scoring

One Point – No Award

Two Points – Bronze Award

Three Points – Silver Award

Four Points – Gold Award

Five Points – Certificate of Merit