David Multon Trophy:   BZAV – LANDSCAPES

The David Multon Trophy competition commemorates David Multon’s membership of DCC. David was a long serving and highly respected member of the club, he served as programme secretary, Chairman, and President and was a fine photographer. He sadly passed away in January 2020 and is missed by all who knew him and enjoyed his company. He loved his garden at home and gardening. Some of his last exhibition images were close ups of flowers

JUDGE:  Brash Ian CPAGB BPE3    DATE: 2nd March 2026

DETAILS:

The David Multon Trophy competition is targeted to be an original competition so that it is different and stands out from other competitions. The only limit is your creative imagination, with multiple formats allowed in the same competition.

·        Submissions of images may be made in Print, PDI, Book, Zine, Video, & AV format.

·         Two entries per member are allowed, you can enter two the same format or two different formats.

·         Prints can be submitted in any medium, and as large as you want. Note 500mmx400mm is not the max for this competition. For clarification 2D or 3D mounts and images are allowed. Mounts can be of any material limited only by your creativity.

  • PDIs as well as PDIs for PRINTS must conform to DCC PhotoEntry/Projection requirements.

  • Books and/or Zines in appropriate formats,

  • AV and/or Video up to 3 minutes long.

NOTE - If accompanied by a music soundtrack this needs to be licenced music.

CLOSING DATE: this will be by 23.55hrs on Saturday 28th February 2026

For Images There will be 3 separate sections in PhotoEntry:

  1. PDI (DAVID MULTON TROPHY PDI – LANDSCAPE) – This is ONLY to be used for PDI entries

  2. PRINT (DAVID MULTON TROPHY PRINT - LANDSCAPE) - This is ONLY to be used for PRINT entries

  3. BZAV (DAVID MULTON TROPHY BZAV – LANDSCAPE) - This is ONLY to be used for Books/Zines or AV Video Entries – Here you will put a PLACE HOLDER Image for your entry.

  4. Bring Books or Zines in on the night

  5. Send up to 3 minutes of video, and up to 3 minutes of AV by WeTransfer to dcccomps@yahoo.com Ensuring you include your name and title of the AV Video.

 1)      REQUIREMENT FOR SET SUBJECT "LANDSCAPES"

Enter an image where the landscape is the most important subject of the photograph, and not a specific detail such as a building or landmark in the image. 

NOTE - The image may be realistic or artistic but remember that the point of the competition is to encourage creativity.

2)      DEFINITION of ‘Landscape’: RPS Landscape Group -  “Landscape” photography is defined as the photographic portrayal of all elements of the land, sea and sky whether natural or built or influenced by human endeavour. Examples include mountains, hills, farmland, coasts, bodies of water, forests and populated and industrial areas. Images may be created using traditional or other techniques (including but not limited to infrared, multiple exposures, intentional camera movement, abstraction, minimalism and post-processing). 

 3)      LIMITATIONS:  For the purposes of this competition. 

The photos submitted cannot have been used in any other DCC competition either internal or external or from any previous year.

 4)      Prizes

 The Judge will award a Winner, Runner Up and three Highly Commended photos. They may hold back as many images as they want.     NOTE this is a classless competition

               Winner:    DAVID MULTON TROPHY, a plaque and a certificate

Runner Up: Certificate

All Highly Commended: Certificate


 To help you plan, the schedule for the next few years is:

2026 - “Landscapes”

2027 - “The sea and seaside”

2028 - “Gardens"

2029 - “Open” (as in Moller and Tate)

2030 - “Garden flowers”

2031 - “Landscapes”