David Multon Trophy: SET SUBJECT 'Garden Flowers'.

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:  Ann Healey    DATE: 3rd March 2025

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 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.

 ENTERING - by midnight on Saturday March 1st

For Images

There will be 2 separate sections in PhotoEntry: one for PDI and another for PRINT. You must ensure you enter yours in the correct section.

For books, zines, up to 3 minutes of video, and up to 3 minutes of AV

Put a place holder image into the PhotoEntry section called BZVA

Bring books, zines on the night

Send up to 3 minutes of video, and up to 3 minutes of AV by WeTransfer to dcccomps@yahoo.com 

 1)      REQUIREMENT FOR SET SUBJECT “GARDEN FLOWERS”

Enter "an image where a garden flower or garden flowers or part of a flower/s forms the whole or main part or focus of 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 ‘Garden Flowers’:

Any flower or flowers that can be grown in a UK garden or greenhouse. Shop bought flowers are allowed also long as they can be grown in a UK garden or greenhouse.  Note - Images of tree blossom, flowering shrubs and flowering vegetables are acceptable. Flowers commonly considered to be weeds or wildflowers in the UK e.g. dandelions, cow parsley, plantain, are acceptable as they may be found in UK gardens these days as can patches of native British wildflowers.

 3)      LIMITATIONS:  For the purposes of this competition.

·         Images of fauna (insects, bees, hummingbirds, etc) on or next to flowers where the flower is not the main part or focus or star of the image will be marked down. ·         The flowers may be fresh, dead or dried but not fake.

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

 4)      Prize

 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:

2025 - “Garden flowers”

2026 - “Landscapes”

2027 - “The sea and seaside”

2028 - “Gardens"

2029 - “Open” (as in Moller and Tate)

2030 - “Garden flowers”

2031 - “Landscapes”