2023/2024 Competition
All competitions held this year will be digital-only.
Competition Guidelines
Please take time to read through and familiarize yourself with the Competition Handbook before entering an LCC competition.
The Handbook contains rules and guidelines for our competitions as well as tips for submitting winning photographs.
Also included are details and definitions of this year’s Theme Competitions.
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2023-2024 Competition Handbook: Click here to download.
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Our goal is to have fun and improve our photography while competing and learning with others.
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London Camera Club - Judging Model 3/3/3/1 (up to 10 points)
Scoring (for each criterion):
- 1.5 less than standard
- 2.0 standard
- 2.5 impressive
- 3.0 outstanding
IMPACT (up to 3 points)
- Mood
- Imagination
- Story
- Subject Matter
COMPOSITION (up to 3 points)
- Distractions
- Space
- Leading Lines
- Placement
- Depth
- Visual & Abstract Elements
TECHNICAL EXECUTION (up to 3 points)
- Colour
- Light
- Exposure
- Sharpness
- Technique
Discretionary (1 point)
- Add up to 1.0 extra point for remarkable achievement
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Key Dates
Below is a list of the key competition dates for the year. These dates are also in the Event Calendar.
Full descriptions of each Competition’s Theme, and Topic are in the Competitions Handbook above
1st Competition (Open, Nature, Theme - Ontario Landscape, Topic – Black & White)
- Opens - Sept 21, 2023
- Closes - Nov 2, 2023
- Judging – Nov 4-12, 2023
- Results - November 16, 2023
2nd Competition (Open, Nature, Theme – Reflections, Topic – Artistic/Altered Reality)
- Opens - November 3, 2023
- Closes - January 4, 2024
- Judging – January 6-15, 2024
- Results - January 18, 2024
3rd Competition (Open, Nature, Theme - Macro/Close-Up, Topic - Canada My Country)
- Opens - January 5, 2024
- Closes - February 29, 2024
- Judging – March 2-12, 2024
- Results - March 14, 2024
4th Competition (Open, Nature, Theme – Curves & Lines, Topic – People)
- Opens – March 1, 2024
- Closes - April 4, 2024
- Judging – April 6-14, 2024
- Results - Thursday, April 18, 2024
I look forward to seeing your entries this year.
Robert Zakrison
Competitions Chair