Planning for PAGB Distinctions KLDCC 22nd July 2019
How do club members improve their images so that they are recognised in competitions and winners gain success in external competitions? Here are some images that scored well in PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit assessments. IMPACT is very important when making your images for the APM.
Learn to see Images: Assess and Appreciate Do we Take or Make Images? COMPOSITION Post Processing - Work Flow - Skills Presentation - Standard ALWAYS - Advanced use correct sized mounts
How to to Improve? • Requires Commitment • Need Goals • Need a method of assessing progress • The process key to achieving consistency
Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB) • Organisation focused on Clubs • Provides a process to achieve Awards of Photographic Merit - APM • Provides us with a pathway for improving individuals and the club as a whole
PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit (APM) Credit (CPAGB) Standard: Good Club Standard Submit: 10 Images Distinction (DPAGB) Standard: Open Exhibition Level Submit: 15 Images Master (MPAGB) Standard: Highest Standard of UK Amateur Photography Submit: 20 Images
PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit (APM) Credit (CPAGB) Standard: Good Club Standard Equivalent to Highly Commended in Club Competition Standard of the better members of a good Club Submit: 10 Images to be judged
PAGB Adjudication Process There are a minimum of two Adjudication sessions each year - in April and November with the closing date for applications being 31st January and 31st August respectfully. Preceding (by 2 months) there is an Advisory Day (eg 1st Sept 2019), where applicants' images are viewed and advised on their likely scores by PAGB experts. It is advised that 20 images be prepared for an Advisory Day - 10 first choice and 10 reserves. Note: Participants need to have been a club member for 2 years at the time of application for an award. Advisory Adjudication Advisory Adjudication Year Application Date Application Date Date Date Date Date 2019 31 Jan 27/28 April 31 Aug 1 Sept 23/24 Nov 2020 31 Jan Feb 25/26 April 31 Aug Sept 28/29 Nov 2021 31 Jan Feb 24/25 April 31 Aug Sept 27/28 Nov 2022 31 Jan Feb 23/24 April 31 Aug Sept 26/27 Nov
Awards for Photographic Merit (APM) Credit (CPAGB) Standard: Equivalent to Highly Commended in Club Competition Submit: 10 Images Total score must be 200 or more, 6 judges voting YES, NO, or NEAR MISS. PAGB scoring is stated to be as follows: VOTE “YES”. Should do well in the good Average Club in domestic competitions or in Inter-Club competitions. Likely to be chosen to represent the club in Federation competitions. This merits a vote of YES which is recorded as 4. VOTE “NO”. In the opinion of our Adjudicators, not up to the required standard. May have some merit but does not meet the criteria for a pass. No better than average club photography. This merits a vote of NO which is recorded as 2. VOTE “NEAR MISS”. Only used when the Adjudicator is not quite sure or where the photograph has just missed the standard - only very close misses would be marked as 3. Remember that FOUR Adjudicators voting NEAR MISS and TWO Adjudicators voting YES is recorded as a passing score of 20. (3+3+3+3+4+4 = 20) VOTE “NEXT LEVEL”. Well above the standard required. Likely, but not of course guaranteed to score 4 at the DPAGB level. This merits the best vote possible indicating that the photograph will be satisfactory at the NEXT LEVEL and that the Adjudicator would vote Yes at the DPAGB level. This is recorded as 5.
Some examples of images from successful CPAGB submissions, shown with their scores and titles where known. Please note that the quality of these images has been reduced to save space for this online presentation - the original images will have been of better quality. Note that the score to pass at Credit level needs to be 200 points from a submission of 10 images – an average of 20 points each image. Some images may score under 20 points, some over 20 points. To pass you need a total of at least 200 points from 10 submitted images.
Dog Tired (22)
Evolution of Man (23)
In Need of Redemption (22)
Ready to be Judged (24)
She Spies the Bride (20)
Sign of the Times (22)
Skipping Tea (22)
Station Light (21)
Taking a Sip (23)
The Magic Number (21)
Second selection
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Third selection
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Fourth selection
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This was a presentation by Vice Chair Clive Mattson to King’s Lynn and District Camera Club on July 22 nd 2019
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