KNOWLEDGE BASE
What is "The Federation"? What does CPAGB mean? How do I mount a slide for competition? In fact how do I enter competitions, if I want to? The questions can come thick and fast and often time is too short to give a full explanation. To answer that need then is the purpose of this page of our web site. This page is in the form of an index, with each item having a link to a PDF file, that you can download, print or just read.
The contents are at the moment somewhat limited, but it is envisaged that this list of items will grow with time as we find out what club members need or want to have available to them.
THE CLUB'S OFFICERS & COMMITTEE
Look here to find out who does what in the club (updated April 2011)
GENERAL CLUB RULES
A good starting point are the Club's General Rules (updated February 2011).
ANNUAL EXHIBITION RULES
The club runs an Annual Exhibition, spread over two week's meetings, at the end of each season. These are the rules for them (updated February 2011).
OTHER CLUB COMPETITIONS
The club runs other competitions throughout the season and these are the rules apertaining to them (updated February 2011).
ABOUT THE NEW SEASONS' COMPETITIONS
This file gives details of this seasons' Club and Inter-Club Competitions; when and what to take and hand in. (May 2011)
SLIDE MOUNTING
If you wish to enter slides into our competitions you will need to know how to prepare them for entry.
GUIDELINES FOR PROJECTED DIGITAL IMAGE COMPETITIONS
Two papers here, dealing with requirements and standards for our own "Internal Competitions" and with "External Competitions" run by the NCPF, PAGB and NYSD.
"Click here" for Northallerton CC's own competitions (Updated August 2010).
"Click here" for competitions run by PAGB, NCPF and NYSD.
COLOUR MANAGEMENT AND PRINTING
Steve Byard's presentation on Colour Management, resizing images, and preparing files for printing, projection or the internet, may be useful to many members.
IMAGE SHARPENING (Updated May 2011)
Dave Coates' has prepared this presentation on Image Sharpening. It covers not only the familiar Unsharp Mask Filter but a number of other techniques that you may wish to try.
WHAT IS THAT ORGANISATION? (Updated July 2010)
Announcements at the start of each evening are likely to be your introduction to terms like "The Federation", the "NCPF" or "RPS"; but what do they mean?
WHAT IS THAT ALPHABET SOUP AFTER HIS NAME? (Updated October 2010)
Lists of letters after a photographer's name are a mystery to many. This seeks to answer that question and help those interested in collecting some of them.