Common features | Photography Club | Competitions | Organisations

All sites within MyPhotoClub have access to these features to use within their club or competition:

  • Communication
    • Simple and efficient communication through posts to the website
    • Automated email messaging of each post’s contents to members, subscribers, potential or previous entrants.
  • Competitions
    • Online competition entry
    • Image dimension, size & type checking
    • Acknowledgment messages sent to entrants
    • Competition results message
    • PDF catalog of results produced
    • Full archive of images & results data
  • Judging Methods
    • Remote judging with comments and awards for each entry given by a single judge
    • Online scoring – multiple judges enter a numeric score for each entry
    • Keypad judging – USB keypads to record a numeric score
    • Acceptance score management
  • Membership management
  • Online payments for competitions, catalogs, membership & events.
  • A single account enables access to all sites

Photography Club features

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Every photography club can utilise these features. Access is restricted to members of the respective club.

  • Members profile pages
    • Photo & photography-related bio
    • View and comment on images entered by the member
  • Re-use of entries
    • Members can nominate previously uploaded images for entry into other club competitions or any competition hosted by MyPhotoClub
  • Competition galleries
    • View slideshow and comment on all images entered in completed competitions/upload activities
    • Comments trigger email alerts
    • Members can vote for favourite entry.
  • Competition Management
    • Grades and grading management
    • Pointscore management
  • Workshop and development activities
    • Critique corner – upload an image for all members to evaluate and suggest improvements
    • Reference file provision
      • provide a raw file and invite members to upload their processed version
      • provide instructions on how to do an activity – then upload the result.

Competition features

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  • National/International competitions to gain recognition
  • Local competitions – fundraising and sponsored events.
  • Inter-club competitions – between clubs or interest groups
  • Circuits – entries judged more than once

A typical competition life cycle can use all of these features:

  • Advertising
    • A dedicated website for the competition
    • Mail distribution to potential entrants
  • Simple entry form
    • File type, size, image dimension, and entry numbers are managed
    • Entries can be adjusted up until the closing time
    • Receipt notification sent whenever entries are changed
    • Competitions automatically close at the nominated time.
  • End to end entry fee management
    • Fees collected using online payments
    • Group or coupon discount options
    • Fee can be set based on number of sections, entries or set rates per section
    • Receipt notification sent whenever payments are made
  • Print Management
    • Front and rear label generation
    • Mailing label for packages generated.
    • Nominate sale price option.
    • Complete workflow to manage print receipting and tracking.
    • Entrant is notified on receipt of prints.
    • Sorting and ordering all managed so that prints are kept in judging order.
  • Judging
    • Formal three-five keypad numeric score judging
    • Online comment and award entry
    • Online scoring that emulates numeric score judging
  • Acknowledgment and result publishing
    • Detailed individual scorecards sent by email
    • Individual scorecards can be looked up online
    • Slideshow full gallery of all entries/acceptances with result details
    • High-quality pdf catalog produced

Organisations

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  • For regional, state, or national bodies.
  • Locate the nearest club.
  • Comprehensive contact page.
  • Competitions – between member clubs or interest groups