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Notes from the darkroom

Practical writing on running camera club competitions well. Aimed at secretaries, chairs, and anyone who's ever spent a Friday night wrestling with a spreadsheet.

Print· 01 September 2026·8 min read

Running print competitions without losing prints (or your sanity)

Labelling, tracking, returning, and recording — the practical field guide to print competitions in a modern club. Yes, they still matter. Here's how to keep them tidy.

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PDI· 18 August 2026·9 min read

PDI (Projected Digital Image) competitions from A to Z

Image sizes, colour spaces, file naming, projector calibration, submissions. Everything a camera club needs to run PDI competitions that look great and land smoothly.

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Judging· 04 August 2026·10 min read

Judging and scoring photography competitions — the fair way

Score out of 10 or 20? Should judges see previous scores? How do we handle ties? A committee's guide to designing a judging system your members actually trust.

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Committee· 21 July 2026·11 min read

What a Competition Secretary actually does — the field manual

The Competition Secretary is the quiet hero of every club season. Here's what the role really involves, week by week, and the shortcuts that make it less of a burden.

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Getting started· 07 July 2026·12 min read

How to organise a camera club photo competition — the complete guide

Everything a committee needs to know about setting up, running and closing out a photography competition. Categories, rules, entry management, judging, scoring, and how to keep it all fair.

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For committees· 15 February 2026·6 min read

Why running photo competitions on a spreadsheet is broken — and what we did about it

Every camera club has been there. It's judging night, the projector's warming up, and someone realises the spreadsheet doesn't add up. Here's why the old way is more fragile than it looks, and what a purpose-built tool changes.

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How-to· 15 February 2026·5 min read

Score a camera club competition in 5 minutes with Camera Club Score

From opening the app to a shareable results page — here's the fastest possible walkthrough of scoring one competition on the night, with a room full of members watching.

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