Interclub Competitions
The club provides several opportunities for members to compete against members of other clubs.
Annual Dallas/Fort Worth Interclub Competition
Gulf States Camera Club Council
Photographic Society of America
These are described below.
Emily Guthrie Smith Award
Annual Dallas/Fort Worth Interclub Competition
(Also know as the BIRD)
The BIRD competition has been held each year since 1964 between the Dallas Camera Club and Fort Worth Camera Club.
The BIRD is a perpetual trophy that has each years winner's name engraved on it. The competition is held in October and rotated between the clubs each year. In addition to staging the competition, the host usually provides a light buffet. This is a great opportunity to meet our neighbor photographers.
Each club submits 15 color or monochrome prints and 15 projected images to be judged real time at the meeting by a panel of judges. The club with the most points wins and will get to keep the trophy, affectionately known as "The BIRD" for the next year.
The following are the mutually agreed upon guidelines for the competition.
General
- The location of the competition will alternate between clubs each year and will be held in October.
- The host club sets the date and time approximately two months prior to the event and notifies the visiting club.
- The host club will provide facilities, necessary scoring and presentation equipment, score sheets and three judges for the competition.
- Directions to the meeting (competition) site are given on the host's website or will be provided.
- The prior year's winner will bring the Bird trophy to the competition with the engraving updated.
Preparation, delivery and presentation of images
- Each club will submit 15 prints (monochrome or color) and 15 digital projected images (no slides).
- No more than two prints and two projected images may be entered by a single maker.
- The host club's regular intraclub competition rules for size, preparation and presentation of images, as found on their website, will govern.
- Labeling images
- Each print will be labeled on the back in the upper left corner identifying the club, order to be shown, maker and image title, e.g. FWCC3, My Name, Image Title.
- Each projected image's file name will include the club, order to be shown, maker and image title, e.g. DCC7_My Name_Image Title.jpg.
- Lists, for both prints and projected images, with makers' names, image titles and presentation order will be provided to the host club prior to the meeting.
- Delivery of images
- The visiting club will bring their prints to the competition.
- The visiting club's projected images will be provided to the host club prior to the meeting.
- The host club's images will be randomly interspersed with the visiting club's entries maintaining the desired presentation order of each club.
- The host club will make up score sheets with all images listed in the order to be shown. At least four copies will be provided to the visiting club.
Past winners of the BIRD trophy.
| 1964 | Ft. Worth | 1965 | Dallas | 1966 | Dallas | 1967 | Dallas | 1968 | Dallas |
| 1969 | Ft. Worth | 1970 | Ft. Worth | 1971 | Dallas | 1972 | Ft. Worth | 1973 | Dallas |
| 1974 | Ft. Worth | 1975 | no record | 1976 | Dallas | 1977 | Ft. Worth | 1978 | Dallas |
| 1979 | Dallas | 1980 | Dallas | 1981 | Dallas | 1982 | Ft. Worth | 1983 | Ft. Worth |
| 1984 | Ft. Worth | 1985 | Ft. Worth | 1986 | Dallas | 1987 | Ft. Worth | 1988 | Dallas |
| 1989 | Dallas | 1990 | Dallas | 1991 | Ft. Worth | 1992 | Ft. Worth | 1993 | Ft. Worth |
| 1994 | Ft. Worth | 1995 | Ft. Worth | 1996 | Dallas | 1997 | Ft. Worth | 1998 | Dallas |
| 1999 | Ft. Worth | 2000 | Dallas | 2001 | Ft. Worth | 2002 | Dallas | 2003 | Ft. Worth |
| 2004 | Ft. Worth | 2005 | Dallas | 2006 | Dallas | 2007 | Ft. Worth |
Fort Worth Camera Club's website is http://www.fortworthcameraclub.com
GULF STATES CAMERA CLUB COUNCIL (GSCCC)
The GSCCC is a regional organization of approximately 34 camera clubs with about 1,700 members in TX, OK, NM, LA, and MS. The Dallas Camera Club is affiliated with the Council. This provides the DCC member with an opportunity to participate in multi-state competitions, a challenging learning opportunity that should not be missed.
GSCCC competitions are held monthly with alternating topics. Entries may be submitted to the GSCCC Representatives at each first Tuesday meeting of the DCC. If feasible, submit several prints or projected images to the Representatives, so that they will have a choice from which to select the DCC entries. The allowable submissions can vary from competition to competition. The GSCCC Representatives will solicit submissions from the DCC members each month and will inform members of the number of each category that are allowed for that competition.
The participating DCC member is encouraged to regularly review their images for possible future entries. A member's winner in monthly DCC competitions will be reviewed for possible submission to GSCCC competitions. The GSCCC holds an annual convention that includes annual competitions. The conventions are held in different cities in the member states each year. The GSCCC Representative will provide convention and other GSCCC information to the DCC and to the DCC newsletter.
GSCCC website is http://www.gulfstatesccc.org
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA (PSA)
The Photographic Society of America (PSA) is the largest organization of its kind in the world, bringing together amateur and professionals in all the varied fields of photography, including color slides, nature, pictorial prints, stereo (3-D), electronic photography, video/motion pictures, photojournalism, travel photography, and devotees of every process in which the worldwide membership is interested. Assistance from experts and educational programs are available to all members. The Photographic Society of America has a membership of approximately 18,000. This total includes about 1500 organizations and about 3,000 foreign members. The Dallas Camera Club is a member of PSA.
Although the national PSA does not, as an organization, conduct competitions, it does offer extensive guidance, assistance, and recognition attributes for regional, national, and international competitions and exhibitions that are sponsored by one or more local photographic groups.
The PSA Journal, the monthly magazine, is full of how-to articles, valuable photographic information, and great photographs. The individual member can join the PSA and one or more of these divisions and obtain many forms of assistance, including personal photography critiques, loan portfolios for study, portfolio competitions and technical help.
PSA website is http://www.psa-photo.org