Certificates of Excellence – HOW IT WORKS
This opportunity is open to Youth members (under the age of 21) from any of the PSSA clubs and school photography clubs in South Africa. In order to recognise photographic skill in this division, PSSA offers these COE awards – Certificates of Excellence.
COE Panel requirements
Applications are made by submitting 10/15 digital images in HD format (The maximum pixels on the horizontal axis is 1920 and on the vertical axis 1080. One of the axes must be the full 1920 or 1080). Images must be saved as jpg files with a maximum size of 2Mb.
COE Panel
These are available for Primary and Secondary school students/youth.
A Junior (Primary school) can obtain a COE in:
Mixed panel (10 images colour/Monochrome).
Colour panel (10 images in Colour only) (NEW)
A Senior (High school/College/University) can obtain all three in different panels:
Colour Panel – 10 Colour Images.
Mixed panel (5 Mono and 5 Colour images)
Monochrome Panel – 10 images
Specialist Panel – 10 images
When a Youth obtains three different successful COE panels, they will be awarded the COE Versatile in acknowledgement of their Photographic skills.
The three successful panels must cover one of the following combinations:
Colour, Mono, Specialist;
Mixed, Mono, Specialist;
Colour, Specialist, Specialist (different from first specialisation);
Mono, Specialist, Specialist (different from first specialisation);
Mixed, Specialist, Specialist (different from first specialisation)
COE GOLD (NEW)
COE Gold – 10 Images in Colour or Monochrome only.
The panel may consist of Colour or Monochrome images only. A Specialist panel will also be allowed. – 15 images.
Applicants who have a COE(Vers) and have obtained a one Diamond rating in one category (Colour, Monochrome or Nature) in National Salons may apply for this COE.
COE Video (NEW)
Short Videos may be entered to achieve this award. Details to follow.
To enter a video, send it together with the application to upcomingpssa@gmail.com
The entry must be sent via WeTransfer or Swiss Transfer.
CREDITS
- Credits are awarded to unsuccessful applicants for individual images or Video sequences that were passed by 75% or more of the judges.
- The Credit System runs for a period of two years from the date of your first application. Credits will be awarded at each of four successive judging sessions.
- The credits help to make up the necessary requirements for a panel to be successful and must be resubmitted with all applications made within two years of the date of the original application.
- Thereafter, all the credits will become null and void. A credit may not be failed by a judge during the time of its validity.
- Credits in a resubmitted panel need not be in the same order or position as in the previous panel.
- There is no limit to the number of times one may apply, but credits are only valid for the two-year application period. While expired credits may be re-submitted in subsequent applications, there is no guarantee that they will pass in the new application.
PAYMENT DETAILS
The COE application fee is R120-00 per application. No fees are payable for the COE(Vers).
Payment must be made using the applicant’s name as reference into –
Account name: PSSA
Banking details: ABSA
Account number: 4052639245
Branch code: 630-137
* Applicants who are not individual members of PSSA are required to order and pay an additional R120 for the badge.
Entry is by means of Photovault – http://www.photovaultonline.com.
Applications may be made twice a year as per the dates at the top of this page.
Should you wish to contact me, I can be reached here on e-mail or on my mobile (078 863 9184)
Phillip De Lange
APSSA, DPSSA(Cls), DPSSA(Vers), AFIAP
PSSA Director: Youth Division
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