Judging Instructions for the Boston Camera Club
Thank you for being a judge for the Boston Camera Club (BCC). Here are some guidelines for operating the web-based scoring system.
The BCC website system is designed to allow assigning numerical scores to images, but the BCC no longer asks judges to assign these numerical scores, so you can proceed directly to assigning awards. Each category and competition level (A and B) will have its own set of awards, from First Place on down.
The OPEN category allows for any entry as long as it originates from a photo; all edits and artistic visions are allowed. Categories with specific topics (for example: Nature, Bridges, Trees, Architecture...), need to be evaluated first on whether the images match the category description, then secondarily on how well the images are executed. For example, an image in a category such as "Bridges" should not be assigned an award if a bridge is not the main subject of the photo, regardless of how well the image is executed.
About Ties in Awards
We strongly encourage you to avoid ties in the top ranks (1
st-3
rd place awards), but if two images merit the same award, the club's system skips the next lower award. For example, if there is a tie for 2
nd place, there will be no 3rd place award. If ties cause more than three “place” awards to be given, the number of Honorable Mention awards must be reduced accordingly. See below for further details. The competition chair can assist you if you have questions.
Procedure for Assigning Awards
To start scoring, please go to bostoncameraclub.org, log in with your username and password, then
- Go to Judge -> Judging Queue for Website Judging
- Find the competition by date, click on Select
- Under Competition Level to Process, select the level that you want to work on (for example, B). Please be sure to execute this procedure for both levels (A as well as B) in each competition category.
- You will see the thumbnail images below for all the photographs that were entered for that category and level. You’ll see a grayed-out “0.00” entry below each image. Please ignore this; it’s the numerical score that we’re not using.
- You can click on any one image to get into a full-screen view, and use the back/next buttons or EXIT from that view.
- To assign an award, click on the ! button below the thumbnail image and select the award to be assigned.
- Please Note! The website system often allows you to grant more awards than are actually authorized based on the number of images in a category. Please don’t exceed the total number of awards specified in your e-mail from the competition chair.
Number of Awards Presented Per Category
NUMBER
OF ENTRIES |
AWARDS |
TOTAL NUMBER
OF AWARDS |
| 0-2 |
None |
0 |
| 3-5 |
1st only |
1 |
| 6-8 |
1st and 2nd |
2 |
| 9-11 |
1st, 2nd, 3rd |
3 |
| 12-14 |
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 1 HM |
4 |
| 15-18 |
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 2 HM |
5 |
| 19 -22 |
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 3 HM |
6 |
| 23-27 |
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4 HM |
7 |
| 28-31 |
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5 HM |
8 |
| 32-35 |
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6 HM |
9 |
| 36-39 |
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7 HM |
10 |
| 40-43 |
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8 HM |
11 |
| 44-47 |
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 9 HM |
12 |
| 48-51 |
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 10 HM |
13 |
| 52-55 |
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 11 HM |
14 |
In the event of ties, lower awards will be affected:
- If two images/prints tie for First Place, there are two First Place awards and there is no Second Place award. If three or more images/prints tie for First Place, there will be no Second Place or Third Place award.
- If two or more images/prints tie for Second Place, there is no Third Place award.
- The total number of awards (First, Second, and Third Place, plus HM) must not exceed the total number of awards specified in the above table, except that if there is a tie for First, Second, or Third Place, the limit may be exceeded to the extent needed to give awards to all the tied images/prints that qualify for the last permissible place award.