Member Presentations Program
INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGULAR MEMBER PRESENTATIONS
Unless otherwise specified, Member Presentations are digital presentations.
Members typically present up to 6 images (or as specified beforehand). Topics vary for each specific program, some are open to any topic / subject, others are themed. Amount of time allocated for each presentation depends on the number of members presenting, but is typically 5-6 minutes.
Priority will be given to members who have not presented their work before (if needed).
Images are submitted in the same place and method as for Competitions under the web site Competitions menu. All images must be jpeg format.
In order to keep your photos together and in the correct order, you need to submit images "as a sequence" which requires special image titles.
How to Submit Images in a SEQUENCE for BCC Member Presentations
A SEQUENCE of multiple images is considered a single “entry” or a single image for a competition or member presentation when Sequences are allowed.
Images for a sequence must either be all uploaded at one time OR selected from your Image Library on the Web Site. The system will not allow a mix of new uploads with images already in your Image Library. For instruction on creating a sequence from images already in your BCC Image Library see the video link HERE and play video from 4:35.
To Submit by Uploading your Images in a Sequence
Size your images correctly: the same guidelines as for any competition submission (maximum 2000 pixels in long dimension)
1. REQUIRED File Name Naming Format
You MUST name your files using the following format – note that square brackets [ ] must be used: SequenceName[ImageSequence#]ImageTitleName.jpg
- Sequence Name: This text can be any text but must be the same text for each file
- Image Sequence Number: This number represents the sequence order STARTING WITH 1; the number is placed in SQUARE brackets [ ]
- Image Title: This text is your image title. This text must be DIFFERENT for each image.
This is how your file name should look using this specified file naming syntax. (Your files will have their own unique names.)
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For example:
OneSubject[1]RedApple.jpg
OneSubject[2]GreenApple.jpg
OneSubject[3]PurpleApple.jpg
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Or
ManyViews[1]Apple1.jpg
ManyViews[2]Apple2.jpg
ManyViews[3]Apple3.jpg
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Any questions, please contact the event organizer.
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SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR "TRILOGIES" MEMBER PRESENTATIONS
PDFs of previous years presentations are posted under About Us > Documents and Files to Download: /Club/Downloads.aspx
The theme is “Trilogies.”
It’s about going beyond a single image to explore a subject or tell a story.
This Member Presentation is inspired by Brooks Jensen’s Trilogies book project which solicits photos in groups of three through his website LensWork.
The idea with a Trilogy, as Brooks explains, is “three images of a project that are related and develop the story more deeply” than a single image does. “They can be of the same mood, the same subject from different points of view, three different perspectives, three different times of the year of the same subject, and lots of other ways” to use three related images as a grouping. The hope is that the three images together are more substantial than any one of the images alone.
There’s a difference between a Triptych and a Trilogy. Triptychs are often three images conceived as a three-part single image segmented over three panels in the same frame. Or three contiguous separately framed images that together form a singular three-part image. A Trilogy is different. A Trilogy is about the relationship of three distinct images to expand their visual, emotional, and or story impact.
No image titles or accompanying text needed. You do not need to arrange the images in a layout. Just submit the three separate images. All monochrome OR all color for a single Trilogy set probably works better. Title the images with prefix of the year and TRIL and your name and 01, 02, 03 as in 2025 TRIL JaneSmith01.jpg, 2025 TRIL JaneSmith02.jpg, 2025 TRIL JaneSmith03.jpg. The numbering does not matter on which image is in which order.
You can submit up to three Trilogy groupings (each grouping is 3 images).
IF YOU SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE TRILOGY, Use variations of your name in the title format described above such as last name first, or first initial and last name in order to distinguish the different sets of trilogies.
We’ll present the images as they would look in a two-page book layout. Each Trilogy displayed over two pages. A single image on one page and two on the other.
See examples from the 2022 LensWork Trilogies book (note that their book has a restriction on formatting where only one vertical image is allowed in a trilogy. For our Member Presentation, we do not have that restriction):
https://www.lenswork.com/tlg/Trilogy%20samples.html
If you have questions, please contact me at tomhillproductions@mac.com