H James Memorial Landscape Competition and Margaret Macdiarmid Memorial Landscape guide lines for competition.

H Stanley James ARPS joined the Society shortly after its inception in 1937. His service to the Society and to photography in New Zealand, as exhibitor, lecturer, judge, and on committee were outstanding. He was president of the Society, an international exhibitor and had a great liking for and expertise in landscape photography.

Margaret Macdiarmid, who became a member in 1959, also contributed generously to the success and friendliness of the Society through exhibiting, lecturing, judging and on committee. She, too, served as president, exhibited internationally and had a great liking for and expertise in landscape photography.

As the object of these competitions is to stimulate diversity of photographic interests and to foster landscape photography in particular, an entry shall comprise three (3) colour or monochrome projected images (Margaret Macdiarmid Memorial Landscape Competition) or three (3) colour or monochrome prints (HS James Memorial Landscape Competition), portraying three diverse subjects, one, and only one of which must be a landscape. No more than three (3) sets in each competition may be submitted by any one member.

Images entered into Waikato Photographic Society monthly competitions prior to the previous year’s Memorial competitions, or entered into the previous year’s memorial competitions, shall not be eligible for current entry. They need not have been entered in the current year’s monthly competitions, but they may be entered subsequently.

All images must have been exposed by the entrant. Prints may be commercially processed and may be of any dimensions but mounts must be no larger than exceed 40cm x 50cm (16” x 2). Digital images must conform to the WPS specifications (max 1620px wide and 1080px high). See Val for examples of previous entries and an explanation of how to enter.