Upload and delivery
- Prints files are required 1 month prior the competition submission date to allow time for printing and postage.
- Prints will be delivered together in batches, one batch per competition.
- Prints will be distributed to the club on the club night prior to competition submission, that way you have time to mount them.
2026 Uploads required…
- Comp 1 – Uploads 12th February (Print submission 5th March)
- Comp 2 – Uploads 2nd March (Print submission 2nd April)
- Comp 3 – Uploads 7th April (Print submission 7th May)
- Comp 4 – Uploads 4th May (Print submission 4th June)
- Comp 5 – Uploads 2nd June (Print submission 2nd July)
- Comp 6 – Uploads 6th July (Print submission 6th August)
- Comp 7 – Uploads 3rd August (Print submission 3rd September)
- I will do my best to provide wriggle room if you are a little late.
Print size
- Images are sized to fit within a 30 x 40cm window.
- Example 1. A typical 2:3 DSLR image will be sized to 40cm x 26.6cm.
- Example 2. A square image would be sized to 30 x 30cm.
The service
- Images are checked and may be tweaked for optimal printing on the paper of choice (many images look great on screen, but still need a little help translating into print).
- I will not tweak your image it’s already well optimised, or if you don’t want it.
- I’m happy to have a chat and provide any feedback about your images, technical or aesthetic.
File uploads
- Please use a file upload service such as Dropbox, WeTransfer, Onedrive or Google Drive. These are great services.
- Paste the link in the message box when you order.
- Email – not preferred because of the size limits and other issues, but yes you can send files by email.
Materials and papers
- I use high end Epson printers which are capable of museum quality prints with the right papers.
- I use papers by Canson, Hahnemuhle, Ilford, Epson and possibly others along the way.
- Satin and gloss photo papers are the most cost effective.
- Fine Art papers can provide a more unique and refined aesthetic, they have greater longevity and are crafted from finer materials; cotton for example in place of wood based fibres and plastics.
- The options may change occasionally with availability.
Matboards
- Matboards can be a good choice if you don’t have a matboard cutter, if you don’t have time to cut the mat yourself, or if you can’t physically make it to the club to submit prints.
- Matboard dimensions are 40 x 50cm with a window cut to suit the print and a backing applied to the back.
- Matboards are either white or black. White can come in different flavours, cooler or warmer. Depending on my stock, I will endeavour to choose the white matboard flavour which best suits a particular image and its paper.
