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Taking the Credit for you work

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A structure to help photographers reach their goals

Each photography qualification/distinction will have a numeric value

Licentiate 100
Associate 500
Fellowship 1000
Master 2500
Grand Master 5000
Grand Master bar 5250

and then additional bars every 250 credits

You can achieve these through submission
Licentiate
Associate
Fellowship

But these are only achievable through credits

Master
Grand Master
Grand Master additional bars
 

Members can gain Credits with the following

 

Activity Credits
Monthly competition - Gold 2
20 x 16 Merit 2
Annual competition category Winner 25
20 x 16 category Winner 25
Overall Winner 50
20 x 16 Winner Overall 50
Seminar attendance 1
Convention attendance (Superclass) 2
Lecturing full day 75
Lecturing 4 hour 50
Lecturing 2 hour 25
Published magazine article below 1000 words 50
Published magazine article over 1000 words 75
Mentor Me advisor per report 25
Competition judging half day 50
Competition judging full day 75

Credits only apply to 'Society' organised programmes

Credits will be calculated from 1st of January 2009 and will include 20 x 16 competition as this competition was judged in 2009.

Credits from the monthly competition will be categorised as:

SWPP
Bump and Baby
Children
Wedding Avante Garde
Wedding Traditional
Pre and Post Wedding
The Mario Acerboni 4-in-1 (Wedding)
Portraiture Avant Garde
Portraiture Environmental
Portrait Studio
Pet Portrait

SITTP
Travel
Architectural

SIMPP
Media

SISLP
Sport

SICIP
Advertising and Commercial

SINWP
Nature and Wildlife
Landscapes
Macro

SISEP
Events

SIFGP
Fashion
Boudoir and Beauty

As per the relevant ‘Society’
Pictorial and Fine Art
Monochrome
Digital Art
Open Avant Garde

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which starts on Tuesday 8th January 2013

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