The competition runs from May of one year through May of the next. Several local camera clubs participate. This year (2015-16), there were four: Fall River Camera Club, PSRI, Quinebaug Valley Photography Club and Seven Hills Camera Club. The host club this year was Seven Hills Camera Club.

Here’s how the competition works. Each year in May, a predetermined list of 25 categories is presented to participating clubs. This list is gleaned from suggestions made by members of the participating clubs. Shooters can interpret the categories in any way they believe will work for competition purposes, and send their submissions to their respective club representative any time before selection night, usually the following April.

At PSRI, shooters can submit up to 3 images in each category, and can enter as few or as many categories as they like. PSRI’s Multi-screen committee pre-screens all entries for suitability, then projects the selected images at a regular Tuesday night meeting, so club members can vote to choose the final selections that will be submitted to the competition. (Only one image per category can be submitted to the inter-club competition.)

The 2016-17 Multi-screen competition is already underway. Other than your annual club membership fee, there are no additional fees involved. If you would like to participate, use this link for more information and to access the entry form.

Here are the winning images, along with maker’s name and club affiliation.
 

Chair
Diane Neves
Fall River Camera Club
 

Chocolate
Tara Marshall
Photographic Society of Rhode Island
 

Complimentary colors
Tara Marshall
Photographic Society of Rhode Island
 

Dilapidated
Paul Renaud
Fall River Camera Club
 

Dirty
Andy Wilson
Fall River Camera Club
 

Dog(s)
Ron Jolicoeur
Seven Hills Camera Club
 

Fantasy
Karl Zuzarte
Photographic Society of Rhode Island
 

Hidden
Gary Detonnancourt
Photographic Society of Rhode Island
 

Iconic/symbolic
Diane Neves
Fall River Camera Club
 

Into the night
Diane Neves
Fall River Camera Club
 

Light painting
Diane Neves
Fall River Camera Club
 

Long exposure
Charlie Bateman
Seven Hills Camera Club
 

Looking up
Matt Kornatowski
Quinebaug Valley Photography Club
 

Mirror image
Robert Keirstead
Seven Hills Camera Club
 

Moonlight
Tara Marshall
Photographic Society of Rhode Island
 

On the Job
Ron Jolicoeur
Seven Hills Camera Club
 

Psychedelic
Robert Keirstead
Seven Hills Camera Club
 

Rain
Lois Latraverse
Quinebaug Valley Photography Club
 

Shoe(s)
Matt Kornatowski
Quinebaug Valley Photography Club
 

Stars
Andy Wilson
Fall River Camera Club
 

Tree knot(s)
Bill Hooper
Photographic Society of Rhode Island
 

Twisted
Andy Wilson
Fall River Camera Club
 

Uniform(s)
Tara Marshall
Photographic Society of Rhode Island
 

Vine(s)
Karen Leaf
Quinebaug Valley Photography Club
 

White
Doug Leonard
Photographic Society of Rhode Island

The annual Multi-screen competition is a lot of fun. If you’d like to participate in the next competition, start shooting now! The topics are listed here for your convenience.
 
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Multi-screen 2016-2017 Topics

1-Busy hands
2-Drip(s)
3-Eye(s)
4-Fence(s)
5-Fish(es)
6-Flag(s)
7-Frost
8-Fruit(s)
9-Horse(s)
10-In flight
11-Intersection(s)
12-Macro
13-Motion
14-Neon
15-On the water
16-Shadow(s)
17-Shell(s)
18-Silhouette(s)
19-Smoke stack(s)
20-Spiral(s)
21-Splash
22-Staircase(s)
23-Train(s)
24-Underneath
25-Vegetable(s

As many of you may know the annual Multi-Screen competition is getting closer and closer! Before we get into the details of when, how and where, I bet there are more than a few of you that are thinking “Mike, just what the heck is a Multi-Screen competition?” Well, I am glad you asked!

Multi-Screen is a photo contest between 3 or more photography clubs. This year there will be 5 clubs competing! They are PSRI, Quinebaug Valley Photography Club, Northern Rhode Island Camera Club, Seven Hills Camera Club, and Fall River Camera Club. A location and date is selected (to be determined, so stay tuned), and 5 screens are set up with 5 projectors. One image from each competing club is then displayed for a given category. The judge(s) then vote on which image best represents the category. So not only should it be a good image technically, but also the additional factor of which image best represents the category. This is slightly different from the normal competitions that we hold where we are looking for what is considered the best image without any categories.

Thinking outside the box is encouraged! For example a lighthouse could be an actual working lighthouse on the ocean, or it could be a house with a light on it. Labor could be a cow giving birth, or a photo of a worker using a jack hammer to dig up a street! Surprise us with your vision and your creativity!

You can see an additional descriptions and some examples on the web site simply by click on this link (make sure to check out the power point presentation for the examples!):

https://www.psri.us/competition/multiscreen-competition/

So how do we compete in Multi-Screen? The club membership submits as many images, to as many categories as they would like. We will have two “pre-selection” nights where we will look at all of the images for a category at once, and we will choose which image we want to send. PSRI will be holding two pre-selection nights this year:

• Tuesday, Feb 26 (submit images by Tuesday, Feb 19)
• Tuesday March 19. (submit images by Tuesday, Mar 12)

These dates are right around the corner, so we really need you to focus (I know, I know a horrible pun but I just can’t help myself!) on submitting images. “So what are the categories, and how do I submit my images Mike?” you ask? You guys ask some great questions, so here we go.

Here are the categories, and please note the number for the category, as this is important when you submit your images!

01-All in a row

02-Boat(s)

03-Cemetery

04-Chrome

05-Cloud(s)

06-Creepy

07-Festival

08-Finger(s)

09-Fountain(s)

10-Fruit(s)

11-Ice/Snow

12-Illusion

13-Lighthouse

14-Long long ago

15-Pay phone(s)/Phone booth(s)

16-Power

17-Repetition

18-Rock(s)/Mineral(s)

19-Stained Glass

20-Stairs

21-Stormy

22-Sweet Hearts

23-Transportation

24-Wide Angle

25-Window(s)

The final step is to submit your images, and that is really simple. Here are the instructions! The file size needs to be less than 500k, and the max Height is 768, with a max Width of 1024. You will notice that these are the same “rules” as regular competition. Here is the naming convention that you need to use.

• Start with category number
• Then image number
• Then Category Name
• Then PSRI
• Then submitter Last, First name.

Here are some examples:

01_01_ Lighthouse _PSRI_ Dooley _ Mike.JPG

01_02_ Lighthouse _PSRI_ Dooley _ Mike.JPG

02_01_ Stairs _PSRI_ Dooley _ Mike.JPG

Notice that you can submit as many images to a single category as you would like, just make sure that you give each one a unique image number. Please submit images as early as possible so that the chairman has a chance to put all of the images into a slideshow for the pre-selection meeting. Simply send the images to the Multi-Screen chairperson, Lincoln Ross. Multiscreen has its own email address; multiscreen@psri.us. Please don’t include more than 5 images per email. And please take a moment to thank Lincoln for volunteering his time as this is a big job that he undertakes for the club!

Good luck PSRI, and Happy Shooting!

Mike Dooley