I AM SORRY, MEMBERSHIP IS FULL AND NO FURTHER APPLICATIONS CAN BE PROCESSED. - You may however, submit a portfolio for consideration and join our waiting list, if you wish.

In the first year, enrolment and membership of The Digital Imaging & Photoshop Users Group costs £250.

In subsequent years the fee is £50.

Anyone may apply for membership though membership is strictly limited to a maximum of fifteen regional members and twenty web based members.

Membership is not automatic and prospective members will be required to submit a portfolio of work with their application - see oposite.

Membership of the The Digital Imaging & Photoshop Users Group offers you an opportunity to attend regular informal discussion evenings at which members are encouraged to submit a portfolio of images for scrutiny and analytical criticism by other members.

You will have access to a spacious, well equipped, (Bowens Pro 1000w) photographic studio at very low rates, currently £7 per hour.

You will be encouraged to take part in free discussions and training in Photoshop and other front line digital imaging software.

To see our current programme of events, please click here.
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Portfolio submission.

Your portfolio should consist of a minimum of ten mounted photographs each of at least 10" x 8" to a maximum of A2, which are entirely your own work.

The photographs will be assesed primarily on artistic merit and emotional impact, but the assessors will expect to see a high level of technical competence.

It is probable that typical camera club compertition images will not make the grade. Your work will need to show an element of flair and originality. Integrity and honesty in your work will be a significant factor.

To give you an idea of what assessors are looking for, most points will be awarded broadly in the following priority

1. Emotional Impact; does the picture grab your attention?

2. Originality; is the image a clone, or obviously over influenced by the work of others?

3. Production Value; how much effort was put into creating the image?

4. Technical merit; is the image technically competent, bearing in mind the degree of difficulty or control that the creator may have reasonably experienced.

Questions on portfolio assessments to our Portfolio Secretary.