MCPF Judge's Seminar 2025

Event Results

MCPF Judges Seminar  Nov 29th

"The MCPF held its biennial Judges Seminar at the Old Schoolhouse on Nov 29th. The event was led by Mike Sharples, along with other experienced judges, Graham Walton, Ralph Duckett, Roger Parry (MCPF and PAGB Judges Secretary), Bob Goode and Dave Tucker.
The morning began with a presentation by Mike of some guidelines, what is expected of being a judge and some of the do’s and don’ts. 20 delegates attended the day, who were from the start, encouraged to ask questions and get involved with the discussions, which they duly did. As you can imagine, these discussions carried on during the lunch break..." This is a very short excerpt from MCPF Newsletter Special Edition devoted to the Judges Seminar and information about the CMS booking procedure on the PAGB website.  To read more about the day and more information about how to book judges and speakers using the PAGB Central Management System, please download or view the Special edition of the MCPF Newsletter

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Event Details

Nov 29th 2025
MCPF Judges Seminar  - FULLY BOOKED

Resume your Passion, Get Motivated
Do You See Yourself Being a Judge

The MCPF council are seeking to encourage keen photographers
Who feel they would like to make a difference and take the next step to be a Photographic Judge
This Judges Seminar has at its core a workshop designed to help existing and encourage new judges alike to develop and understand how to be a better Judge.
The Seminar Workshop is designed to be interactive
Developing a partnership between the MCPF the Club and 
Judges to be Informative, Positive, Encouraging, Critical, and Consistent.
The seminar is free to MCPF club members -  FULLY BOOKED 

Seminar Workshop Agenda

Opening Comments
The Workshop will cover all aspects of judging which will include but not limited to

First Session 
•    Taking booking 
•    Agreeing expenses 
•    Meeting the clubs requirements related to their rules and scoring 
•     Identify the criteria by which you will be judging the images on
•    How to present yourself to your audience
•    The criterion to be Informative, Positive, Encouraging, Critical, Consist
•    Identifying with examples of both good and poor content and quality
•    Proposing how to meet and improve quality of prints and DPI’s
•    Marking and Scoring
•    The Do’s and Don’ts 
•    MCPF Judges Registration
•    PAGB Central Entries System (CES ) How to Do It
•    PAGB Competitions
  
Second  Session 
Interactive image judging where to start
•    Identifying the criterion of your critique
•    Making initial positive comments
•    Identifying the image strengths
•    Identifying where image could be improved
•    Identifying the paper choice

Teas and coffees available, bring own food.