BSoUP


British Splash-in Championships 2008

The deadline for submission of prints in this year's competition is Wednesday 21 May. Full details


Our Sponsors

Awards for All - Sponsors of BSoUP digital projector 2007

National Aquarium  - Sponsors of BSoUP Splash-in 2006, 2007 & 2008

Tony Backhurst Scuba  - Sponsors of BSoUP Splash-in 2006, 2007 & 2008

Olympus - Sponsors of the Splash-in 2007 & 2008

Oonasdivers   - Sponsors of BSoUP Splash-in 2008

Mike's Dive Stores - Sponsors of the Splash-in 2008

Alan James Photography. Sponsors of the Splash-in 2006

Cameras Underwater  - Sponsors of BSoUP Splash-in 2006, 2007 & 2008

Dive Magazine  - Sponsors of BSoUP Splash-in 2006 & the Annual Open Portfolio Competition

Diver Magazine - Sponsors of the Annual Beginners Portfolio Competition

AP Valves  - Sponsors of BSoUP Splash-in 2006 & 2007Buddy  - Sponsors of BSoUP Splash-in 2006 & 2007

Martin Edge  - Sponsors of BSoUP Splash-in 2006 & 2007

Ocean Visions - Sponsors of the Splash-in 2007

Ocean Optics  - Sponsors of BSoUP Splash-in 2006, 2007 & 2008

Sea & Sea  - Sponsors of BSoUP Splash-in 2006

Sport Diver - sponsors of the annual Best of British Portfolio Competition & the Spalsh-in 2008

Ultimate Sports. Spomsors of the Splash-in 2006 & 2007

Constable - sponsors of the Splash-in 2008

Dorling Kindersley - Sponsors of the Splash-in 2008

 

BSoUP's Annual Open Portfolio Competition

 

Sponsored by Dive Magazine

The Annual Open Portfolio Competition takes place in December and is open to members & non-members alike.

Each photographer must submit a portfolio of six images (details below). Digital portfolios may either be submitted using the Competitons Entry form by 10pm the previous day.

All portfolios will be judged by the audience present at the meeting.

The winner receives the BSoUP Trophy and a cheque for £100 donated by DIVE Magazine, who reserve the right to publish the winning entries.


Amanda with schooling Jacks Leafy Seadragon Gorgonia Fan and Diver
Boxer Crab Seal Weedy Seadragon
   
2007 Winner © Shannon Conway

RULES

All entries must have been taken underwater. Swimming pool and aquarium shots are not eligible, unless specifically allowed for a special competition.

The entrant must be the photographer.

Images entered must not have come first, second or third in a national or international competition, such as BSoUP's Open Portfolio or Beginners' Portfolio Competitions or the BSoUP or St Abbs Splash-Ins, Image, U/W Photographer of the Year, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Marine Conservation Society etc.

All portfolio competitions will be projected in digital format only, but slides may still be submitted in advance for scanning by us, if you lack the facility to scan them yourself (see next paragraph). Slides can still be entered in single image Focus On competitions.

All six images should be laid out on a black background, 1400 pixels wide by 1050 pixels tall (at a resolution of 72 pixels/inch), organised in two rows of three images, and saved as a jpeg file. See the "Re-sizing Images For Competitions" for more details but please that NOTE individual image sizes given are for guidance only - you may wish to include images of different sizes to those quoted. This is fine provided the entry has two rows of three images.

Entries should only be a single jpeg or jpg file - no Powerpoint or other formats please.

File names should include your name (e.g. john_smith01.jpg).

Many of the past Beginners, Best of British, Open, and Theme Portfolios are reproduced in our Gallery. You might like to browse through them and read the linked pages on how the photographs were taken and/or chosen to gain an insight into what makes a winner. There is also an article on choosing slides for a winning portfolio by Colin Doeg called Six of the best which you might like to read before preparing your portfolio.

BSoUP's Open Portfolio Competition Winners

2007 SHANNON CONWAY

2006 STEVE JONES

2005 JANE MORGAN

2004 ALEXANDER MUSTARD

2003 CHARLES HOOD

2002 LINDA DUNK

2001 TONY WHITE

2000 GARY CLARK

1998 HILARY DRISCOLL

1999 GUY MIDDLETON

1997 MALCOLM HEY

1996 LINDA DUNK

1995 LINDA DUNK

1994 LINDA DUNK

1993 LINDA PITKIN

1992 CHARLES HOOD

1991 GEORGETTE DOUWMA

 

1990 MIKE WONG

1989 MIKE WONG

1988 MIKE WONG

1987 GEORGETTE DOUWMA

1986 GEORGETTE DOUWMA

1985 WARREN WILLIAMS

1984 GEORGETTE DOUWMA