Judging
How the judging works at MCC:
The day after the deadline, all the photos are downloaded (without names), and sent through to the allocated judges for that month.
We use a THREE JUDGES SYSTEM for the Monthly Competition and the Technical Challenges.
We use a TWO JUDGES SYSTEM for the Marville, Creative and KZN Interclub.
All judges have completed at least one Accreditation program, be it the KZN or the PSSA Accreditation program.
Each judge scores all the images, but only comments on every 2nd or 3rd image.
The highest scoring image (total of all scores), is declared the Junior or Senior winner.
When there is a tie, all the images with the top score are sent to a designated person for that year, who will then decide on the winner. They receive the images with no names.
If any of the judges are members of the MCC, in the two judges sytem, the second score will be as per judge 1.
ANNUAL AWARDS
The top images in each category (top golds and all merits), Junior and Senior section, are sent to specialist judges in each subject. They choose the top 2 – 8 images, depending on the amount of images they have received. These top images are then sent to one final judge, who picks a runner-up and a winner for the Junior and for the Senior section.
