Tracking Exhibition Entries Excel Spreadsheet & Instructional Video
Click on the button to download and Excel version of the spreadsheet for tracking your exhibition entries. It will download to your default download folder. Then watch the video to see how to use it.
International Exhibition Database
Presentation on APS Honours
Exhibition & APS Honours Articles
Photography Competitions, Exhibitions and Recognition of Photographic Ability and Excellence by Alfred Zommers
Tips on Entering National and International Exhibitions by Alfred Zommers
On Image Titles by Dale Murphy
Retiring an Image from International Competition by Dale Murphy
Applying for APS honours via the Panel system by Alfred Zommers, Chair HSC of APS
A Strategy for APS Honours by Dale Murphy
From AAPS to FAPS by Dale Murphy
The Next Step in APS Honours by Dale Murphy
Honours Workshop
Interested in finding out more about photographic achievement honours, or how to best approach entering international photography competitions?
This is the Zoom recording of the online Honours Workshop held on 19th August 2021. It runs for 2:08 hours, so it is recommended that you watch it in shorter bites. The workshop assumes the viewer is familiar with the Preliminary & Reading Material covered further below. Many thanks to Adrian & Monique Whear for their valuable insights throughout the workshop
Preliminary Work & Reading Material
Please complete as many of these these tasks as you can before watching the above video of the workshop. Some of the Steps repeat information presented in earlier steps but this is necessary to help consolidate your learning. Click here to take a look at the huge range of International Exhibitions that you could enter before the end of 2021.
STEP 1: Click here to read a pleasant little anecdote from Alfred Zommers. Alfred is the Chair of the Honours Sub Committee (HSC) of the APS, the committee that oversees all APS Honours.
STEP 2: Acronyms & Jargon
Like all things related to photography, the photographic community works hard to exclude all outsiders who might be better photographers than themselves. An effective way to do this is through liberal use of specialist jargon. Photographic clubs are like Illuminatti secret societies. The translation guide below will help the unwary traveller.
Honours: An honorary award to recognise your photographic skills
Distinctions: The same as Honours
Exhibition: A photographic competition
Salon: Same as Exhibition
National: An Exhibition for local photographers only
International: An Exhibition for photographers from around the world
APS: Australian Photographic Society, Australia’s national photographic organisation
FIAP: International Federation of Photographic Art, an international photographic organisation
PSA: Photographic Society of America, an American photographic organisation operating globally
APS Approval: When APS approve an Exhibition with its imprimatur
FIAP Patronage: When FIAP approve an Exhibition with its imprimatur
Title: A generic term for a single photograph or audiovisual.
Acceptance: When a Title submitted to an Exhibition is judged to be good enough to be accepted
Award: When an Accepted Title is further judged to worthy of higher recognition
APS Photography Honours: LAPS, AAPS, FAPS, MAPS, GMAPS, APSEM
APS Audiovisual Honours: AV-LAPS, AV-AAPS, AV-FAPS, AV-MAPS,AV-GMAPS
FIAP Distinctions: AFIAP, EFIAP, MFIAP
FIAP Audiovidual Distinctions: AV-AFIAP, AV-EFIAP, AV-MFIAP
PSA Distinctions: QPSA, PPSA, MPSA, GMPSA
STEP 3: QUIZ Click here to do a Glossary Quiz
STEP 4: Exhibitions and Honours Overview Part A
Watch this overview video:
STEP 5: QUIZ Now do a short quiz by clicking here.
STEP 6: Exhibitions and Honours Overview Part B
Now watch Part B of the video
STEP 7: QUIZ Now do a short quiz by clicking here.
STEP 8: The APS Honours Rules
Read Dale’s summary document on APS Honours:
STEP 9: FIAP Distinctions
Watch this British Chorley Club presentation about FIAP & PSA Exhibitions. Also covers a great online Compettion Image Manager software that is available for free use.
STEP 10: Record Keeping
It is recommended you download the Tracking Exhibition Entries spreadsheet using the button at the top of this page.
Click here to see Alfred Zommers complex spreadsheet that he used to get through to GMAPS level.
Click here to take a look at and register with the Competition Image Manager Software. Try it out. It Looks good.
It is recommended that you try the online system AND keep a spreadsheet record yourself. Below is an example of a simpler spreadsheet than Alfred’s that can get you started. Eventually you’ll need something like Alfred’s. It’s never a good idea to be too dependent for all your record keeping on an external application like CIM.
STEP 11: PSA Distinctions
Click here to watch a Roy Killen video about PSA Distinctions. Expand the video to watch comfortably.
Step 12: Exhibition List
Click here to go to the online information of the International Exhibitions available for you to enter .