Category Medals

Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be awarded in each category. Medal recipients will receive a physical medal along with their mounted print.

Overall Champion

One overall Champion image will be selected from the top 15 images for the Trophy (Gold, Silver and Bronze across the 5 Categories). For this final round initial scores are set aside and all 15 images are judged afresh.

Honours and Highly Commended

Honours and Highly Commended certificates will be awarded in each Category. Recipients will receive a digital certificate acknowledging their outstanding work.

Judges Awards

Each of the 5 judges will select one image as their personal favourite, resulting in 5 Judges' Award recipients. Each will receive a digital certificate.
Top images will be professionally printed by Print Art and featured in a public exhibition—a fantastic opportunity to see your work on display!

All enquiries, please use info@northshoresalon.co.nz 

We wish to thank our very generous sponsors

 Print Art, Photogear, Canon 

Images for 2026 will be available on Youtube after judging. Please check the 2025 Salon on Youtube to view images. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVN1JVE3y0B5iaCiBdm2ui7navK3fPCfY&si…

If you have not completed your entry, you can update your details at any time under “Personal Details”. If you need to change any details after final submission of your entry, you will need to contact the Salon Secretary at: info@northshoresalon.co.nz 

No.

There were 7 judges on the panel.   For 2026 the judges are:
 

• Mike Langford
• Rachael Smith
• Gerard Emery
• Gail Stent
• Chris Traill
• Shar Devine
• Russell Hamlet

• If you are a first time entrant, you will need to create a new account. Click on ‘Create an Account” and complete the form. An email will be sent out with further instructions.
• If you have entered the Salon in previous years, you will still have an active account. If you have forgotten your password or your user name, use the “Forgotten Password” link and your details will be sent to your email. If you have forgotten both your email and password, you will need to create a new account. Contact info@northshoresalon.co.nz for any queries.
• To enter, select “Entry Form”. On your first visit you will view the Salon’s Terms and Conditions. You can also view the T&Cs under “Conditions of Entry”.
• You can now upload the images you wish to enter. You can enter a maximum of 4 images per category.
• Once uploaded, your entry will be saved to the website.  You do not have to enter all your images in one session - you are able to review, delete, edit and add to your entry form as often as you like. Once you are happy with your selection, you can finalise your Entry Form. Once you have finalised your Entry Form, you will not be able to make any more changes.
• You will be given the option to pay your entry fees via the PayPal link, which will allow payment by credit or debit card. Your entry will not be accepted until payment has been processed.  Your entry will be confirmed by email. For more details on our fees and payment options, please look under “Money” in the FAQs.

Yes, you may do so, as long as your image has not previously received an Acceptance or a higher award in the North Shore Salon.

Yes. 

For the 2025 Salon it is $15 per image.

The primary objective of the Salon is to foster and elevate the field of photography in New Zealand. Entry fees are structured to ensure that the Salon achieves a financial balance.

 Any surplus funds acquired through sponsorships or other means are reinvested into the North Shore Photographic Society through enhancements in equipment and processes.

 It's worth noting that all our committee members are volunteers who generously contribute their time and expertise to efficiently manage the Salon.

The North Shore Salon of Photography accepts credit cards and Debit Cards via the PayPal system. 

N.B. You do NOT have to create a PayPal account.  PayPal will present you with a page for you to enter your details.  To avoid having to create a PayPal account you need to scroll down and deselect their toggle "save info and create your PayPal  account".  Once you have deselected that, you will be able top "continue as guest".

You need to include your surname and Entrant-ID in the bank reference data, so that it shows on our bank statement. Once we have confirmed your payment, you will then be emailed a confirmation of entry.

We will email you to let you know that we have received an entry without a fee and we will advise you on how to pay. If the fee is not received by the closing date your entry will be withdrawn. There are NO exceptions to this.

No

The North Shore Photographic Society and Salon adhere to privacy policies mandated by the Privacy Commission. Should you believe that your privacy has been compromised, please don't hesitate to reach out to us promptly using the email address of the chairman at info@northshoresalon.co.nz A copy of the policy can be found here

We have built into our system a number of very secure checks and are absolutely confident that your photos and information are secure. By uploading your images online you will also avoid the possibility of your USB flash drive going astray.

No. We do not give your details to anybody else without your permission, and will only contact you regarding Salon matters.

Our server sent out a confirmation email immediately.   Check you typed your email address correctly.   Some ISPs (including Xtra/Yahoo) hold back emails from new contacts the first time, as a method for stopping spam.   The idea is that a spammer will not retry, whereas a genuine contact will.   Our system will keep retrying for a couple of days before giving up.  Please allow your server to wait an hour.   If you have not received confirmation after this time please check your spam folder. If there is still no confirmation after 24 hours, please contact us by email info@northshoresalon.co.nz

You can make changes at any time until the competition closes. To change an image you already uploaded, you have to delete the entry and start again with that image.  Other images remain unaffected.

This is only in the case if the Salon is accepting prints, as 2025 is digital only and this recommendation does not apply. 

Modifications to your entry are permissible at any point leading up to the Salon's closure. Kindly refrain from capitalising every letter in your name; capitalise only the initial letter, such as "John Smith." Additionally, when providing your address details, avoid capitalising entire words, and when indicating an RD address, remember to separate the components using commas.

The Login screen has a Forgot? button. If you click on that with nothing entered in the userid and password fields, the system will ask you for your email address, and send an email with a list of all the userids registered to that email address.   If you click the Forgot? button having entered your userid, the system will (after checking with you) change your password to some random data and email you the result.

The medal winning entries will be printed and exhibited at Print Art, Barrys Point Rd, Takapuna on Aucklands North Shore.

So therefore all entries must be able to be printed to a good standard on A3 .

We have set the maximum pixel size to cover an A3 print at 300ppi.

Our system renames your file on upload, and the name of the file on your computer is ignored.  So, it simply doesn't matter how you name your digital image.  The title that you enter on the entry form page is important, however,  Although it forms no part of the file name, it is used when judging and displaying the results on the website.

Please do not use Latin descriptions, botanical names or all capitals in your title plus the use of macrons in your title, the computer does not recognise these and in many cases, it creates more work for the committee, the macron often appears in the title in an odd format. We apologise for asking for this to be done and while it is important to recognise both botanical and correct titles, this is a photography competition and we ask you to consider the extra time this takes for us to fix.

As soon as an image is uploaded and before you see the confirming thumbnail, the server checks the uploaded image for size, and if necessary, reduces it.   The software used is "Image Magick".   It is a very slow process, so you are advised to resize your images before uploading.

Images will be displayed for judging in a colour managed environment, so whatever profile you use will be honoured.   The monitors and projectors in use will use the perceptual model to convert whatever you embed.   If no profile is embedded, we will assume sRGB IEC61966-2.1.

Your image must be a jpeg file with a maximum width of 3240 pixels, and a maximum height of 2160 pixels.   Images larger than that will be downsized to conform.

For 2026 we are also imposing a minimum pixel density.  Images with a width less than 1680 pixels or a height of less than 1680 pixels will not be allowed.  The height rule is relaxed in the case of a "letterbox" or "column" image image, so if an image has a width of greater than 2880 pixels, the height is ignored.  If a portrait image has a height equal to 2160 pixels, the width is ignored.

When an image has been uploaded, a thumbnail appears on the website.   If you can see the thumbnail, your image IS uploaded correctly.  When you have printed your "final entry form", we will email you confirmation of what you have entered. If you do not receive an upload confirmation email immediately after having printed this form, then please wait for an hour before contacting the salon by email.

No. There is no loss of quality.

At present, it is necessary to upload all images through our website, and we regret to inform you that we are unable to accommodate image submissions via email. For further details, please feel free to get in touch with the chairman at info@northshoresalon.co.nz

No, you can login or out at any time, and upload your images in batches or individually in one or several sessions.