The 2025 Port Elliot Show Photography Section is held in the BASHAM PAVILION at the Port Elliot Showgrounds and is open to everyone to enter.
Saturday Oct 11th & Sunday Oct 12th. 2025.
Entries open July 1st and close Sept 29th. 2025.
Welcome to the Online Entry* system for the 2025 Port Elliot Show PHOTOGRAPHY section. There is NO entry fee to submit your photos.
NEW for 2025: we will PRINT your entries for a fee. Click Here for details.
There are many very good videos on how to do things on every page in the website, they are worth watching.
*PLEASE NOTE: Paper entries are no longer accepted.
You can enter up to 3 photos in any one section with an overall maximum of 20 in total across all sections. Max print size is 210mm (short side) X 420 mm (long side). ie) print must not exceed these measurements. Prints must be mounted on stiff card or matt board with a border of no more than 55 mm on each side. Descriptions for each section will display when you select it before the submission / uploading process.
You will need to create a free account to use this system, please click on LOG IN (Top Right), go to "Membership Information & Membership Request " and follow the prompts to create your free account, (reccommended for regular users) or continue as a guest. It is reccommended that you provide an email address otherwise no further contact is possible.
A Tip: Have your Images / Photos saved in a folder that you can find, on your computer, at 7680 X 4320 ppi Maximum. Max File size 20mb, this will give us a high quality image for PRINTING, if you want us to PRINT your entries. All Images / Photos must have a Title. If using Mac please make sure your operating system is current. You will not be able to upload files from a Mac if they were named with a file name that is not valid for Windows. File names cannot start or end with blanks. They may not contain any of these characters: \ : / * ? " < > |
Once you are Logged In go to:
- Competition > Submit Images to a Competition
- Choose which ever Competition / Section you wish to enter from the drop down box. NB each section is treated as a competition and must be entered individually.
- Upload Images > Select (from that folder on your computer) upload the thumb nails.
- Click on Go To Edit Page & complete whatever edits you want to make to the Title.
- Click on Return to Competition you can print labels for PRINT entries here, Projected entries do not need a label.
- Click on Return to Competition List this takes you back to the start (#1), select your next Competition / Section and repeat.
** Please note that no names identifying the author are permitted on the front of the photo, all details must be on a label affixed to the back of the photo for PRINT entries. A Print Label facility is available at the end of the upload process. **
- Please note Competition OPENS on July1st, so you will not see anything before that date.
If you are entering in the Yankalilla Show please mark your entry Title with a (Y) eg: Blue Cat (Y) in the Edit Title option after you have uploaded.
- Yankalilla Show Sections 1 - 17 are the same as Port Elliot Show Sections 1 - 17.
- You can deliver Yankalilla Show entries to the designated drop off venues in Victor Harbor & Goolwa by the closing times to have them transported to Yankalilla & returned to the Pt Elliot Show.
- If entering Pt Elliot & Yankalilla Shows you need to complete entry form for Yankalilla as well.
Need help with re - sizing software ? Check out Faststone Image Viewer or Photoscape. Both are very good FREE programs with excellent, easy to use re-sizing functions.
For Terms & Conditions of Entry and Help with mounting / matting prints and uploading please click here.
Sponsors:
A very big thank you to: South Coast Camera Club. Dons Digitals. Papillio Photographics.
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