Club calendar photographic competition

The RAF Memorial Flight Official Club is pleased to announce a photographic competition for Club members to submit their photos of the BBMF for possible inclusion in a new Club calendar for 2024. The 13 photos – one for the cover and 12 for the months of the year – will be selected by a panel of judges including the Club’s publication editor, former OC BBMF Clive Rowley and the current OC BBMF, Squadron Leader Mark ‘Suggs’ Sugden.

The winners will see their photos featured in the new 2024 calendar and they will each receive a free copy of the calendar when it is published. The calendar will also be available to purchase from mid-September. We will email all Club members to let them know when it goes on sale.

These are the details of the competition:

• Entry to this competition is limited to members of the RAF Memorial Flight Official Club. If you are not a member and would like to join so you can enter the competition, please click here for more information.
• The theme is simply “The BBMF” and photos should be of the BBMF aircraft in the air or on the ground, as individual aircraft or formations, or of the BBMF aircrew and engineers at work. They can be archived images or recent photos.
• Images of aircraft in the air with stationary propellers will not be chosen, so use slow shutter speeds to create prop blur.
• Images should be in landscape format to fit the calendar layout for the months of the year, and for potential front cover pictures portrait-shaped images are needed.
• Photos should be sent to the Club email address at [email protected] as digital jpg files with the highest possible resolution. Photos will not be accepted via social media and photos will not be returned.
• The maximum number of images permitted to be submitted by one member is three.
• There will be no payment for images and by submitting them Club members are giving their permission for them to be used in the 2024 Club calendar, and also giving permission for their unlimited use for any purpose by the BBMF and Club.
• All images will be credited to the photographers and remain their copyright.
• Deadline for entries is 31st July 2023.
• 13 images will be selected for the final calendar: one for the front cover and 12 to provide one for each month of the year.
• It may be necessary to crop images slightly to fit the calendar layout/format.
• The images will be selected by a panel of judges including the Club publications editor (former OC BBMF, Clive Rowley) and OC BBMF. The judges’ decision is final and no discussions will be entered into.
• Members whose photographs are chosen for the calendar will receive a free copy of the calendar.
• By entering this competition and submitting images, the Club members are accepting the terms and conditions.