Australian Photographic Society

This system is to allow members who regularly compete in Salons of Photography to gain recognition for their achievements.

A separate system to other APS Honours is the Certificate of Achievement, and applications can be made at any time. The system is designed to allow members who regularly compete in photographic salons to gain ongoing recognition for their achievements. It has an open-ended rating system.

These are based on a system of continual recognition for members who follow the International/National exhibitions as regular exhibitors. It is the Certificate of Achievement (CA) and can be used within Australia when competing. The CA has five levels to attain. It then progresses into the Opal Levels. These levels finish when you want them to. The first level is available to all members of the Society and starts at 70 points with 7 different titles in Projected Images, Mono Prints, Colour Prints, Nature and PhotoJournalism. In the AV section it starts at 35 points with 2 different titles.