ClubNite Open ClubNite

One-stars to shooting stars

Judging and club night, without the admin.

ClubNite helps photographic clubs send photos to judges, gather their scores, work out the awards and run the whole evening from one laptop. Your photos never leave your club.

Open ClubNite

Works in Chrome or Edge on any laptop. Once opened, it keeps working without internet.

One evening, start to finish

From the entries list to the last applause. No spreadsheets passed around, no scores typed in twice.

  1. Build the judging file

    Drop in the photos and the entries list. ClubNite checks counts and entry limits, then makes one file per judge with the photos inside.

  2. Judges score at home

    On a dark screen, one photo at a time, with each category's rules shown. Scores 1 to 15 and a comment, then “Email my scores”.

  3. Combine and award

    Drop in the judges' files. Totals, averages and awards on your sliding scale, plus the upload sheet for your results system.

  4. Club night

    A projector show with category winners, junior and senior winners and the overall winner, while a member reads the comments aloud.

Made for how clubs actually work

Built at a small South African club, by members who wanted more time for photography.

The comments stay human

The judges' comments go to a separate reader window, so a member can read them out. Members who would rather not speak can still follow along.

Ties settled by the room

Equal scores appear side by side and the club votes. Press the number of the winner and the show carries on.

An opening worth arriving for

A photography quote, birthdays, new members, star promotions, notices and thanks to the judges, typed into simple forms.

Kind to projectors

A black border around every photo, so a tired projector's colour cast stays off the edges.

Zoom members included

Share the show window on Zoom and keep the reader window private. Members at home see the same evening as the hall.

Shadow judging

Let a mentor and a member judge alongside the panel, then compare: agreement, ranking, and the photos where they differed most.

Your photos never leave your club

ClubNite is a program that runs on your laptop. This website only delivers it. There are no accounts and nothing to sign up for.

Put it on the club laptop

Installing gives ClubNite its own icon and window, like any other program. It updates itself when there is something new.

Open ClubNite

Installing in Chrome or Edge

  1. Open ClubNite.
  2. Click Install ClubNite at the top of the page, or the install icon at the right of the address bar.
  3. ClubNite now opens from the desktop or Start menu, even without internet.