PPWC Image Competition

To enter, you must be a PPWC, PPSV, or PPSCV active member in good standing. 

Members, please refer to this month's image competition email for further directions. 

**PPWC is moving Image Competition platforms to PrintCompetition.com

Please be sure to register before March 2023 with either the basic $13/yr account or the premium $63/yr account.  You'll need a paid account to be able to participate in PPWC's image competition.  (More information to come soon!)

 www.printcompetition.com

PPWC offers Quarterly Image competitions.  In 2023 they will be in the months of March, June, August, and November.

PPWC CATEGORIES

- Creative Open

- Digital Artistry 

- Environmental Portrait

- Studio Portraits 

- Wedding 

CATEGORY DEFINITIONS

(CO)  Creative Open - 

Images not meeting the requirements of any other category. 

Images such as photojournalism, architectural, commercial, illustrative, wildlife photography, or other images that do not fit any of the other categories. Portraits and day-of wedding images are not appropriate for this category.

(DA)  Digital Artistry -  

Images created or drastically altered with computer software. This is a category exclusively showcasing digitally created art. Composite images require an attached copy of the original source images prior to editing.

(EP) Environmental Portrait -

An image capturing a person or people, or domestic animal that is out of a studio environment. It is implied that the photographer has reasonable control over lighting, posing, situation, wardrobe, and/or setting.

(SP) Studio Portrait - 

An image capturing a person or people, or domestic animal that is in an environment with the photographer having control of lighting, posing, situation, wardrobe, and/or setting where the photographer has control over the image capture and a reasonable amount of time to create the image.

(W)  Wedding - 

This category is meant to stay in the spirit of a photographer working with actual clients in the confines of a wedding while having limited control of the subjects and situations. All images will be photographed on the day(s) of the event.

PPWC follows PPA standards:

12 Elements of a Merit Image 

Scores will reflect this scale: 

100-95 Exceptional

94-90 Superior

89-85 Excellent

84-80 Deserving of a Merit

79-75 - Above Average

74-70 Average

69-65 Below Exhibition Standards