CATEGORIES AND CLASSES

An advertising image submission should be presented as an actual advertisement that is ready to be published.  

This class for aerial and drone photography is for images that are to be used commercially.  Example of these types of images would be, a construction project in commercial or industrial environment, a golf course or hotel from above for advertising, a city or area overview for tourism and anything that has to do with capturing a project from above for commercial use. 

Commercial architectural images reflect an image which a client (architects, construction management firms, construction companies, suppliers, engineering firms, home builder, renovators, interior designers) can use for purposes of reporting and or advertising. Commercial architecture images must be in color. The title of the image should encompass a part or whole name of the project. Images can be of building interiors, building exteriors, shots of interior design etc.

This class is not for fine art images. Images MUST be for commercial use. 

 Fine Art Architecture images may be entered in Architecture - F3 Fine Art Class.

A film still (sometimes called a publicity still or a production still) is a photograph taken on or off the set of a movie or television program during production. These photographs are also taken in formal studio settings and venues of opportunity such as film stars' homes, film debut events, and commercial settings.

This class can also be used for images captured at concerts, or other events. 

Corporate Portraits are for portraits for business websites, bios and articles 
Environmental Portraits are images created in the environment of the businessperson.
Some examples are, 

• A doctor in a hospital where he practices. 
• A CEO in their office, boardroom or in a area of his business. 
• A dance teacher in their studio. 
• An artist in their gallery or studio.

Industrial images are usually used in both the overview of an industrial project or close ups of people at work in the industrial field. Examples of industrial images are, oil and gas industry, warehousing, industrial plants. Images could also include factories running their product. 

Images of fashion must encompass at least one person. If you are using perfume, jewelry, or make-up, alone, without a person, it should be entered into the Advertising C1 or Product C10 classes.  

Commercial food images are images that are used in cookbooks and other various advertising assignments. They could also be used for menus, billboards, banners in grocery stores, etc.

The Commercial Food Class is not for fine art food images. Fine art food images can be submitted into still life in the Fine Art Category.

Images in this class should clearly deliver the message of the product. Product branding is allowed. 

No text is allowed as in C1 Adverting for this class. Names appearing on the product, example on a perfume bottle or wine bottle is allowed. There should not be any people in the image. 

Commercial Images used for reportage.  Reporting can be for news or an article.
Images for reportage include.

• Breaking Stories
• Environment
• Politics
• Science
• War
• General News
• Investigative
• Business
• Art
• Celebrity
• Sports 

Travel images are images that can be used when advertising tourism in magazines, travel agencies and other avenues of advertising.  

Commercial landscape images should not include false elements (for example, stars and moons not normally found at the location). 

Feeling of the image, should have a more natural feel and able to be used for marketing of tourism. 

Same as D1 Digital Art Abstract – anything goes here. The final image needs to have an abstract feeling.

Fine Art Aerial or Drone class images are images that display landscapes from above that may be used for art to hang on a wall. These images should not look commercial in any way and should look artistic.

Fine Art Architecture images are considered unique images of architecture that are sold for displaying in homes and offices. This usually comes from part of a building a whole building or architecture feature. They may include architecture that is digitally altered. Images are sold for fine art purposes and not for commercial purposes.  Images may include newer buildings, historical building, bridges, and architectural fountains, statues and so on.  

Black and White Fine Art images may be of landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, fine art architecture, travel images, floral, panoramas. May include anything in the Fine Art Category.

Infrared photography is a look into the invisible world. The human eye can see wavelengths from about 400nm-700nm (from purple to red); infrared is the light beyond 700nm. IR photography can be done with either infrared film, or a digital camera, and typically involves near infrared light in the 700nm to 1200nm range.  Images entered must be a true infrared image and not a black and white.

Illustrating the ambiance of a place, as well as the feeling one gets from the land, people, and cultures that inhabit it. Very broad in its subject matter, this class makes use of elements of portraiture, landscape photography, food, culture, farming, architecture photography, street photography, and night photography, among others.

Black and white photography is also a commonly used technique and may be used for this class. What this class does NOT allow, is painterly or textured images. 

Cityscapes are landscapes that are in their environment (the city). Cityscapes may include bridges, overview of a city or town, a street or area, architecture that a certain city may be famous for or anything that speaks of a city or urban environment.  

Panoramas are allowed in this class.

Same as Cityscapes, are the same F7, however with a more artistic flare. 

Image processing and painting MUST be completed by the photographer/artist submitting. 

Panoramas are allowed in this class.

Fine Art Landscape images are landscapes that can also be purchased as art to hang on a wall or be displayed in an art show. Unlike N5, this class may include objects such as barns, lighthouses, wildlife, changing of skies, including stars. Objects should only encompass a smaller percentage of the overall landscape.

Unlike Nature Category, this class does allow manmade subjects. 

Panoramas are allowed in this class.

Painterly Fine Art Landscapes are landscapes are the same F9, however with a more artistic flare. 

Image processing and painting MUST be completed by the photographer/artist submitting. 

Panoramas are allowed in this class.

Fine Art Seascapes are images captured that can also be purchased as art to hang on a wall or be displayed in an art show. Unlike Nature Category, this class does allow manmade subjects. 

Panoramas are allowed in this class.

Same as F11, however with a more artistic flare. Image processing and painting MUST be completed by the photographer/artist submitting. 

Unlike Nature Category, this class does allow manmade subjects. 

Panoramas are allowed in this class.

Images in the Fine Art Floral class are images that are purchased for art prints.  Images may have the painterly effect and other effects that will create a piece of art.

Impressionism is a genre of photographic abstraction and perception. Example, the goal is not capturing the landscape as is, during a beautiful sunrise or sunset. You are trying to transform a feeling, or impression of the scene into a photograph.

Sample

Nature Fine Art Images are images of wildlife, birds, reptiles and mammals that have been processed to create a fine art image that can easily be displayed on a wall. 

Nature Fine Art Images are images of wildlife, birds, reptiles and mammals that have been processed to create a fine art image that can easily be displayed on a wall. This class is ONLY for painterly or other types of artistic methods in creating a different feel. 

Images of Macro or Microscopic Photography need to be unique and able to hang as a piece of art on a wall. Some images for this class may include insects, floral, and more.

Cell Phones are always with us and easy access to capturing quick moments. Images entered must have a Fine Art feel to them. Example, would this image hang on a wall?

Fine Art Still Life Photography may be of anything that you can create into a piece of art. It can be a vase, a bike, a car, a floral, an apple, or anything that is a still item.

Anything goes here, create your own vision and abstract.

Digitally altered portraits can be anything from painted portraits to adding parts as wings, or creating a fantasy style portrait.

Sample  Alana Lee - Letting Go

Fantasy photography is a style of photography with fictional scenes. They could follow a concept of a series of images or create something new from scratch. What makes these fantasy images is the choice of subjects and the reimagining of the setting.

Samples
Nikolina Petolas
Tommy Ingberg

In this class anything goes. Image may be 100% digital or images may have part of a photograph or part of many photographs. The result must be pleasing. This class is for the artist at heart.

Digital Illustrative Story Telling is when images are made with composites to create a story line.

This class has been created for the Nature and Landscape photographic artists. The sky's the limit! Change skies, add weather effects, add new backgrounds, add wildlife. Images entered must have been altered in some way other then the basic exposure, saturation, and contrast.

Digitally Altered Nature Images are images of wildlife, birds, reptiles, fish, and mammals that have been processed to create an artsy feel.

Child portraits up to 12 years of age. They can be captured in studio, in their environment. Images can be a portrait story, more then one child, it could be a fine art portrait, a traditional portrait, a high key or any style photographer want to enter. 

Composites are not allowed in this class. Please enter composites in Digital Art. 

Children of the World is a new class honoring all children in their environment. Images could have been captured from a trip or from your country. We have included some samples to give an understanding of style of images. 

Dawn Townsend
Pinterest Sample 1
Pinterest Sample 2
World Vision

Couples and engagement class can be taken in any environment. Can be a post wedding image. Must only encompass one couple.

Capturing character through portraits is a way of photographing a subject with their real and true essence – by showcasing personal passions, hands on life work and a unique sense of self – character photography creates a real and true representation of the people being photographed.  

Sample 1
Mark Bryant 1
Mark Bryant 2
Wayne Simpson

Portrait class can include any type of portrait of a single person. Brides or wedding images are not included in this class.

Family class is for a family of at least 2. Could be with a parent or could be all siblings, or could include grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, partners. Anything that has to do with a family portrait and that is at least 2 family members. 

Fine Art Portraits are for portraits out of the ordinary. They usually have a painterly look and feel but not necessarily.  They may be finished with textures, be painted, or any other affects that will give the portrait an artistic finish. 

No composites allowed 

Traditional portraits are portraits that have been created in studio with traditional posing and lighting. These portraits can as well be painted portraits however not to the extent of class P7

Samples

William Branson III
Joseph and Louise Simone
Tim Kelly
Yedi Koeshendi

Portrait Story images should easily show the viewer the story you are trying to tell. Composites may be used to create the feel you are going for. 

Maternity images may be captured in studio, outdoors and or underwater. Newborn photos are photos of newborns up to 30 days.

Fine art nude photography is a genre of fine-art photography which depicts the nude human body with an emphasis on form, composition, emotional content, and other aesthetic qualities. The nude has been a prominent subject of photography since its invention and played an important role in establishing photography as a fine art medium.