CATEGORIES AND CLASSES

An advertising and marketing image submission can be presented as an actual advertisement (with text) that is ready to be published or it can be of an image that clearly displays what the marketing campaign is about. 

Advertising and marketing images are used in magazines, websites, brochures, tradeshow, and other marketing campaigns. 

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 an area of his business. 
• A dance teacher in their studio. 
• An artist in their gallery or studio.

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.

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 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. 

Images may consist of the following subjects, and if entered in this class, must conform to World Press criteria with no manipulations applied to the image (see World Press Rules provided). Only standard & global image production techniques limited to exposure, color balance, cropping, vignette is permitted.

World Press Complete Rules...

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

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. 

Anything goes here, create your own vision and abstract. You must have at least one piece that you have captured into this class. Your photograph can be a smaller part of your vision.   

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
Tommy Ingberg

This does not include AI or CGI Images. All images and stock must be photographic. A very small portion of clipart may be used, however, not more then 10% of the image is allowed to have clipart. The main subject must have been captured by the entrant.

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. This class is not for stock images. 

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.

D8 is the only class that allows you to enter some of your AI work, however, there are rules. Please read carefully.

The main subject of your creation must have been captured by photographic means. AI images can be added to your photographically captured image to enhance it and to create a digital art piece. It could be a background, a texture or a number of pieces that help enhance your photograph.

When selecting the TOP Digital Art Photographer of the Year, only one (your highest scoring) D8 Class images will be eligible for the title. The remaining 3 will be from other classes entered in Digital Art Category.

YOUR IMAGE OR IMAGES WHICH IS YOUR MAIN SUBJECT THAT YOU CAPURED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY MUST APPEAR AS A GUIDE BELOW OR BESIDE YOUR DIGITAL ART. 

So much can be accomplished in Wedding Creative. This Class allows wedding photographers to give their vision of a fantasy wedding. Create a composite, add a twist to your story. There is simply so much you can do in this class. Let's see the creativity of the wedding photographer as and artist. 

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 also include infrared images. Infrared must not have color and be edited to B+W that are in a black and white finish.  Images may be of landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, fine art architecture, travel images, floral, panoramas. May include anything in the Fine Art Category.

Wet plate images usually finish a light sepia color - please adjust to 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.  

If your image has a more artistic feel with textures or is painted, please enter in F7. 

Panoramas are allowed in this class.

Same as F6, however, only creating a more artistic flare by including textures or a painterly feel. 

All Image processing, including 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 in the Nature Category of landscapes, this class does allow manmade subjects. 

If your image has a more artistic feel with textures or is painted, please enter in F9. 

Panoramas are allowed in this class.

Same as F8, however, creating a more artistic flare by including textures or a painterly feel. 

All Image processing, including 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. 

Unlike in the Nature Category of Seascapes, this class does allow manmade subjects. 

If your image has a more artistic feel with textures or is painted, please enter in F11. 

Panoramas are allowed in this class.

Same as F10, however, creating a more artistic flare by including textures or a painterly feel. 

All Image processing, including painting MUST be completed by the photographer/artist submitting. 

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. 

No painterly images allowed in this class. Please use F16

Same as F15however, creating a more artistic flare by including textures or a painterly feel. 

All Image processing, including painting MUST be completed by the photographer/artist submitting. 

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.

Minimalist, is a form of photography that is distinguished by extreme, austere simplicity.[1] It emphasizes sparseness and focuses solely on the smallest number of objects in the composition process. Minimalist photographers usually focus solely on one particular subject, rather than an abundance of color, patterns and information. 

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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.

Travel Images are usually captured while traveling. They can also be captured within your area. Travel images can be from a street view. a market, a building that is a landmark, food, and anything that can speak of tourism or of the city or country you are photographing. 

There are so many types of Fine Art Photography. If your image does not fit one of the above classes, don't worry, we have you covered. This class is ONLY for images that do not fit any of the the above.  

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

Child portraits up to 13 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.

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 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.

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. 

Maternity images may be captured in studio, outdoors and or underwater. Show us your best. Composites are not allowed in this class. 

Newborn photos are photos of newborns up to 8 weeks. 

Newborn images can have can have painterly effect or can include a composite example placing a newborn in a flower or other element. 

Portrait class can include any type of portrait of a single person. Brides or wedding images are not included in this class and will be moved to wedding category. 

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. 

Traditional portraits are portraits that have been created in studio with traditional posing and lighting. These portraits can as well be painted portraits. 

Samples

William Branson III
Joseph and Louise Simone
Tim Kelly
Yedi Koeshendi