2024 Annual Image Competition Official Rules and Regulations

  1.  All entry fees must be paid at time of image submission. PPWV Image Competition is open

to members and non-members

 

  1.   Each photographer's submissions must be accompanied by a handling fee of $12.00 per entry for members and $18.00 per entry for

 

  1.   Entries must be submitted online to www.printcompetition.com by 9 PM Wednesday, April 3, 2024.

Payment must be made when entering.

No entries will be accepted after the deadline. Only one entrant per submission. Studios may not

enter as a studio. Entries accepted from individuals only. You must be a paid member of PPWV at the time of entry/upload to be eligible

for Photographer of the Year. Non-members are not eligible for these distinctions.

 

  1.   No names or logos of the photographer or studio may appear anywhere on the entry.

 

  1.  Entrants may enter as many images as they wish in any category.

 

  1.  All album entries may contain the work of more than one photographer.

 

  1.  A subject may appear in more than one image,

provided that they are entirely different (background, clothing and concept). A subject that appears in an album may be entered as an individual entry provided the same rule is adhered to. Any violation of this rule will result in all images being disqualified.

 

  1.  An image may not be entered in an Annual PPWV image competition more than once,

regardless of treatment or format IF the entry has received a merit score of 80 or above in a previous Annual PPWV competition. The entrant’s entire submissions may be disqualified if this rule is violated. Entries may be entered at the Fall Meeting and again at the Following Spring Convention.

 

  1.   Judges are not eligible to enter.
  2.  Images made or taken by students at school, institute, styled shoots, seminars or teaching

 

programs are not eligible for submission.

 

  1.  PPWV will not be liable for image theft of images entered, whether it occur in person or via online means.

 

  1.   PPWV will not be liable for any entrant that has not received a model release for each entry in judging. It is the responsibility of the entrant to

obtain permission of any and all subjects submitted.

 

  1.  Any questions covered or not covered by these rules will be submitted to The Competition Chair and/or Juror’s Chairman for consideration. Their

decision is final.

 

  1.  All entries in every category are required to have a title or they will be disqualified. Entries marked “Untitled” or “No Title” will be considered a

violation of this rule.

 

  1.  ALL photographic elements (MUST have been created by the entrant! No third-party imagery or stock photography is allowed. Non-photographic filters and actions produced by third parties that enhance characteristics of an image but do not add elements to an image are permitted except for in the Reportage and Sports

categories. - Embellishments such as strokes, brushes (such as fog, smoke, lightning, etc.) ARE permissible.Additional embellishments to album pages are acceptable as long as they are part of the presentation and not the photographic

 

  1.   NO image or elements of any image created using Artificial Intelligence are accepted. All elements must be the photographic creation of the entrant. No part of the image can be created with AI software using text inputs. Text inputs in AI software generate images based onwords added by a human. These creations are de- rived from unlicensed copyrighted images and are infringements.

Using AI generated elements will

result in the entrants entire case being disqualified.

 

  1.   Uploaded files must be sized so the longest dimension is 4,000 pixels (20 inches at 200 ppi). Each file must contain an embedded

color profile of either sRGB or Adobe RGB1998 and be saved at a JPEG quality setting of 10.

POINT SCORING SYSTEM

The point system for scoring will be as follows: 100-95 Exceptional

94-90 Superior

89-85 Excellent

84-80 Deserving of Merit 79-76 Above Average

75-74 Average

73-70 Acceptable

69- 0 Unacceptable

All entries scoring 70 or higher will be put on public display after the competition unless requested otherwise to The Competition Chair

 

COMPETITION CATEGORIES

Photographic Categories

  •        Open Album
  •        Reportage
  •        Portrait
  •        Animal
  •        Boudoir
  •        Children
  •        Senior
  •        General Portraiture
  •        Illustrative
  •        Commercial/Industrial
  •        Nature/Landscape
  •        Open Art (NEW CATEGORY, See Below)

 

Wedding Categories

  •        Album
  •        Candid
  •        Portraiture

 

 

 

 

PPWVMERITAWARD

The purpose of the PPWV Merit Award is to encourage high quality professional photography through out the state of West Virginia. Each in-state member who has

received a Blue Ribbon in PPWV's Spring Print Competition will receive one (1) merit.

Trophy winners will receive one (1) additional merit.

The maximum number a single entry can win is two (2).Only

 

PPWV 2024 Image Competition Awards and Distinctions

  •  Best Black and White Portrait from all portrait categories
  •  Best Color Portrait from all portrait categories
  •  Best Senior Portrait
  •  Best Animal Portrait
  •  Best Children's Portrait
  •  Best Boudoir
  •  Best Non-Wedding Album
  •  Best Commercial Image
  •  Best Nature or Landscape Photo
  •  Best Pictorial
  •  Best Reportage or Journalistic Photo
  •  Best Wedding Album
  •  Best Wedding Candid
  •  Best Wedding Portrait
  •  Highest Score By A First Time Entrant
  •  Highest Scoring Entry
  •  Highest Scoring Entry By A Master Photographer
  •  Highest Scoring Entry By A CPP
  •  Highest Scoring Entry By An ASP Member
  •  Best Of Show
  •  PPWV WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
  •  PPWV PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Must have entered the previous Fall Image Competition to be eligible for PPWV POTY

 

All trophies are awarded via closed judging and are not determined by score. Photographer and Wedding Photographer of the Year are awarded by highest score of the entrant's top 4 high scoring images. In the event of a tie, it goes to the top 5, then top 6. If a tie still results, the tie breaker falls to the judges who will determine a winner based on the body of work.

 

OPEN ART CATEGORY EXPLANATION

 

The Open Art Category is a special category created to showcase the talents and creativity of the entrant without the restrictions and limitations of regular categories. Entries can be of any nature, any size and can be created in any manner. Each entry will be judged as it’sown separate and individual creation as a whole. Creativity, technique, presentation and impact will all be factored into the scoring and is totally subjective to each individual judge.

 

in-state members will be eligible to receive the PPWV MeritAward. Each entry should be entered digitally and, if necessary, may be

 

The award will be given once

25 merits have been accumulated. This award will be given each time a member acquires 25 merits

 

accompanied by a physical representation. Delivery and transportation of the physical entry will be the responsibility of the entrant and must be delivered to the juding room by 9 AM the day of the competition. The physical representation will be judged if one is entered.Examples include, but are not limited to:

hand colored and/or brush stroked prints, transparencies, digitally altered images and otherwise creatively printed works on any and all substrate. Cell phone images, film photography, Lomography or whatever you want. Your imagination is the only limit in this category! Show us what you got!

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