Competition Themes for 2011 - 2012 (Updated with Dates) - Northern Virginia Photographic Society

As usual, there will be 3 themed competitions, as follows:

October 18, 2011: "Simplicity"

January 17, 2012: "Shadows"

April 17, 2012: "Weather"

And for the last competition of the season, on May 15, 2012, members may submit older images. There will be no time limit as to when the images were captured. For all other competitions, images must have been captured within 2 years of the competition date, no exceptions.

No explanation or guidelines will be provided for the 3 themes, it is up to the photographer to interpret them, and for the competition judge to decide.

Themes for 2012-2013

1) Bridges

2) The Sun is Your Friend

• The intent of this theme is to take a photo in hard light. Hard light comes from a single point source,

in this case the Sun, and falls directly on the subject from one direction, without being reflected off another surface.

• The image must demonstrate that the sun is shining and is not obscured.

Objects within the image should contain shadows with very distinct or hard edges

• The images should be of high contrast, containing deep blacks and bright highlights.

• The image must be taken at least two hours after Sunrise and at least two hours before Sunset

3) A Different Point of View

Find a subject and photograph it in a nontraditional way.

Observe all sides and angles--front, back, top, bottom, up, down, side--before

you choose the most interesting point of view.

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