Competition Themes for 2012 - 2013 - Northern Virginia Photographic Society

The Themes Committee, consisting of Willa and Bob Friedman, and Judy McGuire have selected the following themes for the 2012-2013 competition year. With this early announcement, members will have close to two full years to work on the themes.

Bridges
The Sun is your Friend.

The image must be taken at least two hours after Sunrise and at least two hours before Sunset
The image must portray that the sun is shining and not obscured. e.g. there are shadows.
The intent of this theme is to take a photo in hard light.

Light that comes from a single, point source, such as the Sun, and falls directly on the subject from one direction, without being reflected off another surface, is known as hard light. It generally casts dark shadows and produces high contrast pictures with deep blacks and bright highlights. The shadows also generally have a very distinct or hard edge, so that the outline of the object closely reflects the shape of the shadow.

3. A Different Point of View

Look up, look down, look behind the subject (Look at the subject from the top, the bottom, the back--in an nontraditional way.)

As a reminder, the remaining to themes for this season are:

February 15h, 2011 - Through Doors, Out Windows

Images with a view through doors or windows, looking out or in. The window(s) or door(s) may be the subject themselves, or a framing device for some other scene.

Note: Image capture must have occurred after Feb 14h, 2009 to be eligible for this competition.

April 19th, 2011 - Old

Images which convey a feeling of great age. Recommendations: Images with a subject appears to be old, having lived or been around for a relatively long time. May be living or inanimate. (Members Choice Theme)

Note: Image capture must have occurred after Apr 18th, 2009 to be eligible for this competition.

Themes for 2011-2012

Simplicity

Weather

Shadows

Although the themes for 2011-2012 were specified by the Theme Committee, the interpretation of the theme is being left to the photographer.

Willa and Bob

Competition VPs

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