PPA 2012 Western District Photographic Competition
Hosted by Professional Photographers of California
March 3-5, 2012
Doubletree Hotel – Manhattan Room
1985 East Grand Ave.
El Segundo, CA 90245
Registration is open
Registration deadline, February 23, 2012
Sign up for Print Competition NOW
Follow these instructions:
If you are not a PPA member you will need to “create an account.” Fill in personal information and save and proceed. Enter payment and hit enter. You will receive an email with a link to upload your images. Fill out forms completely and enter. If submitting prints there will be a link to print your labels and paperwork.
***All entries MUST comply with PPA Rules*** (pdf)
To see some of last year’s winners click here.
PPC Photographic Competition Category Clarification
It is ultimately the responsibility of the entrant as to which category in which the image is judged. The print competition committee will not arbitrarily change images into another category if they appear to not meet the categories’ definition.
Photographic Categories (16)
Album, non-wedding: Any subject matter other than a wedding can be included in this album category. Only one album is allowed per entrant. Album cover must not exceed 400 square inches, no multiple volumes are permitted.
Album, Wedding: Only one album is allowed per entrant. Album cover must not exceed 400 square inches, no multiple volumes are permitted.
Animal: Images of animals created in a studio setting or out doors. Man-made objects are permitted in the image.
Architecture: Exterior and/or interior Images of structures.
Children: Images of a child or children
Commercial: Industrial, tabletop, advertising, stock and aerial images. If there is a “tear-sheet” of the image please include it in a 9×12 envelope attached to the rear of the image.
Family: Images of a family group
Illustrative: Images representing an alternative type of creativity, photography, and/or not meeting the requirements of any other categories.
Landscape: Images of landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, nightscapes being the dominant subject. People can appear in the image.
Nature: Images where the flora and/or fauna are the dominant subject and no man-made objects are visible.
Photojournalism: Image captured at the peak of action and telling a story
Portrait (Environmental): Images of people captured in an out door setting.
Portrait: (High School Senior): Images of High School Seniors captured in a studio or outdoor setting.
Portrait (Studio): Images captured in a studio environment.
Wedding: Images captured for a wedding
Wedding (Photojournalistic): Images captured of a candid moment that reflects the storytelling. No posed images.
