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About Print Competition

What is so important about competition?

Competition is a unique opportunity to assess and improve skills. It is also an outlet for sharing with others your unique talents. Not only does Competition have the potential to boost your enjoyment and confidence as a professional photographer, but also increase customer satisfaction, ultimately resulting in increased earning potential.

Competition is about color, lighting, subject matter, composition, focus factor, and more. Print Competition is actually Print Education, and is without a doubt one of the best ways to improve your photography.

Print Judging Guidelines to Remember

• Impact
• Creativity
• Style
• Composition
• Color Balance/Tonal Graduation
• Print Presentation
• Center of Interest
• Lighting
• Subject Matter or Interpretation
• Print Quality
• Technique
• Story Telling

Note of Encouragement

Even if you are not ready to officially enter, you are still welcome and encouraged to bring one or two prints for private viewing and comments from judges.