PHOTOGRAPHIC ART CATEGORY
Photographic Art is one of the most used media for an artist to express their vision. The goal of fine-art photography is to express an idea, a message, or an emotion.
In Portrait Photography, the goal is to capture the essence and story behind the person or persons photographed. By no means is this an easy feat, yet many photographic artist do this exceptionally well.
In Nature Photography capturing scenes of our amazing world and wildlife is an art where many do it so well.
CATEGORY RULES
Photography - Pure Photography (yours), no AI, no CGI, no stock images, no painted images, no composites. Software which uses today's AI technology for basic adjustments and clean up is accepted, example, sharpening, color adjustments, contrast, color grading, removing small items. You are allowed to change backgrounds, flip heads or hands and add a very small items on portraits to complete the image (background must be yours or from a digital background machine). For landscapes/seascapes, sky change must be from an image your captured. Textured and gradient filters are allowed. Softening, sharpening and clean up images is allowed. Removing and cleaning up of images is allowed.
AI Regenerative fill is NOT allowed for changing backgrounds in this category. Please enter into the SGA Category.
For Photographic Art Category, we reserve the right to request the raw files.
CATEGORY CLASSES INCLUDE
PH.01 - Abstract
PH.02
- Aerial
PH.03 -
Architecture
PH.04 - Birds and
Birds of Prey
PH.05 - Character
Portrait
PH.06 - Children's Portraits
PH.07 - Cultures
of our World
PH.08 - Fashion
PH.09 - Fine Art
Portrait
PH.10 - Fine Art Nude
PH.11 - Floral
and Botanical
PH.12 - Food and
Product
PH.13 -
Impressionism
PH.14 - Landscapes
PH.15 - Macro Art
PH.16 - Minimalist
PH.17 - Monochrome
PH.18 - Pet Photography
PH.19 - Portrait Story
PH.20 - Portraits
(One Person)
PH.21 - Reportage
PH.22 - Seascapes / Waterscapes
PH.23 - Still Life
PH.24 - Street Photography
PH.25 - Travel and Cityscapes
PH.26 - Wedding
PH.27 - Wedding Details
PH.28 - Wedding Creative
PH.29 - Wildlife