Location: Online via Zoom
All registrants will receive an email with a link
to the live online event after 1pm on the date of the program.
Please be sure to sign up for each event separately,
so you receive the link to the Zoom seminar.
A Four Part Series: “Everything you Want to Know about Competition”
PPAM is presenting a four part series covering everything you need to know about image competition. Have all your questions answered and more!
Here’s the line-up of events:
September 29th: “Image Comp 101”
Everything you need to know about state, district and International competition. Kristy Steeves will delve into the 12 Elements of a Merit Image, the judging process, a detailed description of all of the categories, how images are scored, awards and degrees, and much more. Award winning photographers from around the country have graciously donated their images for use in this program. Amazing!
October 6th: “Presentation is an Art Form in Itself”
This segment will show you how to matte and stroke your digital images for competition the way Professional Photographers of American suggest. We also have a special guest join us for this program: a PPA approved juror who will show us what she does, at an advanced level, to create beautiful art presentations for physical prints.
October 13th: “The Art of Storytelling in Photography”
The first element that jurors look for while judging is impact. Impact is all about the emotion and storytelling. Kristy will focus on their topic to give you insight on how to not only earn a merit, but possibly to get a Loan image through impact.
October 20th: “A Diamond in the Rough”
We will take a look at images that did not merit/score well at competitions. This a great way to find out what works in a merit-worthy image, what does not work, and why. You can learn from other photographers’ mistakes. We will have a Diamond Photographer of the Year” join us as a guest speaker. Very few photographers reach the level of Diamond Medalist. She will show us how she takes a below-average image and turns it into an image that scores in the highest ranges.
