February – Suburbia
| Judge: | TBA |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 7 January 2025 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 4 February 2025 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Your perspective on living in the suburbs. The image can be documentary or interpretive, there are no editing restrictions. |
March – Self-portrait (monochrome)
| Judge: | TBA |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 4 February 2025 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 4 March 2025 |
| Sections: | Monochrome open print Monochrome open EDI Monochrome set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | A portrait of the photographer in which they have posed themselves within the picture. The shutter release must be under his control i.e. remote, electric etc. (APJA) Creative processing is allowable. |
April – Water
| Judge: | TBA |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 4 March 2025 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 1 April 2025 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | An image where water is the dominant feature. |
May – Technology
| Judge: | TBA |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 1 April 2025 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 6 May 2025 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Capture the essence of technology in our daily lives. From the elegance of modern gadgets, showcase how technology shapes our world. |
June – Nature with a difference
| Judge: | TBA |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 6 May 2025 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 3 June 2025 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Any different approach to an image of nature- that is, NOT a standard shot. Subjects can be animals, botanicals… macro. Creative techniques (Adamski, Vanoost, Pep Ventosa, ICM, multiple exposures….), filters etc. can be used for an interpretation of the subject. |
July – Light
| Judge: | TBA |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 3 June 2025 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 1 July 2025 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | An image where unusual lighting adds interest to the scene. This may be high key, low key, bokeh – or maybe just experiment with light. |
August – Wabi Sabi
| Judge: | TBA |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 1 July 2025 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 5 August 2025 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | The Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection.Taken from the Japanese words wabi, which translates to less is more, and sabi, which means attentive melancholy, wabi-sabi refers to an awareness of the transient nature of earthly things and a corresponding pleasure in the things that bear the mark of this impermanence. |
September – Streets at night (monochrome)
| Judge: | TBA |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 5 August 2025 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 2 September 2025 |
| Sections: | Monochrome open print Monochrome open EDI Monochrome set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Street images taken after dark. |
October – Abstract
| Judge: | TBA |
|---|---|
| Entries due: | Tuesday 2 September 2025 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 7 October 2025 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | An arrangement of colours and shapes which are not recognisable as known objects, although they may suggest any object or scene. (APJA) |
November – Phoneography
| Judge: | TBA |
|---|---|
| Entries due: | Tuesday 7 October 2025 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 28 October 2025 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Use your phone to take/made photos. All processing must be done in the phone. Consider the use of some phone appllications such as Snapseed, Slow shutter, ProCam, PhotoSplit or Distressed FX. Any Apps that introduce third party textures such as Distressed FX must be notified when loading the image, but are allowable. |
December – End of year
| Judge: | TBA |
|---|---|
| Entries due: | Tuesday 28 October 2025 |
| Judged: | TBA |
| Sections: | Open print Colour EDI Monochrome EDI President’s trophy |