Photo awards

Abstract Abstracts are about lines, shapes and colors. If it is immediately recognizable as an object - it is not an abstract.

Aquatic Taking place in or on water, as in aquatic sports, but could be anything related to water. Or, things growing or living in or frequenting water, like birds, mammals, fish or any marine related creature. Not limited to underwater!

Architecture A method or style of building(s).

Black & White Reduce the world to a palette of grays, and focus on light, shade, line, texture and form. Any monochrome, including sepia tone, qualifies.

Cityscape Shoot anything with buildings - from cities to villages.

Digital Art Images with a camera captured pixel origin which have been manipulated with advanced or expert editing filters and effects applied in PhotoShop or a similar post-processing application.

Landscape A landscape is a section or portion of scenery as seen from a single viewpoint. Scenery is the subject of a landscape image. Usually more land than water. Animals and people are generally not shown in a landscape.

Macro Get up close and personal with your subject. You need not specifically use your macro feature, but your image should be a close-up shot.

Nature Observations from all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archeology.

Night Images captured without the aid of sunlight.

Other The category for images not fitting well into any other category.

Panorama Wide or 360 degree views of the subject.

People Formal and informal portraits, candids, group shots – just ensure that 1 or more people are the focus of your image.

Pets Pets have an uncanny ability to lavish people with their love. Capture pets of any species, optionally with their owners.

Photojournalism Put yourself in the shoes of a magazine or newspaper photographer and try to capture a shot worthy of the front page. A good description helps to set the scene!

Seascapes More water than land, especially oceans and large bodies of water with elements associated with water, tides and shorelines.

Sport Capture the action of the sport of your choice.

Still life A "Still Life" is a work of art depicting a collection of usually inanimate objects, typically natural -- (flowers, game, sea shells and so on) -- or man-made domestic items -- (drinking glasses, foodstuffs, pipes, books and so on). A "Still Life" is an arrangement of anything that does not move or is dead. Anything still living is not a "Still Life".

Sunsets Scenery associated with sun horizon events.

Unexpected (inspired by FILE Magazine): Images that treat subjects in unexpected ways. Alternate takes, unconventional observations, odd angles, etc.

Weddings Images associated with the celebration of a wedding.