AZPPA VIRTUAL CONVENTION AND STATE IMAGE COMPETITION

AZPPA Virtual Convention 2021 is a 2-day, online live streamed educational photography event where you will learn, grow, and have fun with industry minded peers.  We have some the most respected photographers in our industry sharing their knowledge and passion with AZPPA.  Whether you are a seasoned professional or just starting out in the professional photography industry, this event is for you!

The knowledge and information acquired during this weekend will be PRICELESS!

Location: Online live streamed platform *once registered, a link will be provided to you to attend the convention

** AzPPA STATE IMAGE COMPETITION Image Submission Deadline February 8th by midnight

Schedule of Events:

SATURDAY 13 February 2021

7:30 AM Virtual Social Time

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM  IMAGE COMPETITION  – LIVESTREAM*register and submit images at: www.printcompetition.com **Image Submission Deadline: February 8th, 12:00 am (midnight) MST

12:00 PM  30 Minute Lunch

12:30 PM – 2:30 PM  LEARN THE CREATIVE PROCESS IN A PHOTO SESSION 

                                      Live (pre-recorded) demonstration

                                     Andrew Faulds, M.Photog. Cr., CPP

2:30 PM  15 Minute Break

2:45 PM – 4:45 PM  ROAD TO SUCCESS REQUIRES A 4 WHEEL DRIVE 

                                   Defining your career and business    

                                   Steve Kozak, M.Photog. Cr., CPP

4:45 PM  15 Minute Break

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM  RETOUCHING 

                                    A tool to help transform your vision

                                    Phaneendra Gudapati, M.Photog. Cr., CPP, ACE, Master of WPPI

7:00 PM  Day 1 wrap up and overview of upcoming day 2 

SUNDAY 14 February 2021

7:30 AM  Virtual Social Time

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM  FITNESS FHOTOGRAPHY

                                       Shaping light for impact – Live stream demonstration

                                       Jim Trapp, M.Photog. Cr., CPP

10:00 AM 15  Minute Break

10:15:00 AM – 12:15 PM  ARTIST PROJECT

                                              Fuel your passion

                                              PPA President Gregory Daniel, M. Photog. Cr., CPP, F-ASP

12:15 PM – 12:45 PM  AZPPA Sponsors and State Convention Sponsors Announcements

12:45 PM – 1:25 PM – Awards Announcement

1:25 PM – 1:45 PM – Annual General Membership Meeting: Board Election and Updates

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM  WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY

                                     Capture, processing, and fine art

                                     Bob Coates, M.Photog. M.Artist Cr., CPP, EA-ASP

3:15 PM  – 15 Minute Break

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM  THE MARKETING RIDDLE

                                     Learning to solve the age-old riddle 

                                     Bryan Welsh, M. Photog. Cr., CPP, API, FP-OR, HFP-OR

5:30 PM  Convention Day 2 wrap up – closing remarks – end of convention

AzPPA STATE IMAGE COMPETITION
FEBRUARY 13TH
Image Submission Deadline: February 8th, 12:00 am (midnight) MST

*Image Submissions are limited to the first 200 images entered

Why Enter Image Competition?

Image competition is a challenging but rewarding experience. In addition to being an excellent educational experience by entering and watching image competition, the scores and occasional comments made by the distinguished panel of experienced and PPA approved judges will help prepare you for submitting your images to district and international (PPA’s IPC) competitions. Your images will receive a score (80 and above is a merited image).

Become A Better Photographer
This is where your hard work as a photographer really shines and prepares you to improve your images, which puts you on a path to achieving a Master of Photography degree with the Professional Photographers of America, achieving one of the highest levels of photographic excellence in the industry (to learn more about PPA’s Master of Photographer Degree visit the PPA website).

Earn Awards*
AZPPA Members are also eligible for awards including the prestigious AZPPA Top Photographer Of The Year Award. Additional awards include Top 10 Photographer, CPP Award, ASP Award, Highest First Time Entrant Case Score, and First/Second/Third Place in categories such as Portrait, Landscape/Illustrative, Wedding, Commercial and Album. These awards also help studios garner attention from the media with your press releases as well as with potential clients.

Entering Image Competition Is Easy!

To enter image competition, all you have to do is prepare your images and upload them to the AZPPA competition website at www.printcompetition.com.

Once prepared, click on the ‘Register Your Images Now’ link on the bottom of that page. You will then step through the process of registering for image competition and then uploading each digital image one at a time, making sure to select the proper category for each image and checking any boxes that apply. All rules and procedures can be found on our convention website as well.

Images are only $20 per entry, with a maximum of 6 images allowed (the top 4 images are used for AZPPA members to be calculated towards their award eligibility).

Entering image competition does not require you to attend our AZPPA State convention going on at the same time. However, if you do register for convention you will have access to all seminars and activities.

The PrintCompetition.com website lets you log in remotely and see the progress of  the image competition (audio will be available via provided Zoom link). Of course, though we hope you will join us, and better yet sign up for convention and enjoy EVERYTHING that AzPPA State Convention has to offer for the professional and aspiring photographer.

*Must be an AZPPA Member to be eligible for awards

ARIZONA PPA PRINT COMPETITION – OFFICIAL RULES

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!  All rules must be followed as listed.  Not doing so may prevent judging of your entry.

ANY RULES NOT EXPLICITYLY STATED BELOW WILL BE ASSUMED TO FOLLOW PPA NATIONAL RULES.

ELIGIBILITY: Any AZPPA member in good standing, with dues current, may enter.  Only AZPPA members residing in Arizona are eligible for awards.  Non-members and out-of-state entries will be judged for score only.  An image or album entered in a previous AZPPA competition, which did not receive a merit, is eligible for entry again, provided it complies with all other rules.  An image or album that has received an AZPPA Sate Merit may not be entered again, even if it has been changed.

ENTRIES ALLOWED: Up to 6 entries are permitted.  Only digital images can be entered.  To be eligible for all awards, participants are encouraged to submit a complete case of at least 4 entries.  Only the top scoring 4 image will be considered for awards.

ENTRY FEES: The entry fee is $20 per image.

DIVISIONS FOR COMPETITION:

Master Division – All PPA Masters enter this division

Open Division – All active members/non-members who are not PPA Masters enter this division.

NEW! Ty Bass Award To honor the late Ty Bass and his outstanding contributions to both the AZPPA and PPA CPP programs, AZPPA is introducing the Ty Bass Award in 2021. This award is given to the highest scoring image among those AZPPA members that have earned their CPP in the last year.

CLASSIFICATION OF ENTRIES:

Event Album: An album from a wedding, bar mitzvah or other similar special events.  See special rules section.

Non-Event Album: An album from studio sessions, seniors, story-telling albums, etc.

Wedding: Photographs that are in a wedding album may not be entered separately into the wedding category

Portrait: Same subject cannot be used more than once.

Illustrative: Creative, scenic, photograph art, photojournalism, electronic imagery, etc.

Commercial: Images of a commercial, editorial, or industrial nature.

Animal: An image taken of an animal.

ENTRANT CERTIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITY:

Entrant must certify that he/she has created, composed, and made the original exposure and that the processing and any special effect and/or digital manipulations were done by or under his/her direction.  He/she must further certify that he/she understands this statement and faces the penalty of loss of five Exhibition Merits if the statement is proven false.  Entrant agrees to hold harmless against any liabilities or claims arising out of the display, publication, promotion or other use of photographs or other material submitted.  Entrant also agrees to hold AZPPA Board Members, judges, and Print Competition Committee members harmless against any liabilities or claims arising out of any dispute of the rules and/or print competition.

INELIGIBLE PHOTOGRAPHS:

Albums or photographs that were made under the supervision of an instructor, during a seminar, or as a class assignment are NOT ELIBIGLE in this competition.

No two images shall be of the same subject, i.e., the same model.  Each entry must be distinctly different.  This would exclude the same model in different clothing or in separate sittings.

An image that has already merited in an AZPPA Print Competition cannot be entered again, whether it be included in a composite, as an individual image, in an album, or presented with a new treatment.

RETOUCHING:  Retouching is permissible on the photographic images.  Retouching may be done by someone other than the photographer but must be done under the direction of the photographer.

IDENTIFICATION (PHOTOGRAPHS): In order to identify and list entries, all photographs must be titled.  No title, signature, name of maker, award ribbons or seals may appear on the digital images.  However, wording or titles which are an integral part of the entry, are acceptable.  All makers are to remain anonymous to the judges.

AZPPA PRINT MERTIS: An entry receiving a final score of 80 or above will automatically receive an AZPPA Print Merit.

LOAN COLLECTION*: The Loan Collection is selected based upon the below criteria:

Scores: 80-84 will not be judged for loan collection

Scores: 85-94 will be judged separately for loan collection

Scores 95-100 are automatically selected as loan

 *Images chosen for Loan will receive an additional AzPPA Print Merit.

DIGITAL SUBMISSIONS: Digital images for competition must be re-sized so they are 4,000 pixels along the longest side. Each digital file must contain an embedded sRBG color profile and be saved at a JPEG quality setting of 10 or 90-95%.  Total file size should not exceed 7.5 MB.  Images will be judges on 27” Apple monitors mounted horizontally.

COPYRIGHT: Entrants retain copyright of their images.  However, by registering your images, you provide AzPPA with a release to facilitate AZPPA’s display of winning entries at the event, for marketing purposes on AZPPA’s website and printed material, without further compensation.

ARBITRATION: The AZPPA Image Chairperson has the authority to make decisions about any questions not specifically covered by these rules, and his/her decision will be final.  Any entries not following these rules will be automatically be disqualified.

ADDITIONAL RULES FOR ALBUM CATEGORY

1. Albums will be judged for impact, creativity, style, image quality, technique, story content, expression of the subjects, lighting, presentation, and stability of work.
2. All images must be from the same event.
3. No multiple-volume albums are allowed.
4. An image entered in an album cannot the be entered as an individual submission in the Pint Competition in the same year.
5. Albums may not contain any images that previously merited in AZ State image competition.
6. Albums accepted into the Loan Collection will receive an additional exhibition merit.
7. Additional Rules for Multi-Maker Albums.
   1. All participating photographers must be AZPPA members
   2. Each participating photographer must have a minimum of 20 of his/her images represent in the album.  The album will be judged as one entry.  Each participating photographer must complete an online registration form and include a submission fee.
   3. Submission of a Multiple Photographer Album will be counted as one entry towards each of the participating photographer’s total allowed entries.
   4. All identifying marks indicating the maker must be obscured.

Special Note for Digital Albums: The photographer is responsible for the original layout design and all digital effects.  Template design software may be used or someone else may create the digital effects, but you must be done under the photographer’s directions.