Participating in Digital Competitions
Our club’s digital image competitions are usually held on Zoom every third Tuesday of the month. These meetings are recorded and shared on our private YouTube channel for members who can’t attend live, although to submit an image you have to attend.
Members compete at four skill levels in most categories: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, and Masters. Experienced judges review each image and offer helpful critiques and feedback.
Creating a digital competition image involves both photographic skill and digital editing. For the “storytelling” categories—Nature, Travel, and Journalism—editing is limited to cropping, removing dust spots, and light dodging or burning. Titles are important and part of the judging.
In the “artistic” categories—Pictorial, Creative, and Alternate—makers can use more editing tools, but all elements in the image must be photographed by the maker. Titles may be read, but are not judged.
Winning images move on to compete in the monthly Northern California Council of Camera Clubs (N4C) competition.
