Competition:  Fine Art or Still Life
Entries close midnight Friday 21st August 2026
Judge: Jacqui Dean
Maximum 6 entries total per person.

FINE ART DESCRIPTION
This category should feature images where the intention is aesthetic, revealing the subjective, creative vision of the artist, photos that express an idea, a message, or an emotion through the image and the technique used to create it. 
1) ABSTRACT – non objective, experimental or conceptual photography depicting a visual image not immediately associated with the object world. 
2) COLLAGE – any image created by combining or pasting several images or parts of images together to create a new composition or interpretation of reality. 
3) LANDSCAPE- photography featuring landscapes in an artistic way, often enhanced, showing scenes in nature through the creative eye and techniques of the photographer. 
4) MINIMALISM – images using a minimum amount of components such as colour, shape, line and texture. 
5) NUDES – photos depicting the nude human body with an emphasis on form, composition, emotional content and other aesthetic qualities. 
6)  PORTRAIT – artistic images of a person or group of people capturing the personality of the subject by use of lighting, backdrops, poses, etc. 
7) STILL LIFE – photos depicting inanimate subject matter, typically a small group of objects or with a single object in focus.

For this Fine Art Photography competition, the judge has introduced an additional creative challenge:  participants are invited to explore the subject of “A Red Apple or a Red Onion.”  This theme may be interpreted as an addition to your existing chosen subject matter, or it can be the sole focus of your entry if you prefer.