Digital Photo: Commercial Photography Portfolio
Digital Photo: Commercial Photography Portfolio (Arizona only - Team/ Individual event)
Event Overview
Topic: Digitally capture and present a portfolio of five (5) impactful and creative commercial photographs that highlight the competitor’s interest in a specific business or industry.
The images in the competitor’s commercial photography portfolio must tell a cohesive and compelling story about the student-selected business or industry.
The competitor’s commercial photography portfolio must contain five (5) attention-grabbing images of varied subjects that are shot from a variety of vantage points utilizing a diverse range of photographic compositional techniques.
Competition Procedure: Project content is prejudged prior to Regional and State Competition.
THIS IS AN ARIZONA-ONLY EVENT. WINNERS AT THE STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE DO NOT COMPETE IN THIS EVENT AT THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE EVENT:
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Photographs submitted for the Digital Photography: Commercial Photography Portfolio competition should be shot in RAW and JPEG.
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Competitors must submit the edited photo saved as a JPEG and an original JPEG file for each of the five (5) required commercial photographs. Judges must see the before and after photos. (Thus, a total of ten (10) image files must be submitted for the Digital Photography: Commercial Photography Portfolio competition.)
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All image files must be properly labeled.
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Competitors may utilize Adobe Camera Raw (in Adobe Bridge) or Adobe Lightroom or an equivalent third-party RAW converter to make adjustments to their photographs. PHOTOGRAPHS EDITED IN ADOBE PHOTOSHOP OR AN EQUIVALENT THIRD-PARTY IMAGE EDITING APPLICATION WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
THE FOLLOWING TWO REQUIREMENTS WILL BE ENFORCED:
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Competitors must submit signed and dated model release forms for all subjects photographed for the Digital Photography: Professional Business Portraits and Digital Photography: Commercial Photography Portfolio competitions. All minors photographed for either competition must have their signed and dated model release forms co-signed by a parent or guardian. PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANY INDIVIDUALS FOR WHOM A SIGNED MODEL RELEASE FORM HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
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Individual names of any and all photographic subjects must not appear anywhere within any submitted photograph. PHOTOGRAPHS WHEREIN SUBJECTS ARE IDENTIFIED BY NAME WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
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