2024 – 2025
Quick Summary
There are two types of monthly competitions:
Open Special Theme
Unless labeled as a Special Theme, competitions are Open Contests. Photos can be of any subject or use any editing technique.
Special Theme Contests require entries to meet the stated theme of the contest.
All members can submit up to 3 pictures into monthly Open competitions, and 3 images for Special Theme competitions.
There are 4 competition classes:
Beginner Advanced Salon Master
New members are automatically placed in the beginner class. At the end of the season, members may advance to a higher class depending on their scores for the year.
Each monthly competition consists of 8 Digital contests:
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Monochrome Beginner |
Monochrome Advanced |
Monochrome Salon |
Monochrome Master |
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Color Beginner |
Color Advanced |
Color Salon |
Color Master |
Monochrome images must contain only shades of a single color.
Your entries can distributed without restriction between the Digital-Monochrome and Digital-Color contests of your Class.
In each of the contests, from among images that received a score of 9, a judge shall select a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place image.
Only first place winners of monthly competitions will be automatically entered into the club’s end of year contests when the best Picture of the year will be determined.
General Competition Rules for Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Entries must be original images taken by the photographer and with a camera, tablet, or cell phone.
- Al functions such as denoising, healing, sharpening, expanding canvas are allowed.
- Images generated solely or partially by Generative Artificial Intelligence, and not from an original digital file taken by the photographer, are not allowed.
Specific Competition Rules for NJFCC Pictorial Creative Entries on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- If a photographer is combining different elements/layers, ALL of these must be from original photographs taken by the photographer.
- You cannot purchase stock photography, use free images off the internet, trade images with friends nor use any other source than your own, original photographs.
Technical Requirements for MCC Digital Entries
- The name of the file should only contain the title of the image
- Maximum of 1400 pixels on the longest edge
- Any color space
- JPG only
- Thin stroke border recommended if the background is dark
- There must be no writing (Name, Title, etc.) on the picture
- All images for MCC competitions must be uploaded to VISUAL PURSUITS
Digital Technical Requirements for NJFCC Contests
- Maximum of 1050 pixels on the longest edge
- sRGB color space
- JPG only
- There must be no writing (Name, Title, etc.) on the picture.
- Images for NJFCC competitions must be uploaded to PHOTOCONTESTPRO.COM
Refer to Click Here for more NJFCC Information.
Instructions for uploading files can be found HERE.
If you have any questions, use our Technical Support Form
Revised November 2024
