Image Competition & More
Image Judging and More
2024 WPPA Image Judging and More!
March 2, 2024
Congratulations to all who entered the 2024 WPPA Image Competition.
The awards ceremony will be held at the Awards Banquet on May 18, 2024, at the Convention.
The Awards Dinner Meal Ticket can be purchased with your convention ticket or separately if you are not attending the convention.
2024 WPPA Image Judging and More – Competition Facts:
- Judging will be held on March 2, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.(central time).
- Registration opens on January 26, 2024.
- All registration takes place at: www.printcompetition.com.
- Entry Deadline is Midnight (Central Time) on Thursday, February 29, 2024.
- WPPA is holding THREE competitions.
- Photographic Open Competition
- Artist Competition
- Senior Folio Competition
- Everyone is encouraged to enter.
- Everyone is eligible to win the Sponsored Awards (ONLY 1 Sponsored Award is allowed per entrant.)
- WPPA Members are eligible to win the WPPA State Awards. You must have renewed your 2024 Membership or Joined WPPA BEFORE you enter the 2024 Image Judging and More. (See membership application for more information on becoming a WPPA member and WPPA State Award Rules.)
- Entrants may enter unlimited entries in each of the three competitions.
- The entry fee is $15 per individual entry.
- Entrants may pay an additional $30 for image discussion that takes place the day of the judging and is recorded, one fee for all of the images that you have entered into any of the competitions. Please allow 2 weeks following the completion of the competition for the upload of the discussions to printcompetition.com.
- Entries include any combination of digital entries and digital album entries.
The WPPA Image Competition is designed to further your education in the areas of technical excellence and understanding of an exceptional image that may set you apart from other photographers.
Images entered are judged against 5 elements. Jurors use these 5 elements to deem whether an entry has met or exceeded the level of a high-quality professional image.
- Impact
- Technical Excellence
- Creativity/Style
- Composition
- Presentation/Title
- Scoring Scale – Images entered into the WPPA Image Judging and More can receive scores up to 100 points, dependent on how they meet the Elements of a Merit Image.
- 100 – 95 Exceptional
- 94 – 90 Superior
- 89 – 85 Excellent
- 84 – 80 Deserving of a Merit
- 79 – 75 Above Average
- 74 – 70 Average
- 69 – 65 Below Exhibition
WPPA 2024 Image Judging and more along with the WPPA 2024 State Awards and Rules Have Changed.
2.27.2024
WPPA State Award Sponsor – Update Notice:
AIM is no longer a WPPA Member State Award Sponsor. They used to sponsor the highest-scoring Animal Image, which was a WPPA Member State Award and this was listed in our 2024 WPPA Competition Rules.
We do not have a different sponsor to take the place of AIM, so this award is discontinued for 2024. This was WPPA Member State Award.
AIM is no longer an organization. A new PPA Network Partner has formed out of the AIM organization called International Society of Animal Photographers, that organization only sponsors their own Image Competition Awards.
It is your responsibility to read them along with any updates before you enter WPPA Image Judging and More.
- Log in or register yourself as a new artist if you do not have an account at printcompetition.com.
- Look for the WPPA (WI) Logo.
- Click on the WPPA Logo to register for the image judging and upload your images.
Image Competition Chair
Jamie Steeno
www.wppajamie.com
Image Competition Crew
Tim Koll
Image Competition Crew
Chris Rugowski
Image Competition Crew
Krystal Stankowski
Judge & Sponsorship Recruitment
Kenneth Martin
Meet our Sponsors for the Top Scoring Image Awards
All Entrants are Eligible for Sponsored Awards!
See Rules Please
$250.00 Lab Credit and Award
Highest Scoring Image from either Photographic Open, Artist, or Senior Folio Competition.
$250.00 Lab Credit and Award
Award for Highest Scoring Image in the Artist Competition.
$250.00 Lab Credit and Award
Award for the Highest Scoring Image in the Portrait Category of the Photographic Open Competition.
$250.00 Lab Credit and Metal Print Award
Award for the Highest Scoring Image in the Illustrative Category of the Photographic Open Competition.
Meet Our IPC Judges
Dennis Hammon
MPhotog., Cr, F-ASP, IPC Juror
With over 45 years of experience Dennis Hammon, is still excited about getting up every day to work. With a following of family, senior, commercial and boudoir clients he still services his clients of over 4 decades. In recent years, Dennis has developed a following for his Fine art/scenic photography.
Years of experience behind him, and years ahead for the learning Dennis loves to share with fellow photographers his style of lighting and photography for portraits or you can find him in the field instructing the art of composition, finding the scene and enjoying the out of doors.
Dennis is a PPA Master Photographer, Photographic Craftsman, PPA Certified. He has been twice named Photographer of the year by Intermountain Professional Photographers and Master of the year in Idaho eight times, and continually in the top 10. Dennis also has been awarded over a dozen Kodak Gallery awards and numerous Fuji Masterpiece awards. The more than 100 + images accepted by the PPA and numerous Loan images attest to his love of print competition and is also a PPA Affiliated print juror.
Dennis has also earned the PPA Excellence in Imaging Award and 2 bars for loan images. Most recently Dennis was award Fellow of Photography from the American Society of Photographers. He is one of only 123 photographers in the world with this honor.
He has also been recognized by his peers by receiving the National Award for
his service to professional photography by several state Photographic organizations.
In his work, Dennis strives to express not merely a picture but a reflection of thoughts, feelings and dreams, using his ability to seek both the inner and outer beauty to create a lasting memory. It hasn’t always been easy but after 45 years in business Dennis strives to inspire and motivate photographers to find their artistic side as well as their business side.
Dennis knows what it is like to dream and succeed! Always believing in the saying “If you are not the lead dog the scenery never changes”.
Joe Campanellie
M.Photog.Cr., CPP, F-ASP, IPC Juror
Joe Campanellie is a Master Photographer, Photographic Craftsman, Certified Professional Photographer, and an Approved Affiliate Juror with the Professional Photographers of America (PPA). He also has the distinction of being 1 of only 130 individuals worldwide to hold the prestigious Fellowship Degree from the American Society of Photographers (ASP).
Before relocating to Florida, Joe and his wife owned a high-end portrait studio in Maryland for nearly 30 years specializing in children, families, and high school seniors.
Moving to Florida in 2012 gave Joe the opportunity to pursue his love of avian and nature photography on a full-time basis. Joe maintains an active speaking and judging schedule, addressing professional photography organizations, schools, and seminars. His work has been accepted into a number of local juried shows where he has been awarded some of the top honors.
Joe has been involved in local and international photographic competitions for over 31 years.
During that time span, he has garnered some of the most prestigious awards in the industry from Kodak, Fuji, PPA, and ASP. He has multiple Grand Imaging Awards, 165 PPA Merit Images, and at Imaging USA this year he was awarded his 6th Diamond Photographer of the Year Award and his 3rd Imaging Excellence Bar for 54 Imaging Excellence (loan) images.
In 2022 he was selected to represent Team USA in the World Photographic Cup Competition in which the USA won the World Photographic Cup.
Toni Harryman
M.Photog. M.Artist, Cr., CPP, IPC Juror
Toni has owned and operated Johnson Photography since 1982. She holds the prestigious Master of Photography, Photographic Craftsman, Master Artist degrees, and Image Excellence medal from the Professional Photographers of America. She is also a Certified Professional Photographer having passed an extensive written test of her photographic knowledge and a review of her photography. She also holds the distinguished Fellow of Photography degree from the Professional Photographers of Iowa for her service to that group and was awarded the National Service Award from PPA for Iowa.
She has served on the PPI board of directors for 13 years and is a Past President of that organization. She currently serves on the ASP Board of Directors. She also served on her town Chamber of Commerce and was Chamber President. Other volunteer positions were held with Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and church groups.
Toni was a Diamond photographer of the year at IPC 2020 and 2021 and is a past GIA nominee.
Toni has taught and been on jury panels in more than 20 states and loves to share her passion for photography and art with fellow artists. She feels truly blessed to get to know so many inspiring and caring people in our industry through her travels.
Beyond all that I have been blessed to be the mother of 4 wonderful children who are now grown with families of their own and being a Nana is the best. I have a strong faith in and love nature, art in all forms, and spending time with family and friends.
Bob Coates
M.Photog.M.Artist,Cr., CPP, IPC Juror
Worked as a professional photographer since March of 1995. Written three books along with numerous articles for professional photography publications including Rangefinder, Professional Photographer, AfterCapture, Shutterbug and others. Speak nationally to photography organizations on marketing, Photoshop and business. In addition, I am now working toward building a body of Fine Art Photography work. Looking for photography projects and working with interesting creative people that stretch my skills… PS All work is 100% guaranteed. If you don’t like it, you don’t pay.
Check with Bob Coates Photography for commissioned art for entire businesses and offices, hotels, restaurants and fine homes. Choose your subject, color palette and style. I’ll design the look with your approval. All art guaranteed to please.
Specialties: Commercial Photography, Fine Art Decor, CD music covers photography and graphic design, Photographic instruction as a Panasonic Lumix Luminary
Kari Douma
M.Photog. IPC Juror
I am Kari… a wife, a mother, and a photographer. I love people, their stories, and everything that makes us special and unique from each other.
Why do I photograph people? I did not choose to be a photographer, it chose me. I love people, new beginnings, and telling stories through beautiful imagery. Weddings are one of the most joyous days of our lives. Newborns are so innocent, sweet and precious. Children and families are engaging, and seniors are unique and inspiring. I love to build lasting relationships with my clients so what ever their photographic needs are, I create images to help them document all stages of life. Over the years my seniors have graduated, have gotten engaged and become brides. My brides have become mothers, and their mothers have become grandmothers… It’s a blessing and a privilege to journey alongside my clients over the years as their families grow!
I am more than a “friend with a nice camera.” In this ever changing industry, I am always dedicated to learning and growth in my craft. In 2010 I became a Certified Professional Photographer and in 2012 I earned my Master of Photography degree from the Professional Photographers of America. The Professional Photographers of Michigan has named me “Michigan Photographer of the Year” multiple times. Since photography is not just my business, but also my passion, I travel around the country teaching other photographers and judging at professional photography image competitions.
Rick Avalos
M.Photog.Cr., CPP, IPC Juror
Rick Avalos has been practicing his craft for 34 years, he has lectured in Mexico and Spain and been honored by both his professional organizations and his fellow photographers.
Rick’s images have received numerous Kodak Gallery Awards and Fuji Masterpiece Awards, and have been displayed at Disney’s EPCOT Center, at Photokina in Cologne, Germany, and at the Pacific Rim International Exhibition in Seoul, South Korea.
In 1986, Rick was Certified by the PPA and he received his Master of Photography in 1992. In 1994, he earned his Photo-graphic Craftsman Degree and he also holds the Photographic and Educational Fellowship Degrees from the Professional Photographers of Colorado.
He received the coveted National Award from the Professional Photographers of Colorado and the Duncan McNab Service Award from the Rocky Mountain Professional Photographers Association.
Rick is an IPC PPA judge that is committed to the continued education of photographers that enter into image competitions.
On the fourth Thursday of each month, (January – October), Rick, along with Jeff, and a guest will offer valuable information and help you with your images in a positive and constructive atmosphere. Receiving critiques on your photographs is a valuable learning experience. He offers constructive criticism and valuable insights that will help you see your work from a different perspective, help you identify areas that can be improved, and praise you for your talents. A critique can help you grow as a photographer and an artist, and help you develop your own unique style. It’s important to approach the critique process with an open mind and not take negative feedback personally. Critiques are not an insult to you or your art.
The Image Critique Show with Rick Avalos & Jeff Johnson – 2-23-23