NHPPA IMAGE COMPETITION 2019

The NHPPA image competition for 2019 will take place at our annual conference on April 26-27, 2019 at the Margate Resort in Laconia, N.H. The judging will begin on Friday evening [April 26] from 7 to 9 p.m. and resume on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and continue until all images have been judged.

The deadline to enter images is 11 p.m. on Monday, April 15, 2019. We will be using the printcompetition.com software. Refer to the image competition rules for details on preparing and uploading your images.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact either of the Image Competition Co-Chairs Allison McGrail (allison@allisonhopephotography.com) or John Malboeuf (johnm@johnmphoto.com).

Our esteemed panel of judges for the 2019 competition are:
     • PPA President Audrey Wancket, M.Photog.Cr., CPP
     • Mark Sweeney, M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr.
     • Ed Pedi, M.Photog.Cr., CPP
     • Maria Sampaio, M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr., CPP 
     • Kelly Schulze, M.Photog.Cr., CPP
     • Jury Chair Nancy Green, M.Photog.Cr., CPP 

Anyone who wants to improve their work and continue to grow as a photographer should enter photographic competition. By sitting in on a competition and listening to the judges, you will learn what is important in an image and it will help you pay attention to the details in what you are shooting. Competition forces you to push harder than you might normally, and it can bring you to great things.

Check out our Resources page and browse through previous award winning images as well as all the 2018 blue ribbon images on the homepage for more inspiration to help in entering image competition.