Vetting Checklist

• The creative image has these elements — new composition, altered reality, and emphasized alteration
• Images must make creative use of imagination, straying from reality, using design elements, colour and light in non-traditional ways to produce abstract, impressionistic and experimental effects not achievable by standard photographic means
• Can be done in-camera and/or by manipulating the images using digital post-processing software
• Artwork and computer graphics created by the member can be incorporated as long as the photographic content predominates
• Merely using these techniques is not enough, however; they must be used artfully to produce an effective image
• Examples of creative techniques include: panning, zooming, lens distortion, special effects filters, montages, creative collages, strong Orton effects, multiple exposures, posterization, diffraction, “black light”, bas relief and unusual/unrealistic colourization
• Examples that would not be acceptable are: images that are merely black-and-white, infrared, or sepia, or images merely captured from an unusual angle or with a fisheye lens, unless something more has been done to the image to exaggerate the effect or combine it with other effects
• The title is an important component of the creative process;  maker must use of titles that contribute to the creativity of the image presentation

 

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