Note: You must have a Visual Pursuits account and an ESPC membership to enter photos into competition.

How to enter:

1. Log into your Visual Pursuits account: /

• If you need instructions, please ask.
• Label photo with your title only (you do not need any other information, as VP knows the rest)

2. You may enter up to 3 photographs per competition. Only one can be entered into the Open category. You may enter up to 3 in any of the other categories (3 max for each month’s competition.)

SEPTEMBER: (due Wed 9/4 by 11:59 p.m. for competition 9/18)

A. BEST GETAWAY -This is to include your favorite shot(s) taken while on a vacation or a weekend getaway (taken while on a planned getaway - not business or in everyday life)

B. FLIGHT-As long as the main subject is in flight, everything is in play.

C. CREATED STILL LIFE - Arrange inanimate and/or man-made objects in an aesthetically appealing scene using light, composition and styling. 

D. OPEN

OCTOBER: (due Wed 10/2 by 11:59 p.m. for competition 10/16)

A. FAIRS/FESTIVALS -Make the viewer feel like they missed out on a fun, unique experience.

B. RED HEADS -Anything with a red "head" qualifies.  Much room for creativity here.

C. GET LOW - Place the camera below eye level, near the ground and aim upwards to capture the subject.  Or, get low to be at eye level with a close to the ground subject.

D. OPEN

NOVEMBER: (due Wed 11/6  by 11:59 p.m. for competition 11/20)

A. PET(s) - A domestic or tamed animal or animals kept for companionship or pleasure. 

B. GRAFFITI/MURALS - Art that is written, painted or drawn on a wall or other surface, often without permission and within public view.

C. PAINT w/CAMERA - Intentional camera movement.  Motion blurs.  Think impressionism.  David DesRocher's 2024 program notes were emailed to members.  If you would like this information let Jim Hutchinson know.

D. OPEN

DECEMBER: (No competition; holiday break)

JANUARY: (due Wed 1/8 by 11:59 p.m. for competition 1/22)

A. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT(S) - Any device(s) used for making music must be the main subject.

B. MACRO - Showcase a subject larger than it is in real life - an extreme close-up.

C. FOUND STILL LIFE - Capture everyday objects as they are found and phograph them in an interesting and unqiue way.  Imagine leaves on a pathway.

D. OPEN

FEBRUARY: (due Wed 2/5 by 11:59 p.m. for competition 2/19)

A. ABANDONED BUILDINGS/OBJECTS - The abandoned item(s) must be the main subject.

B. YOUTH - What is youth to you?  Depict youth however you see fit but remember, it must be relatable to the viewer as well.

C. SELF-PORTRAIT - Selfies can be described as such; however, there's a clear difference between the two.  Self portraits are carefully composed, well thought-out, and meant to create a lasting impression of yourself (taken by yourself).

D. OPEN

MARCH: (due Wed 3/5 by 11:59 p.m. for competition 3/19)

A. WINDOWS/DOORS - Challenge yourself to make the viewer want to know the window and/or door's history as a result of your capture. 

B. I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR EYES - Eyes are referred to as a window to one's soul.  Show us their soul. 

C. MOVING WATER - Great opportunity to practice long exposure.  Entries should show obvious water movement, leaving nothing to the imagination.

D. OPEN

APRIL: (due Wed 4/2 by 11:59 p.m. for competition 4/16)

A. TREES - Real, fake, alive or dead.  If it's a tree, it qualifies.

B. BLACK AND WHITE - Can be taken in black and white or converted.

C. DUSK TO DAWN  - Astrophotography, star trails, captured outside dusk-to-dawn (low light).

D. OPEN

MAY:  Awards Banquet, May 21