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Capture Oakville Categories

The Photography Competition features up to six-(6) categories, each with specific subject matter and criteria to challenge and inspire the artistic and technical capabilities of the photographers entering the competition.

 

Capture Oakville is a major juried photo competition using judges qualified under the Canadian Association of Photographic Arts (CAPA).

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Capture Oakville
The Streets of Oakville

An image that captures and demonstrates the interaction of people and their behaviours in public places within Oakville where you capture a realistic ‘decisive moment.’

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Though people usually feature directly, street photography might be absent of people and can be of an object or environment within Oakville where the imagery projects a decidedly human character in facsimile or aesthetic.

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Capture Lanscapes

A grand expanse of Scenery, Landscape, spectacular natural event, or Environmental vista which conveys the scale, size or proportion of what you are photographing.

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The image may include methods such as wide-format panoramic field-of-view, High Dynamic Range (HDR) techniques. Human elements are acceptable, as long as they are not the primary subject matter.

Note: Cityscapes are excluded from this category.

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Capture People & Portraits

A compelling portrait photograph that captures the moment of contact or interaction, while accentuating the essential characteristics and personality of the human spirit.

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The human subject should be the central element. Photographs can include, Candid or Posed, Portraiture, Studio, or Photojournalism.

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Nature & Wildlife

Compelling image of natural elements such as wildlife, plants, insects, and close-ups of small natural subjects or textures.*

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Notes:
Close-up or Macro photographs are welcome in this category.
* Small natural subjects or textures could include parts of animals/plants/insects such as feathers, flower stamens, pollen, leaf vein patterns, compound eyes of insects, etc.


** Hand-of-Man elements are ‘discouraged.

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Capture Black & White

A ‘creative’ visual image which uses the aesthetic of the black and white medium to best represent the impression of tone, texture or contrast in order to attract, guide and/or polarize the viewers attention. This category is open to any subject matter.

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Exploration

Open to creative and innovative images that explore new personal directions in the art or science of photography and result in compelling images with strong visual and/or emotional impact. 

Any subject matter or technique may be used. Images will be evaluated on their creativity, impact and inventive application of photographic principles and techniques.

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