TAURANGA PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY SET SUBJECT PROGRAMME 2025

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MAY PRINT
Last day to upload digital copy of print to Website:
30th April
Feedback: 15 May

LANDSCAPE - this may combine elements such as, land, sea, bodies of water and sky and may include human elements for scale and context but not to the extent that the human element becomes the prominent element. Refer to the Bylaws for full details. 
 MAY DIGITAL
Last day to enter: 30th April
Feedback: 5th June
SHOOT FROM ABOVE - try your hand at flat lays. Arrange items on a flat surface and shoot from above or look down on a scene. 
 JUNE PRINT
Last day to upload digital copy of print to Website:
31 May
Feedback: 19 June
NATURE - these are photographs of natural subjects such as insects, butterflies and moths, birds, animals or plants taken in their natural habitat. Refer to the Bylaws for full details 
 JUNE DIGITAL
Last day to enter: 31st May
Feedback: 3 July
CHOOSE A COLOUR - your photo can have several subjects of the same colour e.g. leaves, lemon slices or an arrangement of pink-made subjects. You can shoot one subject of a specific colour. Or you may like to do a monochromatic colour photo e.g. an orange on an orange plate. The colour must be the focus of the image. This does not include black and white or sepia 
JULY PRINT
Last day to upload digital copy of print to Website: 30 June
Feedback:17 July
CITY AT NIGHT - create an image showing a town or city at night, or go outside and capture your surroundings at night, that is, at least one hour after sunset.  
 JULY DIGITAL
Last day to enter: 30 June
Feedback: 7 August
REFLECTIONS - capture an image where a reflective surface, such as, water, glass, or mirrors, create mirrored images or visual effects. 
AUGUST PRINT
Last day to upload digital copy of print to Website:
31 July
Feedback: 21 August
FOOD - you can create a photo to ‘sell’ your food or create a still life to make your food look amazing. This is a form of Still Life and is restricted to food for humans. 
 AUGUST DIGITAL
Last day to enter: 31st July
Feedback: 4 September
ABSTRACT - abstract does not necessarily mean unidentifiable. This is a style that emphasises shapes, colours, patterns and texture, often taking the subject out of its usual context 
 SEPTEMBER PRINT
Last day to upload digital copy of print to Website:
31 August
Feedback: 18 September
SHOOT FROM BELOW - look at the world from a different angle i.e. the world from below. Take a photo from a lower vantage point, looking up at the subject, which can create a sense of power, dominance or grandeur. 
 SEPTEMBER DIGITAL
Last day to enter: 31 August
Feedback: 2nd October
WABI SABI - THE ART OF IMPERFECTION. This can be anything made by Nature or Man that has some type of flaw or irregularity. The ‘flaw’ can give it a unique appearance.  
 OCTOBER PRINT
Last day to upload digital copy of print to Website:
30 September
Feedback: 16 October
NEGATIVE SPACE - this is where you have more space around your subject than the subject itself. This does not mean your subject should be tiny, let the empty space around it enhance the subject.  
 OCTOBER DIGITAL
Last day to enter:
30 September
Feedback: 6 November
USING A MOBILE PHONE - 100 STEPS FROM YOUR DOOR - you can decide which door to start counting from. It could be the front door, the back door, a door at work or a door at a regular hangout. It must be a door that you regularly use. Go at different times of the day. You may be asked to submit the original and the metadata.

NOVEMBER PRINT
Last day to upload digital copy of print to Website:
30 October
Feedback: 5 February 2026

OPEN, submit one image only
 NOVEMBER DIGITAL
Last day to enter:
Feedback: 5 February 2026
OPEN, submit one image only 



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