Ridgewood Camera Club


To score well in the assigned subject category, the assigned subject should be the obvious center of interest within the image. Images where the assigned subject is a minor aspect of the composition historically do not receive high scores or are disqualified.

Assigned Subjects 2024 - 2025

The Assigned Subject Competitions and their definitions for the 2024-2025 season are:

Architectural Detail Architectural DetailImages refers to capturing the design and construction of buildings and other physical structures created by humans for shelter, work, worship, or recreation. This involves highlighting the specifics and unique characteristics of buildings and structures inside or outside. Entries may focus on individual elements, such as doors and windows, or broader architectural compositions. For this assigned subject, images should only include man-made structures. Do not include structures made by animals, such as beaver dams, nests, or ant hills.

Nighttime Nighttime photography involves capturing images in low-light conditions, utilizing ambient sources such as moonlight, starlight, and city lights to illuminate subjects and scenes. This genre encompasses the period between sunset and sunrise, not images of sunsets or sunrises. Furthermore, images of solar eclipses are excluded from this category as they are taken during the daytime. Techniques involving light painting, flash, and reliance on natural sunlight are prohibited for this assignment.