Competitions
Download The Aperture Group's Competition Rules
Updated 29th June 2026
January 2026
SENSE OF MOTION
Subject: Sense of Motion
Your image needs to depict the subject was moving
Digitals are due in on the 13th of January 2025
Competition night is the 20th of January 2026
Email: tagcompetitions@gmail.com
February 2026
INDUSTRIAL
Subject: Industrial
Anything from machinery parts to machinery or industrial buildings, etc
Digitals are due in on the 27th January 2026
Competition night is on Tuesday 3rd February 2026
Email: tagcompetitions@gmail.com
March 2026
STORM
Subject: Storm
Lets see Mother Nature at its best!
Digitals are due in on the 24th February 2026
Competition night is 3rd March 2026
Email: tagcompetitions@gmail.com
April 2026
SHADOWS
Subject: Shadows
Main subject of image must be of shadows
Digitals are due in on the 31st March 2026
Competition night is 7th April 2026
Email: tagcompetitions@gmail.com
May 2026
ONE LIGHT SOURCE
Subject: One Light Source
Using just one light source to light your image eg sun, studio light, window light etc
Digitals are due in on the 28th April 2026
Competition night is 5th May 2026
Email: tagcompetitions@gmail.com
June 2026
AUTUMN
Subject: Autumn
Anything to depict what you see as the season Autumn
Digitals are due in on the 26th May 2026
Competition night is the 2nd June 2026
Email: tagcompetitions@gmail.com
July 2026
REFLECTIONS
Subject: Reflections
The main subject is to show reflections. This could be an image reflected in a puddle, water or tabletop, etc
Digitals are due in on the 30th June 2026
Competition night is 7th July 2026
Email: tagcompetitions@gmail.com
August 2026
LONG EXPOSURE
Subject: Long exposure
The image must be taken longer than three seconds
Digitals are due in on the 28th July 2026
Competition night is on 4th August 2026
Email: tagcompetitions@gmail.com
September 2026
SYMMETRY
Subject: Symmetry
Any image that shows symmetry
Digitals are due in on the 25th August 2026
Competition night is the1st September 2026
Email: tagcompetitions@gmail.com
October 2026
LOW KEY/HIGH KEY
Subject: Low key/High key
Your image must be either low or high key. Research what this is for ideas
Digitals are due in on the 29th September 2026
Competition night is the 6th October 2026
Email: tagcompetitions@gmail.com
November 2026
FOOD
Subject: Food
Get our taste buds watering!
Digitals are due in on the 27th October 2026
Competition night is 3rd November 2026
Email: tagcompetitions@gmail.com
December 2026
Annual Awards & Christmas Party
Each financial member can submit 2 x digital entries and 2 x print entries providing that they have been entered in any of the 2026 competitions.
The images cannot have been altered in any way.
Both prints and digitals need to be submitted to the Competition Director by 17th November 2026.
This is to gives time to let the judge award our Print and Digital Image of the Year, and to get our awards engraved.