I recently entered the 2024 NZ Amateur Photography Awards. This is a new competition that is run by NZIPP alongside the Iris Awards.
I submitted eight images, seven images received a Highly Commended Award, and one image received a Commended Award.

The categories were Landscape, Open, Nature, Portrait, Black and White, Photojournalism and Under 18. I entered Landscape, Open and Nature.

After entries had closed the images were judged by five judges in each category and the images were given a score out of one hundred. The scores for each image were then averaged to give a final score.

The top twenty-five images in each category then went to a live feedback round with a panel of three judges at the photo show which is being held in Christchurch this year. It was live streamed over YouTube on the 31st of July.

At 5pm on the 31st of July the top three images in each category were announced as well as the top three finalists for NZ Amateur Photographer of the Year. The winner will be announced at the Gala Dinner at the end of the Photo Show on Sunday night.

I have included the points awarded for each of my images.

Scoring Range

95-100 - Gold with Excellence

90 - 94 - Gold

85 - 89 - Silver with Merit

80 - 84 - Silver

70 - 79 - Highly Commended

60 - 69 - Commended

View the full Gallery of Images Here

Galleries | NZIPP (awardsplatform.com)

Click on the images below to open a new window to see the individual awards.