January 12, 2023 | Awards
All photographers who have won 4 or more awards in the same category throughout the course of the year have now progressed as a finalist to the end-of-year awards!
Congratulations to all who have made it to this list. The standard expected to receive an IPPVA award is very high.
The judging sessions from the 2022 heats were recorded and are available to members to view under the resources section of the website. This could not happen without our wonderful judges. Thank you most sincerely to them. The time and effort involved are much appreciated.
The Irish Professional Photographer of the Year and the Irish Professional Videographer of the Year as well as all category winners will be announced at the annual gala dinner which is a highlight of our events calendar. We are delighted to have been able to set Sunday, March 26th, 2023 as the date for this amazing night.
Details on booking tickets for the gala dinner will be announced soon.
Below you will find the names of the finalists for the Photographer of the Year 2023 title.
IPPVA Photographers can submit to the Architectural category any image of the interior or exterior of a building or structure, in whole or in part, as a detail or graphic, where the integrity, design, and structure of the building are the primary focus of the image.
The image must be sympathetic to the architectural elements of the structure. While there is an obvious emphasis on the technical elements of the image, the judges are looking for harmony between the design of the building/structure and the composition of the image.
The following professional architectural photographers based in Ireland have been announced as finalists in the IPPVA Irish Professional Photographer and Videographer of the Year awards 2023, having won multiple awards in the Architectural category during the heats in 2022.
IPPVA Photographers can submit to the Commercial category any image that is commissioned to illustrate a product, people, expertise or to promote brand awareness.
This includes, but is not limited to:
The following professional commercial photographers based in Ireland have been announced as finalists in the IPPVA Irish Professional Photographer and Videographer of the Year awards 2023, having won multiple awards in the Commercial category during the heats in 2022.
In the Fine Art category, IPPVA Photographers are invited to submit creative photographs in all mediums, including Human Form. Anything that contributes artistically to the image is allowed including editing, manipulation, compositing, use of illustration, and graphic elements. However, all elements must be photographed/produced by the entrant.
The following professional Fine Art photographers based in Ireland have been announced as finalists in the IPPVA Irish Professional Photographer and Videographer of the Year awards 2023, having won multiple awards in the Fine Art category during the heats in 2022.
In the Landscape category, IPPVA members may submit any image that portrays a landscape or urban landscape.
Judges will be looking for a strong emphasis on originality and artistic merit. Images taken at common/popular Landscape locations will require something very unique in their approach in order to stand out. Fine-Art Landscapes are also a part of this category.
The following professional landscape photographers based in Ireland have been announced as finalists in the IPPVA Irish Professional Photographer and Videographer of the Year awards 2023, having won multiple awards in the Landscape category during the heats in 2022.
IPPVA Photographers can submit newborn images derived from commissioned newborn portrait sessions in this category.
Newborn babies included in submitted photographs are less than 6 weeks past their due date. This allows for babies who are born premature to be included in this category when they are well enough to be photographed. The images may include other people including parents, siblings, pets, etc.
The category is open to classic and documentary newborn photography and can be done in studio, at home, or environmental.
The following professional newborn photographers based in Ireland have been announced as finalists in the IPPVA Irish Professional Photographer and Videographer of the Year awards 2023, having won multiple awards in the Newborn category during the heats in 2022.
IPPVA Photographers can submit any images in the Open Creative category which do not meet the criteria for other categories, including personal work.
Examples of images for this category include (but are not limited to):
The following professional photographers based in Ireland have been announced as finalists in the IPPVA Irish Professional Photographer and Videographer of the Year awards 2023, having won multiple awards in the Open Creative category during the heats in 2022.
IPPVA Photographers can submit portrait images derived from commissioned portrait sessions to the Portrait category.
The following professional portrait photographers based in Ireland have been announced as finalists in the IPPVA Irish Professional Photographer and Videographer of the Year awards 2023, having won multiple awards in the Portrait category during the heats in 2022.
The Wedding – Classic Category is where IPPVA members submit posed, traditional, or classic wedding photography.
The classic style focuses on taking posed shots of the couple and the group at large and involves a lot of direction from the photographer. It may not necessarily capture the emotions of the day as a whole but will give some beautiful traditional shots.
This category shows reverence to the classic wedding images of the past that are the definition of timeless.
The following professional wedding photographers based in Ireland have been announced as finalists in the IPPVA Irish Professional Photographer and Videographer of the Year awards 2023, having won multiple awards in the Classic Wedding category during the heats in 2022.
Images submitted by IPPVA photographers to the Wedding – Creative category closely follows market trends or even sets new ones.
Creative wedding photography is modern, contemporary, fresh, and exciting. This style of images may have many of the classic elements but also incorporates many modern and creative elements, often pushing the boundaries beyond the norm in wedding photography.
Posing or client interactions may be unusual and break convention. Compositions, cropping, and styles of processing may also be key elements in an award-winning image of this type. The photographer must clearly convey their understanding of the elements of modern, creative photography and show that they have attempted to understand the genre.
These images may be less about the mood of the day or the couple as characters, but instead the vision and artistic style of the photographer.
The following professional wedding photographers based in Ireland have been announced as finalists in the IPPVA Irish Professional Photographer and Videographer of the Year awards 2023, having won multiple awards in the Classic Wedding category during the heats in 2022.
Documentary wedding photography is also known as reportage or journalistic wedding photography. The aim of this type of photographic style is to document the wedding day in an unobtrusive fashion, conveying a clear narrative.
IPPVA members can only submit images that are completely undirected and had a ‘hands-off’ approach when taken.
It is imperative that documentary wedding images tell a story. This is where there is a difference between documentary and candid. There are many moments that can be captured on the fly, i.e. ‘candidly’ but this does not necessarily make it a documentary image.
The judges will be looking for a story/drama/life/emotion, looking to see that the photographer has composed the shot to include the elements needed to convey that story.
The following professional wedding photographers based in Ireland have been announced as finalists in the IPPVA Irish Professional Photographer and Videographer of the Year awards 2023, having won multiple awards in the Documentary Wedding category during the heats in 2022.
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