2020-2021 Assigned Subjects
(All images that are to be entered in the Assigned Subject competition for the 2020-2021 DPS year must have been captured on or after August 12, 2019.)
AUGUST 2020 (online only): Flowers of 2020 (An image showing flower(s) that bloomed in 2020)
SEPTEMBER 2020: Covid-19 (An image that evokes our life in the Time of COVID)
OCTOBER 2020: Macro (Close-Up) Image
NOVEMBER 2020: Color Contrast ((Image showing different colors that enhance theme)
DECEMBER 2020 (online only): Party Item (An image showing an item(s) that suggests party or celebration)
JANUARY 2021: Seeds (Plant seeds)
FEBRUARY 2021: Plated Meal (Ready to eat food on a plate)
MARCH 2021: My Big Toe (Interesting selfie of photographer's big toe [homage to the late Bill Talarowski] )
APRIL 2021: Architectural Detail (An interesting portion of a building or large scale manmade artifice)
2021-2022 Assigned Subjects
To be announced.
Previous Assigned Subjects
2019-2020 Assigned Subjects
(All images that are to be entered in the Assigned Subject competition for the 2019-2020 DPS year must have been captured on or after September 1, 2018.)
SEPTEMBER 2019: Automobile Detail (Part of an automobile)
OCTOBER 2019: Smoke (Image where smoke is the predominant subject)
NOVEMBER 2019: Round Image (Circular image by vignetting, fisheye, polar coordinates, crop; no right angle image corners)
JANUARY 2020: Jewelry (Non-clothing, removable decorative accessory on a person/creature or by itself)
FEBRUARY 2020: Angry Mother Nature (Storm, eruption, earthquake, etc. or its obvious results)
MARCH 2020: Father (Shows a biological father or things representing or suggesting one)
APRIL 2020: Cooking (Show the process of preparing food with heat)