NORTHERN BEACHES: local landscape, wildlife or any image taken on the Northern Beaches.

MAN-MADE: image dominated by the hand of man - architecture/industry/bridges/cityscape/products/boats/clothing/furniture - focus on the products of man rather than have people or nature dominate the image.

LAND/SEA/ SCAPE: A picture of natural scenery where landscape or seascape is predominant, including coastal scenery, open sea, wave study, trees. Other elements eg boats, houses etc should not dominate the picture. .

EMOTION: an image which captures or evokes emotion - can be a face showing emotion or image which evokes emotion which may not necessarily contain people - eg loneliness.
For ideas go to - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emotions

TRAVEL: A photo expressing the feeling of a time and place portraying a land, its people or a culture. Includes photos of domestic origin.

PROVERBS/CONCEPTS: for those who like a challenge - portray a proverb together with its title, e.g. Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth - or create an image using contrasting themes such as big/small, rough/smooth, natural/manmade, dark/light etc.
For ideas - http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/proverbs.html

A DIFFERENT VIEW: Use abstraction, viewpoint, macro, isolation, reflections, shadows or silhouettes to showing compelling detail, shapes or impressions usually overlooked by the casual observer.

CREATIVE/FREESTYLE: A picture that displays a novel effect or a technique such as montage/collage/mixed media. The picture must have a basic photographic image. Choice of subject matter is unrestricted and to be presented in an unconventional rather than usual photographic manner.

NATURE: A picture depicting untamed animals, birds, insects or uncultivated plants in natural habitat. Geology and phenomena not produced by man. Evidence of the hand of man is undesirable and should be avoided.