About
Professional Baseball Photographers’ Association Celebrating the Best Baseball Images of the Year.
The Professional Baseball Photographers’ Association looks to recognize the greatest baseball images of the year. PBPA Members and non-members may enter their work completed during this calendar year in a variety of categories.
Prizes
Portfolio (Grand Prize Winner)
Sony A9 III body with an FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II courtesy of Sony
Action
PhotoShelter Photographer Pro Account - 3 years free
PhotoShelter Pro includes unlimited photo storage, websites, mobile archive access, e-commerce and more! Courtesy of PhotoShelter
Student
Free tuition to a Sports Shooter Academy workshop in 2024 or 2025 (in-person, additional prizes included at workshop)
One year subscription for Photo Mechanic 6 courtesy of CameraBits
Story
Davis & Sanford TR605 Monopod courtesy of Davis & Sanford
PhotoShelter Photographer Standard Account - 1 year free
PhotoShelter Standard includes 100GB photo storage, websites, mobile archive access, e-commerce and more! Courtesy of PhotoShelter
Portrait
PhotoShelter Photographer Standard Account - 1 year free
PhotoShelter Standard includes 100GB photo storage, websites, mobile archive access, e-commerce and more! Courtesy of PhotoShelter
Emotion
PhotoShelter Photographer Standard Account - 1 year free
PhotoShelter Standard includes 100GB photo storage, websites, mobile archive access, e-commerce and more! Courtesy of PhotoShelter
Pictorial
Domke F2 Shoulder Bag in Olive courtesy of Domke
PhotoShelter Photographer Standard Account - 1 year free
PhotoShelter Standard includes 100GB photo storage, websites, mobile archive access, e-commerce and more! Courtesy of PhotoShelter
Amateur
PhotoShelter Photographer Standard Account - 1 year free
PhotoShelter Standard includes 100GB photo storage, websites, mobile archive access, e-commerce and more! Courtesy of PhotoShelter
Domke Photogs Vest (size and color up to winner) courtesy of Domke
Feature
TBD
All category winners will also receive a physical award and three Honorable Mention winners from each category will receive a certificate of their achievement. All prizes subject to change.
About Professional Baseball Photographers’ Association (PBPA)
Founded in 2023, the mission of the Professional Baseball Photographers’ Association (PBPA), a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization, is to support those that make a living capturing images of America’s pastime at all levels. Furthermore, the PBPA seeks to create a community and provide resources to its members while helping establish a code of conduct and best practices to successfully complete their jobs and further the craft.
The Judging Process
- The Judges will select images based upon technical skill, diversity, originality, and creativity of composition.
- Judging will be conducted anonymously and impartially.
- Judges will assess entries and choose the winners.
- Shortlisted images may need to provide an extended caption, RAW file or other information.
- The winners will be notified by email and a list of the winners will be published in Feb…
- The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- RAW or Original Camera files will be requested for finalists. Images that are out of the bound of journalistic integrity will be disqualified.
- PBPA will not have any role in the image judging process.