Dave wrote >Not a bad idea I suppose, but then I never got into photography to win >contests. I just like taking pictures.
The same here. Participating in my camera club competitions is just how I "kick myself" to produce framed enlargements of my best shots. Winning was never an objective. I couldn't change my style of photography to please anybody but my self (or whoever is paying me) - or perhaps someone I care about. A little appreciation is always nice :-) However, this judge was different from others I have listened to. His own photographs were very beautiful, but somehow unnatural and all staged. If my philosophy is: "I invite you to look at the world (through my eyes)" His seemed to be: "I invite you to look at my mind through my eyes". That's fair enough, but when this philosophy is used to judge others, that's when the chain goes off, IMO. Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: David Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 3. januar 2005 11:11 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: PESO: Eight O' Clock Flower On Jan 3, 2005, at 9:13 AM, Bob W wrote: > I would never enter a photography competition unless I knew who the > judges were, and what qualified them to pass judgement on my > photographs. Once you know what a particular judge favours you can tailor your submission to suit. Apparently a lot of people do this. Not a bad idea I suppose, but then I never got into photography to win contests. I just like taking pictures. I went to a few meetings of the local Photographic Society a few years ago but I decided not to join as they were much too formal, and the competition judgings I saw certainly didn't impress me. There also seemed to be a lot of egos. Cheers, - Dave (who's lost count of the PAWs he's missed) http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
