Entering juried exhibits may lead to the same end.
Ive been there and bought the tee shirt! And won't be doing so until I know
the judges background. I've had very experiences with some of the judges
that have been on the jury - their background is important if you want your
photographs judged as photographs. Give me a photographer judge any time.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: "Jack Davis" <jdavi...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: OT - Learning how to choose your best work
Offering the photo buying public a portfolio from which to select an image
is a facinating but head shaking experience.
It's a completely unpredictable randome and wonderous exercise that my
result in a degree of insecurity about your own judgement.
Entering juried exhibits may lead to the same end.
Jack
From: Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com>
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 6:47 AM
Subject: Re: OT - Learning how to choose your best work
Bruce Walker wrote:
Moose Peterson discusses how to edit; ie: learning how to choose just
your best work.
I like his suggestion of getting work on a restaurant wall and then
observing people's reactions to it. Could be a cringe-worthy exercise!
I think it would be an almost worthless exercise, myself. What
everyone, including Moose Peterson, seems to be missing is the fact
that you have to choose your best work *before* you put on this
"restaurant wall exhibit". How much space is available on the walls?
How many photographs do you shoot in a year? Most of the selection
process takes place before the photos go up.
Moose Peterson has been shooting so long that his initial selection
process is almost instinctive now. That's why he didn't notice he was
doing it at all in his restaurant wall thought experiment. What he
really wants to do is what Tim Bray identified as the real trick for
someone who makes a living from this stuff: figure out what the public
is going to go for (and buy).
So I'd say the Moose Peterson experiment is worthless from an artistic
standpoint but useful from a commercial standpoint. It just depends on
what your goal is.
--
Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia
http://www.robertstech.com/
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