Advice from the Trenches

Photocritic shares his recent jurying experience in "How to Win a Photography Contest." Someone looking for "the secret combination" on which photo to submit in a particular competition may be disppointed, because the advice is pretty basic to every picture you'll ever take: create interesting compositions, be technically proficient, work at developing your own vision, tell a story, etc.

However, the blog entry includes several noteworthy photos; my favorite was the black-and-white image of the lovers. (Do enlarge it, as the author suggests... just not at the office.)

And I agreed with Haje Kamp when he wrote:

"A snapper that is technically perfect but lacks vision will never be a great photographer. You can imitate, but not learn true photographic vision. On the other hand, having a great vision of what makes a good photo is not an excuse not to acquire the technical skills you need to express your ideas."

You'll see that I added a link to the Photocritic web site to the right-hand nav. bar of this site, as I recommend it highly.