The following link will take you to an article by one of the judge's at this year's SD County Fair photography exhibition. He seems to be very disappointed with the quality of many of the prints submitted. He makes some interesting comments about what makes a good print and what a budding photographer needs to do to step up their game.
https://ndktravels.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/more-observations-from-the-second-round-of-judging-at-the-fair/
I agree with this part.
ReplyDelete"You cannot be a better Ansel Adams than Adams was. But by the same token, Adams could not have been a better YOU than you can be. Show the judges something only you could produce because of your own unique emotional and intellectual reactions to the subject; and if you also present that in a perfectly crafted image I guarantee the judges will respond positively to it.
I find the tone incredibly condescending. I have done a fair amount of judging and find his attitude rather snide and off putting. But concur on sharpening and many other of his points.
Thank you for the pointers, gentlemen.
ReplyDeleteTHIS GUY SOUNDS LIKE A REPUBLICAN. HOW CAN YOU PRODUCE GOOD ART WHEN IT IS NOT GROUNDED IN ANARCHY? LOUIS N.
ReplyDeleteCritical??? Yes, certainly. Condescending?? Not in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI just wrote a big essay that vanished into the Googlesphere, so here is the essence. Whatever is wrong with this article it is as correct as it is possible to be regarding the god awful plague of judging photo shows by digital submissions.
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