Comments on: ” Why Didn’t My Work Make The Show ? “ http://danellaphoto.com/wordpress/2007/03/13/why-didnt-my-work-make-the-show/ Your Complete Photography Resource Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:28:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Mother Elisabeth http://danellaphoto.com/wordpress/2007/03/13/why-didnt-my-work-make-the-show/#comment-252 Mother Elisabeth Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:55:31 +0000 http://danellaphoto.com/wordpress/2007/03/13/why-didnt-my-work-make-the-show/#comment-252 Thank you Guy, this was very helpful. Also because this is coming from an experienced judge. Especially reason nr.3. I started to look at my photos differently. I used to think," Oh, that's a nice photo", "Oh, I like that one." Now I think, if I were to hang it up on the wall and a hundred people walked by it, would anybody stop and look at it, would it make an impression on anyone. A photo should speak to others. No? One thing about judges, it really boils down to one thing "taste". "de gustibus non disputandum" Thank you Guy, this was very helpful. Also because this is coming from an experienced judge.
Especially reason nr.3.
I started to look at my photos differently. I used to think,” Oh, that’s a nice photo”, “Oh, I like that one.” Now I think, if I were to hang it up on the wall and a hundred people walked by it, would anybody stop and look at it, would it make an impression on anyone. A photo should speak to others. No?
One thing about judges, it really boils down to one thing “taste”.
“de gustibus non disputandum”

]]> By: theMezz http://danellaphoto.com/wordpress/2007/03/13/why-didnt-my-work-make-the-show/#comment-254 theMezz Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:25:55 +0000 http://danellaphoto.com/wordpress/2007/03/13/why-didnt-my-work-make-the-show/#comment-254 Thanks - - great post. Everyone thinks their own photos are great. I have been only happy with a couple of the thousands of photos I have taken - at any rate thanks for an informative post and hopefully will help people "get it". I'd make a terrible judge because I'd only allow photos that stir up some kind of emotion in me - that being even more important than technical perfection of course. View some great photos, get restaurant reviews, and tap into the Central New York Buzz at http://www.cnyforum.org/phpbb/index.php Thanks - - great post. Everyone thinks their own photos are great. I have been only happy with a couple of the thousands of photos I have taken - at any rate thanks for an informative post and hopefully will help people “get it”.

I’d make a terrible judge because I’d only allow photos that stir up some kind of emotion in me - that being even more important than technical perfection of course.

View some great photos, get restaurant reviews, and tap into the Central New York Buzz at http://www.cnyforum.org/phpbb/index.php

]]> By: Herman van Ooijen http://danellaphoto.com/wordpress/2007/03/13/why-didnt-my-work-make-the-show/#comment-258 Herman van Ooijen Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:58:55 +0000 http://danellaphoto.com/wordpress/2007/03/13/why-didnt-my-work-make-the-show/#comment-258 Guy, These are well thought out observations. Probably many times the operational word is "subjective" [reason 4.] . Even when people may have met all or most of the criteria for the show, the judge has the last word... In view of my limited experience with showing work, my comment may not be valid, but it certainly feels like it. In conversation with some people, who have a lot of experience exhibiting their work, one of the approaches mentioned when dealing with a single judge, is to find out something about this individual's work. The style, subject matter, presentation etc. If the judge seems to like highly saturated colors, weak pastels won't pass no matter how everyone likes it... Having said this, I have a great deal of admiration for someone undertaking the task to judge an exhibition. Guy,

These are well thought out observations. Probably many times the operational word is “subjective” [reason 4.] . Even when people may have met all or most of the criteria for the show, the judge has the last word… In view of my limited experience with showing work, my comment may not be valid, but it certainly feels like it.

In conversation with some people, who have a lot of experience exhibiting their work, one of the approaches mentioned when dealing with a single judge, is to find out something about this individual’s work. The style, subject matter, presentation etc. If the judge seems to like highly saturated colors, weak pastels won’t pass no matter how everyone likes it…

Having said this, I have a great deal of admiration for someone undertaking the task to judge an exhibition.

]]> By: sue carney http://danellaphoto.com/wordpress/2007/03/13/why-didnt-my-work-make-the-show/#comment-335 sue carney Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:51:48 +0000 http://danellaphoto.com/wordpress/2007/03/13/why-didnt-my-work-make-the-show/#comment-335 Thanks for some great insight. Although much of the information in this article was familiar to me, the suggestions in number three were simple yet extremely helpful. Since I enter a very minimal amount of competitions, this is something I struggle with. Good suggestion to 'keep in mind that your photo has to speak to a wide audience'. And I love the tone in which this was written. I can hear you speaking. Thanks for some great insight. Although much of the information in this article was familiar to me, the suggestions in number three were simple yet extremely helpful. Since I enter a very minimal amount of competitions, this is something I struggle with. Good suggestion to ‘keep in mind that your photo has to speak to a wide audience’. And I love the tone in which this was written. I can hear you speaking.

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