It’s nerve-racking and consumes precious time! Selecting one of your photos and being happy with your choice before you enter it. Researching what kind of photos they’re looking for. Yes, they’re great for getting exposure as a photographer if you win but on the other hand, it’s a lot of hard work to enter a competition. That's why I have mixed feelings about photography competitions and awards.
Your Photos Don’t Have to Be Spectacular Mixed feelings.Studying the judges? Maybe, but do you know what kind of photo they will pick based on their own work? Maybe they like something completely different. Sure, you have a better chance if you pick the right photo for the right competition but most people who enter know that. So, in the end, it depends on the judges to pick a winner out of a bunch of photos that are equally great-even if you don’t win, it doesn’t mean your photo wasn’t good enough. The thing is, even if the photo you enter is great, it will be great together with dozens of other photos.
I’m a hundred percent sure that if you’d show all those photos to different judges, the outcome would always be different.
Do you think the photo picked as a winner out of-let’s say-100,000 is truly the absolute best one? Can’t be. Now, I can’t say how much your chance of winning depends on luck but I think it’s significant. In my opinion, a factor that people tend to forget or ignore is luck.
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