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RE: If you want your photo critiqued

lover1969 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:05:01 GMT

Connie, I saw that your water drop photo won photograph of the month! Way to go! I just submitted four of my photographs this morning. I think this will be my favorite web site from here on out. :D

RE: If you want your photo critiqued

hahn23 — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:02:10 GMT

[color="navy"]Photo contest websites truly vary in their culture and strategy. When I first acquired a digital camera 5 years ago, the first contest website I participated in had a culture of permitting only backslapping congratulations on all images submitted. Constructive criticism at that site was specifically forbidden, although I didn't know that initially. I tried to offer constructive criticism on a photo which had much room for improvement. I was bombarded by threatening messages to [i]'cease and desist'[/i]. That site only wanted "positive" comments to be attached to images.

Well, this flood of compliments sure made me feel good. I thought my early work was hot stuff. It wasn't. When I go back and look at that early portfolio of work, I'm appalled and aghast at how weak those photos were. Yet, that early website was giving me signals indicating I was making great photos. This was a totally fraudulent deception. I'm still bitter about the time wasted there.... they held back my development.... retarded my progress on the learning curve. I did think it was strange that I never won any monthly awards at that site. When I learned the seminar teaching staff at that site rewarded monthly awards (mostly) to those who bought services (seminars, webhosting, etc.) that my eyes were opened to their strategy. It was a vanity site! Their purpose was to sell services. They made people feel good about their work in the hope that fees for services would flow to the management.

If you stumble upon a website that has only compliments for your work, then you don't want to be there. The motivation is other than helping you improve.

On the other end of the spectrum, PhotoSig.com used to be (may still be) a very helpful photo critique site. PhotoSig is not a contest site, [i]per se[/i]. Some of the very good photographers who offer critiques there were very helpful in my development. (PhotoSig has some issues which cause me to believe it is not family friendly.)

Anyway.... that's my point. Each website has a different approach. DailyAwards.com seems to have struck a nice balance[/color].

RE: If you want your photo critiqued

Alan — Sun, 18 May 2008 07:16:09 GMT

I was just wondering if Eric appreciates some advertising a different site on here.

Congrats Snap it must feel good to be the best.

RE: If you want your photo critiqued

hahn23 — Sun, 18 May 2008 05:23:16 GMT

[quote][b]snap (5/18/2008)[/b][hr]:DI sent in 2 photos & they were rated 5 star out of 5 . Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ,these same images on DA were rated 7.+ . DigaPixBlog also has great readingfor those of us who are hobbyists and do not havepro training .The info & tips there are explained in easy to understand format . Great tips and a wealth of knowledge ,and it is free . One of the articals on Exposure is by John M Setzler Jr. There are articals on judging as well .:D[/quote]
Wow! Congratulations! That place is where you should be, if they've found perfection in your images. If there is no room for improvement in any of your photos, then you are far beyond DA. Very impressive! Snap, no need to learn anything more, when you've reached the top. Good luck and best wishes!

RE: If you want your photo critiqued

bhasmang — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:34:09 GMT

Thats nice.

RE: If you want your photo critiqued

jessa81 — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:13:48 GMT

How great is this! A quick and comprehensive review from someone who has a lot of real photo judging and critiquing experience. I submitted my first photo to Mr. Morris late last night and got the critic posted on the blog website page this morning. It was extremely helpful! I think he is going to be my new best friend.:D

RE: If you want your photo critiqued

hahn23 — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:21:58 GMT

edited by me to delete a not relevant comment.

RE: If you want your photo critiqued

jessa81 — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:56:31 GMT

This is great! I stumbled across this post while searching for a good way to get critiques, since I haven't had too much success getting them here. I just submitted my first photo, am excited to see how it works!:D

RE: If you want your photo critiqued

oboy — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:58:03 GMT

When I was writing this, you were the first person that I had to think of. I know you like critique and you are good in sharing your thoughts that you have about a photo.

RE: If you want your photo critiqued

Tonka — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:00:42 GMT

Thank you for sharing that O :D, I hope I get a chance to try it out ...

I can always use a critique...;)

RE: If you want your photo critiqued

oboy — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:57:33 GMT

I also like to add that it is free.

If you want your photo critiqued

oboy — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:29:41 GMT

I enjoy a good critique. I recently found a blog that is devoted to judging and critiquing of photo you submit. JL Morris the owner of this blog has judged photography for 18 years. He is also the judge in the Ventura County Camera Club competition next month. Here is the link to the website [url=http://www.digapixblog.com/]DigaPixBlog[/url]

If you submit a photo, he will honestly evaluate the photo and write about it what, in his opinion, was good and if there are any distraction. Sometimes he creates a markup to explain it better. At other times he includes a edit version to show a different crop or edit.

If you want you can write a comment too, or ask question.