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Photography Contests May Help To Improve Your Technique
By Cedric B Georges
Photography contests are rather popular these days.
You can take part in a photography contest, to win money,
or a new camera or just a document you can place on
the wall of your studio, acclaiming your achievement
of winning first prize. A professional photographer
may convince more customers to become his clients, by
showing all the prizes he has won in photography
contests.
Photographer contests are run by many organisations,
including photography clubs, charitable organisations
and local magazines looking for new photographers. There
are a wide variety of prizes available, including a
years subscription as first prize, a years membership
fee of an esteemed organization, that normally has a
long waiting list of people wishing to become
members.
The prize may not be spectacular, but the prestige
of winning and the recognition of the quality of your
work, may be the best aspect of winning photography
contests.
Before Digital Photography
When I first became a professional photographer, photography
contests were mostly there for pros. After all, back
then there was no such thing as digital photography.
If you wanted to be a serious photographer, you needed
to learn to develop your own pictures.
It was a specialized skill which took a lot of equipment,
time, and money. This meant that photography competitions
were only for the best of the best – those who have
made a life of taking photographs.
Photography Contest Catering For Many Interest Groups
Nowadays, the field has broadened inconsiderably. They
are photography contests for children, for members of
various interest groups, for amateurs, for professionals,
and for experimental photographers.
Some of the photography contests involve photographic
arts, while others have a more documentary focused.
Matter what kind of photography you enjoy doing, there
is probably someone sponsoring a contest in it.
Easy Way To Get Recognition
One of the big keys to photography contests is to figure
out what you like to do and what you have a chance at.
A lot of cities have local photo competitions which
are a pretty easy way to get a little bit of
recognition.
You can photograph local monuments, people of note
from your community, or even cityscapes. The key is
to make them recognizable, attractive, and give them
popular appeal. If you can do all these things, you
can win.
That Snap Might Win You A Few Hundred Bucks
Nowadays, nature photography contests are also a very
popular occupation for a lot of people. Some of these
focus on getting spectacular landscape pictures, while
others focus on capturing specific birds or
animals.
These can be a lot of fun for nature lovers who like
to take pictures while taking hikes in the woods. Who
knows – the photo you snap of that rare bird might win
you a few hundred bucks!
Experimenting With Your Images
My very favorite are the digital photography contests.
Those are the ones that I am most apt to enter, because
they emphasize my interests. I use a lot of novel photography
techniques. I mess around with exposures, shutter speed,
color composition, and other factors. Then I process
the heck out of my pictures.
Some of them are less photographs than collages by
the time I’m done with them. This is just the kind of
cutting edge, multimedia work that digital photography
fans tend to like, so I often do very well. It all depends
on the taste of the judges, of course, but often you
can get pretty good view of this by looking at past
winners.
Increasing Your Knowledge By Joining A Photography Club
It also depends on who is running the photography contests.
It may be a photography club, where you can join and
become a member and get an idea of what members of the
club look for in an interesting image. You can also
learn new techniques to improve your photography.
You may also offer them your ideas about photography.
Being a member of a photography club, allows you to
exchange ideas with other members. You can be a professional
photographer, or someone who has a keen interest in
photography.
Photography Tours
Many photography clubs run courses for their members
and go on photography tours. It may be a nature walk
and watching birds. It may even be a trip of interesting
locations overseas. Going overseas with members of a
photography club, with people you know, will help you
in winning photography contests.
Increasing your knowledge of photography, by taking
part in discussions, exchanging ideas will be your secret
to your success in photography contests.
About the Author:
Cedric B Georges has written a number of articles on
digital photography including 35mm
Cameras, Best
Digital Camera, First
5 Megapixel Camera, People
in Photos, Family
Photos, Image
Editor Software, Cheap
Digital Cameras, Digital
Camera Memory Card, Rechargeable
Batteries, Glass
Picture Frames, Slide
Shows Online, Leather
Photo Albums.
Keep a lookout as more articles from this popular author
on this website in the near future.
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