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10/11/2012 11:04:16 AM · #1 |
I wasn't expecting much from this
and didn't get much (4+)
This, though, I was hoping for more
but it barely beat my average.
On the other hand, in the past week, I've photographed the Governor of Virginia, the CEO of General Motors, and the Dalai Lama. (It helps when your client brings you the opportunities.)
One of my shots actually made it to the Dalai Lama's website (it's the second shot in the gallery, the one of the mayor shaking hands with His Holiness).
I'll enter challenges when I can, but I can't see my average improving :D |
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10/11/2012 11:23:07 AM · #2 |
its not any revelation in order to ribbon you have to know how to game the system. whether that is important to you or not is what makes this site great. some care some dont, but we all go into the same pool. sometime a gem comes across that transcends our expectations, but you dont know what that is unless you enter it.
the problem is unless the image strikes a cord in the first 2 seconds, most people move along. the majority of voters are lazy, unless the image is spelled out it gets passed over which is why pretty landscapes always win.
my recent free study i knew wouldn't do well but i entered it anyway to see how well it would be received. here judging by the comments from those who took the time to see it, they loved it, just look at the voting differential between commentors and not. this shot wasn't planned, i was just fooling around while my wife was getting ready on day, but it opened my eyes to images that arent just pretty locales ready to be captured just by showing up but those that need to be caressed into what they initially arent by some other method.
this image here by  JamesDowning truly resonated with me, its beautiful and it got panned. i want to go out ant try to get one for myself.
Message edited by author 2012-10-11 11:24:46. |
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10/11/2012 11:29:40 AM · #3 |
You were in Williamsburg and didn't say hi???
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10/11/2012 11:37:13 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by Skip:
This, though, I was hoping for more
but it barely beat my average. |
If it's any consolation, I gave it a seven, four images with a better score and three tied with it. It was in my top 8 of the challenge.
Originally posted by Skip:
On the other hand, in the past week, I've photographed the Governor of Virginia, the CEO of General Motors, and the Dalai Lama. (It helps when your client brings you the opportunities.)
One of my shots actually made it to the Dalai Lama's website (it's the second shot in the gallery, the one of the mayor shaking hands with His Holiness). |
And this is why you shouldn't let it scores from a swath of random people bother you. There is definitely a DPC vote snagging genre which exists, and yours was missing it. I'm pretty good at guessing which images are going to be in the top 10 in any challenge. I've been here long enough to know what people resonate with.
Originally posted by Skip:
I'll enter challenges when I can, but I can't see my average improving :D |
Who cares if your average increases? Your photo is on the Dalai Lama's website. |
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10/11/2012 12:01:49 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Skip:
I wasn't expecting much from this
and didn't get much (4+)
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If it makes you feel any better I gave this a 7 |
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10/11/2012 12:02:18 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
my recent free study i knew wouldn't do well but i entered it anyway to see how well it would be received. here judging by the comments from those who took the time to see it, they loved it, just look at the voting differential between commentors and not. this shot wasn't planned, i was just fooling around while my wife was getting ready on day, but it opened my eyes to images that arent just pretty locales ready to be captured just by showing up but those that need to be caressed into what they initially arent by some other method.
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When you capture something as sublime as this, WTF difference does it make what *anyone* else thinks of it?
LOL!!!
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10/11/2012 12:04:21 PM · #7 |
Photojournalism is one type of photography, as is wedding photography, microscopic photography, technical manuals and fashion work.
That's the great thing about photography, easily floats between craft and fine art, mundane and sublime. |
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10/11/2012 12:28:22 PM · #8 |
Skip, I liked both your shots (gave them a six and a seven)
Originally posted by Skip:
On the other hand, in the past week, I've photographed the Governor of Virginia, the CEO of General Motors, and the Dalai Lama. (It helps when your client brings you the opportunities.) |
Very cool. I would say in the real world you are clearly winning. In terms of photography I do not even exist in the real world -- I only exist in DPC.
Originally posted by Skip:
I'll enter challenges when I can, but I can't see my average improving :D |
The damned average builds up a lot of inertia after you have entered a lot of challenges. My average is just 0.055 below a milestone I would like to get my average up to. But, after 189 challenges, to reach the milestone I would have to average something like 6.3+ over the next 30 challenges. I really don't see that happening. |
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10/11/2012 12:35:57 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by markwiley:
In terms of photography I do not even exist in the real world -- I only exist in DPC. |
You're a funny guy!
Crank out a 7+ with an iPhone, with a quintessentially evocative shot like this and you're nobody....
Sure....
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10/11/2012 12:42:29 PM · #10 |
Skip, they were fine images. I also don't exist outside of this place, don't get hung up about not pleasing everybody here all the time. Must have been quite an experience photographing the Dali Lama, WTG.
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10/11/2012 12:45:41 PM · #11 |
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10/11/2012 12:55:35 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
When you capture something as sublime as this, WTF difference does it make what *anyone* else thinks of it?
LOL!!! |
probably the same reason everyone participates here, we want others, on some level, to like our work.
Message edited by author 2012-10-11 12:56:07. |
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10/11/2012 12:56:31 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by jagar:
I also don't exist outside of this place... |
Yeah, but in here you are the Dalai Lama. |
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10/11/2012 01:26:55 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
When you capture something as sublime as this, WTF difference does it make what *anyone* else thinks of it?
LOL!!! |
Originally posted by mike_311:
probably the same reason everyone participates here, we want others, on some level, to like our work. |
I get that up to a point, but I've been fortunate enough to have gotten some captures so wonderful that I don't care if anyone else likes them......they imbue a sense of gratitude in me simply by being a part of the experience.
I owe a lot to the community here for helping me to achieve the confidence and skill to do so.
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10/11/2012 02:18:24 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by markwiley:
Originally posted by jagar:
I also don't exist outside of this place... |
Yeah, but in here you are the Dalai Lama. |
LOL.. So true.. :) |
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10/11/2012 05:02:01 PM · #16 |
Congrats on the Dalai Lama photo. That is challenging photography - difficult lighting, everything in motion, no ability to arrange anything, obstacles to where you want / need to stand, etc. Great capture!
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