Simply put, don’t enter a landscape competition if you’re a street photographer. Besides entering a great photo, here’s what I try to do. The only thing you can do is making sure you have a better than average chance to win. Like I said, there are no tricks or tips to win a competition. Become the Photographer You Want to Be: My Story - Part 1 Entering a photography competition.You don’t need to win a photography competition to build a career-even though it does feel nice… -) It shouldn’t keep you from doing more important work and after you hit ‘submit’, forget about it! Don’t keep going back to check if there’s a shortlist already or if they picked a winner. When I come across a competition that I want to enter, I try to get it over with, fast. It doesn’t mean your photos are not good enough! A lot of times-if your work is good-it just meant you weren’t lucky enough to be picked by the judges. I would definitely recommend entering photography competitions but you have to know what to expect and don’t be discouraged if you enter a dozen competitions and you don’t win one. You have to force yourself to look at it with the eyes of somebody else and that way, you learn a lot about your photos. Getting exposure is not the most important reason. I like to enter photography competitions because it makes me look at my own work differently. Some are pretty expensive to enter and I try to avoid those because it feels even more like a lottery. It also seems like photography competitions are becoming an industry. That doesn’t mean I don’t enter competitions but just like Instagram and other social media, I try to make them a less important part of getting exposure. 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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