Photographer of the Year 2009: judges video
Find out what it's like to judge one of the world's biggest photography competitions - and get some tips for entering next year.
It's only days until the winners of the Digital Camera Photographer of the Year competition 2009 are revealed. To whet your appetite, we've put together an exclusive 10-minute video that was shot during the judging process. Martin Keene from the Press Association, Hugh Pinney from Getty Images, award-winning photographer Steve Bloom and others give you an insight into the competition. Find out what they look for in a winning image and get some advice for entering in 2010.
Posted by Marcus Hawkins on Friday, 27 Nov 2009 at 04:47pm GMT.
Hi Have try to watch this video 3 times and goes as far as Hugh Pinney, and half way through his comments I assume,its just stops and thats it. Macnab18
#1. Posted on Monday, 30 Nov 2009 at 04:16pm GMT. Report this
Inspirational and outstanding video! I believe I'm going to enter the contest in 2010. Thank you!
#2. Posted on Monday, 30 Nov 2009 at 05:24pm GMT. Report this
A moment is evaluated by the photographer's emotions, which leads to the decision of saving it on a photograph. So, to the photographer, that composition is the best.. The way I understand contests is they are evaluated based on technical merits, and if you were from this part of the world, who you know is a HUGE rating factor.
For that, I've chosen never to participate in photography contests.. +30 years ago..
Why would you define a contest to be a benchmark? Isn't self gratification enough?
#3. Posted on Monday, 30 Nov 2009 at 07:02pm GMT. Report this
I found the video to be both helpful and interesting, thanks :)
#4. Posted on Monday, 30 Nov 2009 at 07:30pm GMT. Report this
I thought the video was useful as it was rather enlightening to hear and see what the judges are thinking about when they see all the photos presented to them. During the video, there were certainly some photos that made me take a sharp intake of breath, so there were some winning shots there, in my opinion!
Thanks PhotoRadar. It's a great site.
#5. Posted on Tuesday, 01 Dec 2009 at 12:22am GMT. Report this
Great video - got me itching to get out and practice.
#6. Posted on Tuesday, 01 Dec 2009 at 03:35am GMT. Report this
Found the video interesting - seems to me there is no clear recipe for an award winning image. The most positive advice for me was to take stock of what's in front of you and experiment with different angles/different perspectives to make the same subject look different. The only thing I am really confused about is whether there is a pre-conception during editing that pictures will be 'doctured' extensively to achieve dreamy looks etc as I know that technically some of my pictures are quite good but they do lack that kind of surreal atmosphere which the judges seem to like. (I'm thinking mainly of landscapes/seascapes).
#7. Posted on Tuesday, 01 Dec 2009 at 01:36pm GMT. Report this
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#8. Posted on Friday, 04 Dec 2009 at 02:17pm GMT. Report this
Nice tip from some of the best photographer around. It's really a big challenge to put infront the best you can produce and have it judged to be one of the best.
#9. Posted on Friday, 11 Dec 2009 at 01:50pm GMT. Report this
The genus Equus seems to be very popular. Especially hippotigris. Now where can I find a few of them . .
#10. Posted on Friday, 09 Apr 2010 at 07:10pm GMT. Report this
thank you for the advice.. it was inspired me to do more concentration in my photography specially in technical aspect.
#11. Posted on Sunday, 11 Apr 2010 at 01:21am GMT. Report this
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