Some here might not be inclined to "toot their own horn" but with many magazines that have photo contests. There are so many excellent photos by SPers, are there any of you who have won any photo contests?

My experience with judging is that many are extremely biased. Most photo contests, you are required to enter personal data. A truly fair judging would eliminate that requirement with photos judged by judges not knowing who exactly the photographer is. In the local enviro club, a look at you and your winning photo would be promptly banned from the award, being that they dislike your kind and would never knowingly allow a win by your kind, by them.

In the camera club I once belonged, they did that but it gets around who shot what photo. When the presumed judge was ignorant of who shot the picture, I'd get top marks, but it was duly arranged that I didn't win in the year's finals. Sad, but the way it works!

I haven't entered any photo contests yet, but would love to find some. I agree with the above poster that judging is quite biased, but there's really no way around this. I'm talking about how certain judges will prefer a different style of photography to another, different techniques, areas, etc... Not so much the personal info, though I don't have any experience with that yet.

Isn't Christmas such a beautiful time of year!

1000Pks went to bed, I'm 1000Excuses now.

Hey Pete...

Looks like I am number 4 on your people you need to climb with list. So what peak is it going to be?

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There's a thread for that.

There's also a thread for complaining, its called the whole off route section. Feel free to share your feelings and assumptions there.

I have entered a few photo contest but have never won. I guess because I don't take great photos.

Hotoven wrote:There's also a thread for complaining, its called the whole off route section. Feel free to share your feelings and assumptions there.

I have entered a few photo contest but have never won. I guess because I don't take great photos.

Did you see the photos that won and were they pretty good or.....?

Marmaduke wrote:

Hotoven wrote:There's also a thread for complaining, its called the whole off route section. Feel free to share your feelings and assumptions there.

I have entered a few photo contest but have never won. I guess because I don't take great photos.

Did you see the photos that won and were they pretty good or.....?

I did see the photos that won and they were noting special. It was a local competition so of course the person who had the photo of the Matterhorn during a sunset won. I have seen way better here on SP.

Vitaliy M wrote:Yea 1000excuses, I lost a contest once...I think it was because I am black

Vodka and Kahlúa?

A lot of photo contests require the submitter to relinquish all rights associated with the image.

Example: Backpacker magazine has a photo contest, but the submitter is required to allow the use of the image at Backpacker's discretion with no monetary gain. Your name will be mentioned, but the image may be sold to other 'vendors' without the say of the one who took it.

This is a huge reason why I don't ever submit.

Not a national contest by any strectch but I won the first annual photo contest held by the Chicago Mountaineering Club this year with this photo. Entries were anonymous and voted by the 100+ people that attended the annual dinner in March...

Alpinist wrote:Not a national contest by any strectch but I won the first annual photo contest held by the Chicago Mountaineering Club this year with this photo. Entries were anonymous and voted by the 100+ people that attended the annual dinner in March...

Congrats...it is definitely a sweet pic, and not surprisinly your # 1 SP photo. I made the 204th vote here on SP...I don't think I have ever seen a pic with that many votes! Nice job.

MarkDidier wrote:

Alpinist wrote:Not a national contest by any strectch but I won the first annual photo contest held by the Chicago Mountaineering Club this year with this photo. Entries were anonymous and voted by the 100+ people that attended the annual dinner in March...

Congrats...it is definitely a sweet pic, and not surprisinly your # 1 SP photo. I made the 204th vote here on SP...I don't think I have ever seen a pic with that many votes! Nice job.

Ditto that!!! Beautiful!