Didn’t make the cut
Oct 26, 2018 09:27:57 #
Twenty shots that weren’t up to his standards
https://www.shutterevolve.com/20-images-that-werent-good-enough-to-be-published/
Reminds me of the early 20th century photographer who compiled an exhibit after 10 years of shooting and was able to find only 10 images he thought worthy.
https://www.shutterevolve.com/20-images-that-werent-good-enough-to-be-published/
Reminds me of the early 20th century photographer who compiled an exhibit after 10 years of shooting and was able to find only 10 images he thought worthy.
Oct 26, 2018 09:36:32 #
I wish he had taken the time to give us the reason each photograph was not good enough for him. I came away not having learned anything at all. It may be that I missed something.
Oct 26, 2018 09:50:18 #
He says "didn't make the cut for whatever reason." A worthless article created merely to draw business for the video course.
Oct 26, 2018 10:04:05 #
Many years ago an article in either Modern Photography or Popular Photography told the story of very well known photographer's photo journey from Cairo to Cape Town. The trip resulted in thousands upon thousands of color slides. He determined that far fewer than 100, were worth saving. The letters to the editor uniformly accused him of not being a photographer but simply a guy taking pictures using the law of averages to end with some "good" ones.
Oct 26, 2018 10:11:41 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
He says "didn't make the cut for whatever reason." A worthless article created merely to draw business for the video course.
Right On!
Oct 26, 2018 10:22:26 #
Being as specific as the article, lack of contrast is one reason to reject many of them.
Rick
Rick
Oct 26, 2018 10:34:04 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
He says "didn't make the cut for whatever reason." A worthless article created merely to draw business for the video course.
You can't enjoy the images (it's is hardly an article) for whatever they are worth, and the fact that he sets very high standards for himself?
And where is the crime in self-promotion? No need for you to buy anything.
Oct 26, 2018 10:40:42 #
lesdmd wrote:
Of course no crime in self promotion; it's an income-producing business. You can't enjoy the images (it's is hardly an article) for whatever they are worth, and the fact that he sets very high standards for himself?
And where is the crime in self-promotion? No need for you to buy anything.
And where is the crime in self-promotion? No need for you to buy anything.
As for enjoying the images, no I can't because he says he didn't like them. What are his standards? We won't know unless we buy
I get your point that we could look at them and go, Wow!, his worst are far better than my best will ever be. But I guess I prefer to go, Wow! over photos that a photographer is personally proud of. Not his rejects.
Oct 26, 2018 11:13:43 #
Advertise hype aside, I found the title interesting because of something I used to do. At one time I was very active in entering print competitions. I was working toward certain masterships and credentials where "merits" were required and I also found the competitions a good source of "quality control" in that you are not only monitoring you success, photographically, by your customer's reaction or acceptance of you work but you are putting you work up against your peers and being assessed by masters of photography and experienced print judges- besides it's fun and keeps one honest. Notin' wrong with the accolades if they are well earned- good PR!
So...each time a competition was in the offing, I would have to select my entries. My criteria was to select images that I considered to be UNIQUE and let me tell y'all, that's a tall order. I wanted to create visual impact for the judges but I did not want to "shoot for the judges" based on what I though they would like based on past experience- after a while you kinda get to know what's hot and what's not. To me, that was counterproductive- there is no progress- just the same old- same old stuff- no challenge!
Bad news and good news. Each year I might have found one of my shots that I found was totally not derivative of what I have learned from others, what I continued to produce etc. A good year I may have scored 3- some years NADA "0" ZERO! Nothing unique.
I still use this method to select show room display shots, portfolio stuff, and images I want to represent my best work.
My other culling procedure- I make up a few runners-up and hand them up on the work room all. After a week or so, the ones I still like are keepers and the ones I tire of looking out get eliminated.
Just thought I would let y'all in on my favorite "head game"!
So...each time a competition was in the offing, I would have to select my entries. My criteria was to select images that I considered to be UNIQUE and let me tell y'all, that's a tall order. I wanted to create visual impact for the judges but I did not want to "shoot for the judges" based on what I though they would like based on past experience- after a while you kinda get to know what's hot and what's not. To me, that was counterproductive- there is no progress- just the same old- same old stuff- no challenge!
Bad news and good news. Each year I might have found one of my shots that I found was totally not derivative of what I have learned from others, what I continued to produce etc. A good year I may have scored 3- some years NADA "0" ZERO! Nothing unique.
I still use this method to select show room display shots, portfolio stuff, and images I want to represent my best work.
My other culling procedure- I make up a few runners-up and hand them up on the work room all. After a week or so, the ones I still like are keepers and the ones I tire of looking out get eliminated.
Just thought I would let y'all in on my favorite "head game"!
Oct 26, 2018 11:22:40 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
He says "didn't make the cut for whatever reason." A worthless article created merely to draw business for the video course.
Oct 26, 2018 11:28:33 #
[quote=Linda From Maine]Of course no crime in self promotion; it's an income-producing business.
As for enjoying the images, no I can't because he says he didn't like them. What are his standards? We won't know unless we buy
Well, he did not say he didn’t like them, rather that they were not (by his standards) good enough to be published. My take-away is that I wish my rejects ( still saved but not worth much)were that good.
And for those thinking the posting was to sell product, it would have made more sense to post “20 images that weren’t good enough to publish until I used my wonder software on them”.
As for enjoying the images, no I can't because he says he didn't like them. What are his standards? We won't know unless we buy
Well, he did not say he didn’t like them, rather that they were not (by his standards) good enough to be published. My take-away is that I wish my rejects ( still saved but not worth much)were that good.
And for those thinking the posting was to sell product, it would have made more sense to post “20 images that weren’t good enough to publish until I used my wonder software on them”.
Oct 26, 2018 11:32:31 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Of course no crime in self promotion; it's an income-producing business.
As for enjoying the images, no I can't because he says he didn't like them. What are his standards? We won't know unless we buy
As for enjoying the images, no I can't because he says he didn't like them. What are his standards? We won't know unless we buy
lesdmd wrote:
Well, he did not say he didn’t like them, rather that they were not (by his standards) good enough to be published. My take-away is that I wish my rejects ( still saved but not worth much)were that good.
And for those thinking the posting was to sell product, it would have made more sense to post “20 images that weren’t good enough to publish until I used my wonder software on them”.
And for those thinking the posting was to sell product, it would have made more sense to post “20 images that weren’t good enough to publish until I used my wonder software on them”.
If he is doing self promotion (and he is) this is a rather poor attempt. It did not male me want to take advantage of his offerings. If he can't explain why his own shots are not worthy, why would I expect him to be able to help me?
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