like camera clubs, continued critique leads pretty soon to polarization and conformity. the ones that don't conform will stop going/participating. an experienced and successful photo director learns to avoid this, but inviting random critique invites conformity. i was in a photo contest once where at the last moment, the participants in the contest were asked to be the judges. it was done by blind judging where no-one else could see the rankings of anyone else, but the results were predictable.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:20 AM Subject: Re: PUG comments-was:Re: Evaluating Photographs > I don't know how comfortable I feel with that. I've never liked "scoring" art. > It's hard, for instance, to score composition, since no one seems to be able to > agree if there are even rules of composition, and even those who say there are > such rules admit that sometimes they have to be or can be broken.
