This is none of my business, I know. Did the Gallery ask for a release or do they have a procedure for submitting one? It seems they would require that for every single people shot in glamour/fashion and portraiture, in that case.
Tom C. >From: ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting >Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:25:33 -0400 > >Bruce - >It also involves, I would thing - model's releases and the fear of the >bride not wanting her photo >out there on line..... > >I would never enter a portrait of anyone in a photo contest, myself, >unless I had a full release from >the subject and it wasn't a posed for shot someone asked me to take for >them. > >I think they are being cautious.. > >ann > > >Bruce Dayton wrote: > > >Probably just my own complaining, but I do continue to see a large > >slant towards outdoor (scenic) and street photography. One real downside >to > >'artists' voting before the judges even get a crack at it, is those > >biases can come out. For example, after seeing about 400 dragonflies > >and butterflies I tend to be a little harsher in my judgements. I > >also tend to be a little critical of photos of art - statues, > >paintings, etc. As near as I can tell from timing of > >acceptance/rejection, it appears that there is a tally of votes on a > >photo - when it reaches a threshold of either accept or reject, the > >photo is taken out of the voting. The rejects are simply rejected > >without judge intervention and the accepted are then put on hold (not > >actual status) waiting for the judges to decide. > > > >So technically excellent studio or wedding work will largely go > >unnoticed unless it involves a beautiful girl. > > > >Case in point - I had submitted the recent bridal portrait shot I show > >here, prior to showing on the list. It was rejected within hours - > >which would indicate the judges had not even seen it (the judges take > >much longer to get to a photo than that - usually days). I then > >showed it on list here and got a very strong positive response to it > >from people I would consider pretty critical. So I decided to > >resubmit it to see what would happen. This time it took a little > >longer to reject, but it did get rejected in a time frame that would > >lead me to believe the judges did not see it. > > > >I guess the real problem with a gallery like that is no one wants to > >see quality work of other humans unless then know them. Since they > >don't know them, it needs to be more like a NG shot of a beggar or a > >small child which all of us relate to. > > > >Anyway, just some thoughts. > > > > > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
