Good point Ann, but if that's the case they should state it. I've had a portrait accepted & there was no issue with a release.
Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "ann sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery voting > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
