The decision to convert an image to black and white before submitting to a general or open-category contest is one of the more consequential calls a photographer makes — and one of the least systematically considered. Most photographers convert because they feel the image "works better" in monochrome. That intuition is sometimes correct and sometimes a rationalization for a … [Read more...] about Black and White in Color Contests: When Monochrome Wins and When It Loses
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Street Photography Contests: What the Category Rewards and What It Punishes
Street photography is one of the most entered and most misunderstood competition categories. Photographers submit images they believe qualify as street work — images of people in public, images of urban environments, candid portraits — and are repeatedly passed over for images they would not have thought to submit. Understanding what street photography judges are actually … [Read more...] about Street Photography Contests: What the Category Rewards and What It Punishes