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11/04/2012 10:23:39 PM · #1 |
i just new my photo was going to get GREAT reviews...im starting off with a 3.8...totally disappointed thus far...i tried to be different and creative on the challenge and it seems like it is going to hurt me...i had another idea for this challenge and now im starting to think i should have went with it...
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11/05/2012 02:55:50 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by cweaver322:
...i had another idea for this challenge and now im starting to think i should have went with it... |
In other words, you're suffering from Challenge Regret. Very common here, causes second-guessing. Short-term pain that soon dulls to an annoying ache. It runs its course in about 1 week :-/
Cheer up, there are two ways to play the DPC game. If your natural style isn't DPC-friendly, you can either submit stuff that is more likely to please the voters and score higher, or you can stay true to yourself, take greater risks and risk getting a lower score. That's just how it is...but if you ribbon with a shot that you shot and entered for yourself, and not everyone else, the victory is sweet. |
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11/05/2012 07:14:10 AM · #3 |
Don't worry about it.....I have an average of slightly over 5.6. I have something like 80 scores over 6.0 out of about 340 challenges. I learn everything the hard way, so I've got 5 3.xxxx scores and a bucketload of 4.xxxx scores as well. I'm sitting on a nice strong 4.8 in the FS right now......oops!
If you go for it, enter lots of challenges, and push yourself, you are going to lay an egg every now and then.
When you do lay said proverbial egg, you generally won't make the same mistake(s) again....
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!
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11/05/2012 08:33:04 AM · #4 |
These types of challenges are actually a right of passage here. When you start breaking out of the mold, you learn more about yourself. What are you going after? Do you want to please the masses? Do you want to go for ribbons? Do you want to do photography that pleases yourself? Are you looking for comments (positive or negative)? Are you trying to make a statement?
I think that many people start out the same way:
1. Shoot for the challenge and see what you can do
2. Try to get a bit better
3. Try to be unique -- come up with something so wonderfully out of the box that people will really appreciate
4. Crash and burn
5. Go through the grief phase (denial, anger, acceptance, and all of that)
6. Pull it back together and start over again.
What comes out of the process is a clearer vision of what you want. Many people shoot for the score. Many people shoot for themselves and try to make a connection with a few select people. Either of these are perfectly fine. But the process helps you refine what you want to be as a photographer.
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11/05/2012 09:29:44 AM · #5 |
i love the positive outlooks and encouragement...i defenitely want to take pictures for myself and strike the eye of those who appreciate it for it uniqueness and my attempts at being somewhat outside of the box...not to say all my photos are that way, but for these challenges thats kinda my way of thinking...so i appreciate the optimistic way of processing the way my photo may be bing judged...
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11/05/2012 10:06:43 AM · #6 |
Oh fine. I'll do it.
The positive outlooks are encouragement are great, and I agree (mostly) with what has been said.
But I think they all forgot something: nobody wants "crappy quality" as their style.
I looked through the challenge, with an eye for what I think could be yours. I came across two images that strike me as strong possibilities, and guess what - neither is well photographed. :)
I think both had potential to be amazing shots, and both fell flat for various reasons.
PM me when this is over, if you wish, as I would be glad to spend a bit of time giving you an honest and characteristically somewhat brutal assessment of what I see, and some things you might try. |
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11/06/2012 02:29:22 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by Cory:
Oh fine. I'll do it.
The positive outlooks are encouragement are great, and I agree (mostly) with what has been said.
But I think they all forgot something: nobody wants "crappy quality" as their style.
I looked through the challenge, with an eye for what I think could be yours. I came across two images that strike me as strong possibilities, and guess what - neither is well photographed. :)
I think both had potential to be amazing shots, and both fell flat for various reasons.
PM me when this is over, if you wish, as I would be glad to spend a bit of time giving you an honest and characteristically somewhat brutal assessment of what I see, and some things you might try. |
i will definitely do so....with the shots in the challenge, ur right theres only like one of two that where just outside of a shot of food and mines is not the TOTALLY outthere one...
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11/06/2012 04:01:49 AM · #8 |
| I commented on all the entries in Comfort Food, so hopefully mine was useful. If you want me to elaborate, feel free to PM me, either now or after voting, whichever works for you. I won't change my score, though. |
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