Re: Hey, Hot Shot Summer Photography Competition ends today

[Mark Blackwell <mblackwell1958@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well going to some websites to check has risks too.  Even if it is a legit contest, which I have no reason to suspect it is anything but that, the fact that it charged an entry fee hit me a bit differently than most I suspect.  That's ok though.  People have been telling me Im different all my life, and it was in no way meant to be an attack of any sort on the original poster.  My question was simply to find out what the groups thoughts.  A better approach might have been a private email to list op

Charging to partiicpate made it a commercial venture for someone, even if it is on topic  As far as paying for someone to review your work, thanks but no thanks.  If they stand to make money from selling my work, then they need work to sell and the time to look at it to decide whether or not they like it should be no charge.  Now if you expect them to sit down and discuss with you how to improve your work, that's not part of the
 deal.  That you should expect to pay for, just as you would any other instruction.  Be ready though.  You may only get 2 or 3 photos to impress them before they go to the next.  Time is still short.

Paying for portifolo review reminds me a bit of the scam used on models.  You can be the next top model, IF you buy the photos we just took of you at inflated prices.  You can get work, (despite the fact that the nice woman is bigger than a barn and uglier than a bowling shoe,) if you just buy these prints.  Then suddenly no work comes.

Howard <home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If you visit the web site then everything appears legitimate...
Jen Bekman
6 spring street
new york city 10012
tel: 212.219.0166
info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

The panelists are all listed at
http://www.heyhotshot.com/panelists.html
and includes Lesley Martin, Executive Editor, Aperture Books


and examples of previous competitors' work
http://www.jenbekman.com/artists/nina_berman/

I'm NOT an apologist. But I thought I'd look at the site and see.

The National Portrait Gallery in the U.K. runs a prestigious
Photographic Portrait competition and the registration fee is only £16 -
say $30?
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/photoprizerules.asp

Howard

ADavidhazy wrote:
> Steve,
>
> I don't think that _you_ were being "attacked" for spamming the list.
> I think
> the spam referred to the call for entries at $60 - you have nothing to
> fear!
>
> BTW, any topic of general photo interest is welcome on PhotoForum! It
> does seem
> it is "easier" to talk about hardware than about esthetics so that in
> my opinion
> is that we see little discourse about content and much about tools.
>
> But, that is just the way it is. If you can think of a way to
> encourage discussion
> of images by all means you are encouraged to do so!
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
>
> Steve Harris wrote:
>> Sorry if you all consider this "spam".
>> I was just trying to pass along information on a photo contest.
>
>

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