Become an Award-Winning Photographer

I would be less than truth if I said, "photo contest abound! His path to fortune and glory! Here's how to win big!"
However, if you pay attention, you can find many photo contests, and have nothing to lose by entering. One advantage

is that by entering, you begin to have a more critical look at the photos, which will improve your photographic skills. You can also earn money, a degree of recognition and certainly have bragging rights.
Why participate in a contest
Whether you're a professional or amateur, there are a number of good reasons to participate in the photo contest.
• You can earn money (always handy, right?).
• It is recognized (the amount depends on the competition).
• You will be able to say with sincerity. "I am an award winning photographer"
• You will learn more about photography, if you create an image for the contest.
• If you use an existing photo of your files, you look at the images with a more critical eye to determine what to enter. This will help you assess your strengths and weaknesses as a photographer.
Search Contest
Photo contest are fairly easy to find.
• Conduct an online search for "photo contest."
• Go through the chapter that lists the powers of the 2007 market photographers.
• Watch your local newspaper. Many of the items to run at least an annual competition.
• Spend time in the library looking at the latest issues of magazines. If someone is having a contest, you may find on the cover.
• Check the photography magazines in the bookstore chains like Barnes and Noble, which has an excellent selection of photo magazines. Many journals photo contests each month. The price is generally low in dollar terms, but his work printed in a magazine photo is very cool. Of course you can put in your portfolio.
• Check your local camera stores and electronics departments within department stores. Again, a large number of annual competitions.
Contest Entry
Read all the rules, all the fine print, every word. I can not emphasize this enough.
Pay special attention to all the requirements for:
• Print size
• Type of the image (print, transparency, color, black and white, etc.)
• Packing
• Number of entries allowed
• Whether or not subtitles or securities are needed
• The requirements for the release of model
• When the picture was taken (be prepared to give evidence if necessary)
• Required format. If you enter a photo for the calendar, for example, the sponsor should specify if you prefer a vertical or horizontal. No matter how masterful work, either in the correct format will be disqualified.
• technology. Film? Digital? Manipulated images?
Win a contest
Despite all the judges and the jury is looking for something different, there are some things that are important to all who seek entry. You will face the competition, send something that is "a little" straight, do not cut it. The judges that the photographs that leap off the page and take it.
• Photos must be clear, unless you have an obvious reason that his artistic image is "soft."
• Must be well formed. Ensure that the skylines are straight. Use the rule of thirds. If the image contains all the necessary information in the background, crop the photo (unless the rules do not allow).
• Photos must be properly exposed. If your forces are washed and their shadows are blocked, you put yourself at a disadvantage. If you can see the detail in the negative, make sure the lab printing your work brings that detail.
• Photos should be well lit. This is not just about exposure, photography is light, to use a skylight on the picture to create a mood.
• Colour photographs should have the right balance of colors and the colors should work well together. If you send pictures in black and white or sepia, make sure to pay attention to the contrast and tone.
• Photos must be of high quality prints that are printed on good quality paper. Contest sponsors almost always reprint your job, then they want to know that winning entries will be played well when printed. A great photograph with the impression of the poor make the final cut.
• Make sure your picture tells a story. What is your image? If you do not know - if you can summarize in a sentence - is not likely to capture much interest. Simplify your image until it says exactly what you mean, neither more nor less.
• Choose the right category for photography. A flower can go to the state of nature, but could also go by color. A boy gives a flower to her mother could be a "person", but could also go under the "flower".
• Make sure your unique image. Avoid clichés. Children eating ice cream have been done a million times. Think of something original. View a topic in a new way.
• Action is good. The action does not have to be big - a simple change in a cornfield like a breeze blowing through will be much more dramatic than the grain standing up.
• If there are several different categories, there is no need to stick to just one (unless the rules say you can only enter once). However, if you can send 10, it is best to send five excellent images of the five so-so and good for five years. The images will hurt so excellent.
Increase your chances of winning
Obviously, the best way to increase your chances of winning is to send a large image. That said, there are several other things you can do to improve your chances of winning.
• Do your homework. If the sponsor organized competitions in the past, see the list of winners of previous contests. What's the winners have in common?
• Try to anticipate what category will have fewer entries, and submit something to this category. You'll be competing with fewer images.
• If the contest is recursive, as in many photography magazines, including every month.