Comments on: 70,000 images entered in Sony World Photography Awards http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2008/02/04/70000-images-entered-in-sony-world-photography-awards/ Search this site - over 170 articles on Alpha system topics! Subscribe to our magazine too! Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:53:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: karryp http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2008/02/04/70000-images-entered-in-sony-world-photography-awards/#comment-736 karryp Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:05:36 +0000 http://photoclubalpha.com/2008/02/04/70000-images-entered-in-sony-world-photography-awards/#comment-736 I did not realise that my comment would be visible to all (rather than just David and Shirley), so after the event perhaps it would be better if you could erase my comment. However, the URL for the Sony Forum is (if you are logged in to the competition site) www.worldphotographyawards.org/forum with the content appearing on www.worldphotographyawards.org/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=1 and then the General Discussion about judging on www.worldphotographyawards.org/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=85 I did not realise that my comment would be visible to all (rather than just David and Shirley), so after the event perhaps it would be better if you could erase my comment.
However, the URL for the Sony Forum is (if you are logged in to the competition site)
http://www.worldphotographyawards.org/forum
with the content appearing on
http://www.worldphotographyawards.org/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=1
and then the General Discussion about judging on
http://www.worldphotographyawards.org/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=85

]]> By: admin http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2008/02/04/70000-images-entered-in-sony-world-photography-awards/#comment-733 admin Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:09:28 +0000 http://photoclubalpha.com/2008/02/04/70000-images-entered-in-sony-world-photography-awards/#comment-733 Can you give a URL for this forum Peter? As you will realise, SWPA is a concept sold to Sony by an independent entrpreneur, who would have had the Canon WPA or Samsung WPA just as willingly except for some good contact with Sony. I guess that a lot of the internal stuff, like the Travel Photographer of the Year Competition, is very much down to the independent side The whole thing sounds like a nightmare - 70,000 entries compared to say 3,000 for a major international salon or pro competition, and even that takes several days for a proper judging panel to assess. Frankly, if you install a 'filter' system to chuck out 'clearly not winner' material at any early stage, you risk losing the winners as well, as good photography may be unconventional and it takes many opinions to avoid rejection of material which is not immediately reiminiscent of established winning styles. But they wanted it big and they got it big. David Can you give a URL for this forum Peter? As you will realise, SWPA is a concept sold to Sony by an independent entrpreneur, who would have had the Canon WPA or Samsung WPA just as willingly except for some good contact with Sony. I guess that a lot of the internal stuff, like the Travel Photographer of the Year Competition, is very much down to the independent side

The whole thing sounds like a nightmare - 70,000 entries compared to say 3,000 for a major international salon or pro competition, and even that takes several days for a proper judging panel to assess. Frankly, if you install a ‘filter’ system to chuck out ‘clearly not winner’ material at any early stage, you risk losing the winners as well, as good photography may be unconventional and it takes many opinions to avoid rejection of material which is not immediately reiminiscent of established winning styles.

But they wanted it big and they got it big.

David

]]> By: karryp http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2008/02/04/70000-images-entered-in-sony-world-photography-awards/#comment-732 karryp Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:51:01 +0000 http://photoclubalpha.com/2008/02/04/70000-images-entered-in-sony-world-photography-awards/#comment-732 I suggest that you look at the General Discussion on the Sony WPA Forum for Amateurs, as there has been several negative comments made about the recent announcement by Sony on the changes to the judging. I suggest that you look at the General Discussion on the Sony WPA Forum for Amateurs, as there has been several negative comments made about the recent announcement by Sony on the changes to the judging.

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