In tennis it’s considered a good thing to play with someone better than you, because it increases your focus and challenges you to bring up the skill level of your game. If you think you don’t benefit from reviewing the output of other photographer’s, I’d advise you to bring that lens around 180 degress. Not only do you see the finished result in its highly polished final form, but you can instantly see congruent images in your own portfolio in your mind’s eye that might trasnition to similar, more marketable image files.
Posted on June 26th, 2009 in image management, Links, MicroStock, Microstock markets, Sites, Techniques
The Challenges at www.dpchallenge.com make it amusing to dive through your image portfolio and come up with submissions.there is a challenge for cliche images, one for perspective images from the ground up, and “Free Study” challenge options. These challenges also make quick freelance assignments for your photo walkabouts. If you happen not to have a viable community or peers for your personal photography mission, check into www.dpchallenge.com for some serious “me” time as a photography professional. Each blurb window shows how many people have submitted an image to that Challenge