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I want to start entering photography competitions any advice?

I thought entering competitions might focus my brain a little by giving me a bit of structure because at the moment i'm just snap happy and , still having an old film slr,i can never remember settings etc so my photography never improves.

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1. take a photography course and then consider it.any college should be able to help you with this.they will teach you how to take the perfect picture and what is considered good subject matter
2. When your entering your work, make sure it has no scratches on it, no dust in the actual picture, and that you have a variety of blacks and whites (If you're sending black and white photos in). Also, take digital photos of your work so that if it's damaged when you send it in (let's face the facts- our postal system isn't the most careful system) the judges can see that it really had been damaged when it was sent in. Other than that, try new angles. If you're taking a picture of your cat, try taking a high-angle shot. By that I mean crouch low and angle the camera up at it. Or you can practice low-angle shots (pointing the camera down at the subject) or profiles. One last thing, try experimenting with different settings. It'll help you learn more about what setting to use in what kind of light. Good luck!
3. I would suggest that you submit images to recognized contests like those by Kodak, Canon, Nikon... but not any of the many you find on the internet that are nothing more than a scam! They have you sign away your copyrights and they receive upward of 10,000 images... which they keep; some are from gullible but good advanced and semi-pro photographers competing for the $300 (or even $500) grand prize... and let us assume they give out $1,000 in prizes... so what? They then turn around and sell the rest of the images to stock companies since they now own the copyrights and they stand to make a few long thousand dollars while doing nothing but outwitting those that entered the competition. BE CAREFUL, be leery! Good luck and best wishes.
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