What's fun about banning photos?
Taking photos is very good because when I became a judge, I learned many things.
First of all, changing the role from a contestant (I participate in many international competitions) to a judge feels very strange. And then, I had to change myself. I like portrait photos, concept photos... but when I am in the position of "carrying a plump weight", I cannot prioritize those genres over others because of my own preferences.
For me, the favorable photo is viewed with the eyes of the photographer before the eyes of the critic. Because I had worked directly on the scene, I realized the difficulty in the photos of the contestant sent to the contest. Sympathy with difficult working conditions in many cases but it is impossible to add the hardships of the contestants in the photo too much because of the ultimate effect of the new work is the most important.
Banning photos is also an opportunity to refer to the photo appraisal methods of other judges. Never be subjective and always look back at yourself. Sometimes it is the good and reasonable opinions of other judges that make me change my initial opinion. But there were times when I convinced other judges with my own solid arguments.
The hardest part is online dating
Especially now that photography has become a popular activity, photographers and homeowners take photos. There are competitions like the Northern Mountainous Region 15 Festival that feature several thousand photos, in a new way of online photo judging, each photo must be given a point. This approach ensures objectivity for candidates when each photo is considered for points. The disadvantage is that it takes a lot of time, usually taking a few days to complete. Not to mention the number of "junk" photos is quite large, sometimes it feels really boring.
To ensure quality, before that, judges had to download all the contestants' photos to watch 1 time to get an overview.
No compensation for the old days, all the photos were spread on the scoreboard to release points. Faster and see photos more clearly, but the disadvantage is that not every photo is in a good position to get a fair view from the judges.
Talking about "seeing clearly", there is a regional festival when stretching out the image on the computer to recognize the contestant. The picture of some ethnic minority women in front of the house, beautiful light, cozy atmosphere, affection of good characters. But for some reason, the contestant put the red flag in the back context. The competition rules do not prohibit photos of photos, but it is clear that the coercive photo grafting causes discomfort to the judges and the photo is not selected. What a pity. There is a picture of the original color, but the contestant goes to increase the color of the color, the image becomes eye aches. There are photos, the contestant grafted more tight hats to take the hat, making the examiner must ask himself: How to make the hat, the other person stepped out in any way?
There was a combination of online collage and paper photo collage. banned online to select photos for the exhibition, then the contestant must post a large photo to the judges directly on the exam table.
Remember the National Youth photography Festival, it was when I spread the photos on the table that I and other judges such as Hong Vinh (Tien Phong Newspaper), Nguyen A... realized that some photos had been photoshopped too much and were not clean with water.
Also in that contest, the first prize was hotly debated and in the end, the photo of the second prize and the first prize only had a difference of exactly 1 vote.
Excitedly judging "Vietnam Beauty"
"Vietnam Beauty" is a photo contest of Nhan Dan Television with a monthly theme and attracts quite a large number of contestants, both professional and amateur.
The three judges directly commented on the photos on the set of Nhan Dan Television. The show has its own appeal and is widely popular on the Fanpage.
Some people say that this time there is no appointment, so all three judges are men. Another person asked: Do you need to stress your nose many times when you criticize the photo of "Vietnam Beauty"?
In fact, marking photos is always difficult. There are photos that have to be upgraded and moved down several times and not everyone agrees. But the principle of over-selling 2/3 is to choose (except for the first prize photo, which must be 3/3) , and the good thing about the program is to give the judges the freedom to debate and express their opinions. Usually, judges like natural photos that capture vivid moments of life, have information and are meaningful to humanity.
Candidates sitting in front of the screen also had the opportunity to re-evaluate the judges, see who was popular, who spoke profoundly, who was good, and what was bad.
Here, mental and physical health has its own voice. Some days, I feel excited and comment enthusiastically, but some days I find myself talking and sometimes being bland.
The important thing is to be honest with your own feelings.
And from there, he evaluated the photo with a serious attitude, without any prejudice. Emotions are of course extremely important. Because there are perfectly technical photos, but look at how it is dry and cold. It is like soulless macrops. Only the novelty and strangeness hidden in the author's elaborateness, exploration, and dedicated efforts are noticed.
The happiest thing about being a judge is that most (never all) of the contestants admit to "arguessing" the photo judging results. I was not happy when my choice was not standard and secretly regretted: If only...
Sometimes you have to... AQ: Judges are also human, and there are times when you make mistakes, as long as the mistake is not "intentional" to defend a "detendant" or "army" of some trust!
