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Rejected!
On Saturday I sent off a submission for the Hotshots pages of Practical Photography, which feature pictures sent in by the magazine’s readers. 3 days later, and this morning I received the dreaded rejection slip…
Now, I’m not too disheartend, as the Hotshots pages of this UK-based photography magazine feature less than 5 stunning images per month. With the power of hindsight, I was almost certainly aiming too high, but it was worth having a go. And I got more feedback than simply being rejected. The reason given was number 3 from the following list:
- Poor camera technique. i.e. poorly exposed or out of focus
- Technically good, but the pictorial content could be better
- Good pictures but needs more impact
- Great shot but sadly we can’t publish them all
So at least my 16 images of street entertainers were judged to be pretty good, and by my reckoning, number 3 is only two steps from actually being published!
I’m going to try again and submit the same photos to another UK magazine, Amateur Photography, which features the portfolios of several readers every week. I’ll let you know how I got on…
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#1 Sean
That's cool Mark. It's always gut wrenching to make that first step in getting your work out in front of the masses. I just found out that I made it through the first round of judging for the Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach. Second round is this weekend and I'm nervous as hell.
11:41 pm - Wednesday, March 12, 2003
#2 Mark Goldstein
So you're an artist and a photographer then?!
3:07 pm - Friday, March 14, 2003
#3 Sean
Oh god no! I can't paint or draw to save my life. Photographer only. There's usually about 6-8 photographers in the show each summer.
8)
11:20 pm - Friday, March 14, 2003
#4 bakari
Well, at least you're sending your stuff out. I'm not at the point yet. I look forward to the day I have work that's good enough to send out.
11:24 pm - Friday, March 14, 2003
#5 Mark Goldstein
Sean, will your photos be displayed on the Web?
4:11 pm - Saturday, March 15, 2003
#6 Sean
bakari, it will come. it's taken me about 2 yrs to get to this point. keep at it.
mark, some stuff is on my site. more of my stuff is at usefilm. i haven't quite gotten around to finishing my business site yet.
7:42 pm - Saturday, March 15, 2003
#7 Mark Goldstein
Some very nice shots on your personal site
Congratulations on the birth of your daughter!
10:54 pm - Saturday, March 15, 2003
#8 Sean
thx 8)
12:58 am - Monday, March 17, 2003