Rip

[colinclough2011]

RIP? and another ones bites the dust. Hope not Coline C

[grahamhgraham]

Im amazed at the response to a lousy ten quid fee. Millions spend that and more so they can shove greasy fast food down their neck & belch all the way home in appreciation of their shorter life expectancy.

The less people that enter the better.

Perhaps the quality will improve such that we dont have to endure searching through a tsunami of rubbish to find a few valuable nuggets.

Originally Posted by grahamhgraham

Im amazed at the response to a lousy ten quid fee. Millions spend that and more so they can shove greasy fast food down their neck & belch all the way home in appreciation of their shorter life expectancy.

The less people that enter the better.

Perhaps the quality will improve such that we dont have to endure searching through a tsunami of rubbish to find a few valuable nuggets.

Hi Graham,

Coming in the top 33 of 114,000 photographs is more pleasing than coming 1st in 10 entries

I am not entering this year on a point of sensible business ethics. I wish to and sell my work; and granting license over three years should be sufficient by way of promoting.

Paying for the priviledge of exposure of the physical product devalues the value originally placed on an items worth, a point most people in commerce understand

[Russ Barnes Photography]

No segregation of pro and amateur yet?

[ABERS]

Well here's a note that will make Marcus and his merry band feel a little better warding off all the complaints about a £10 entry fee.

Yesterday I got the details of The B+W Magazine POTY which has has just launched. If you decide to enter the main POTY category, which comprises a panel of three related pictures and a print in each of the other 8 categories, it will cost you the princely sum of £48!!!!

Should you win all the prizes on offer you could walk away with £3000, big deal.

Whilst I'm a great fan and subscribe to the magazine in question, I do feel there is a bit of an anomaly here, and it makes DCM's charge seem relatively generous.

With no B+W category in the DCM competition, I'm stymied!

http://www.bpoty.com

[Reinardina]

Originally Posted by grahamhgraham

Im amazed at the response to a lousy ten quid fee. Millions spend that and more so they can shove greasy fast food down their neck & belch all the way home in appreciation of their shorter life expectancy.

I don't think, it is the ten quid that people revolt against; most in the western world can easily afford it.(Don't know if this also goes for the many third world contestants that used to enter.)

Last year's portfolio category cost ten pounds to enter, and the prize money was low, but people still entered. That was out of choice; if you weren't prepared to pay, or couldn't afford it, you could still enter the main competition and daydream about the 'big win.'
For most of us, it was only a dream, but then, you never know with photography ...

The fact that you now have to pay, to enter only half the number of photographs, without even the chance of 'The Big One,' lies, in my opinion, at the root of the upset.

Originally Posted by ABERS

Well here's a note that will make Marcus and his merry band feel a little better warding off all the complaints about a £10 entry fee.

Yesterday I got the details of The B+W Magazine POTY which has has just launched. If you decide to enter the main POTY category, which comprises a panel of three related pictures and a print in each of the other 8 categories, it will cost you the princely sum of £48!!!!

Should you win all the prizes on offer you could walk away with £3000, big deal.

Whilst I'm a great fan and subscribe to the magazine in question, I do feel there is a bit of an anomaly here, and it makes DCM's charge seem relatively generous.

With no B+W category in the DCM competition, I'm stymied!

http://www.bpoty.com

This looks every much like the many 'creative writing' and poetry competitions, small underfunded magazines regularly organise! You would not expect it from established publications.

Even without a specific B+W category, I'm sure you can still enter B+W photographs.

[KeithT]

My philosophy is simple: stick to photography for fun, without having any expectations of fame or fortune attached to it, or use photography as a way of earning some corn by selling prints or licences. The rest is fodder for the vain and competitive people of this world. That's fine, each to his own. If you think an entry fee into a competition is too expensive for any possible gain to be made from it, then don't moan about it. Just don’t enter.

Edit. I never enter short story comps, even though I did win second prize once. I found an outlet that pays reasonable fees and that makes me happy. If it's good enough, they buy it. If it isn't, they reject it. Simple.

[DR1]

"Coming in the top 33 of 114,000 photographs is more pleasing than coming 1st in 10 entries"

I get the point you're making - I think. But I'm not sure I agree. I'd rather be first out of ten truly awesome images, than first out of 100000 second rate ones. While I'm not sure the entry fee will have any change to the quality of the shots entered, it may make people stop and think before submitting something under par. I don't think its a huge amount of money. It isn't beyond what most people could afford. Personally I don't enter many competitions, but I'd rather have the kudos of winning a competition than a cash prize for second. So I tend not to even look at whats on offer.