Picfair‘s new Urban Wildlife Photography Awards has released its funniest submissions to date. If you need a smile or a laugh (and who doesn’t these days), take a look.
Contests
Critique the Community Sports
Submit Your Most Creative Sports Portraits
For the next Critique the Community LIVE, we want to see your best and most creative sports portraits.
As always, each photographer can submit up to 3 separate images. The highest-rated image and one random image will receive a free tutorial from the Fstoppers Store. Only images with details about the photo in the description will be chosen. As an added bonus, one lucky winner will also receive a free Pro Light Mod kit (two 3’x3’…
Is It Worth It to Enter Photography Competitions?
There are a ton of photography competitions out there, often promising prizes, prestige, and more to the winners. Are they actually worth taking the time and spending the money to enter, however? This excellent video essay discusses photography contests and their pros and cons.
Critique the Community Clique Photographs
We Want To See Your Most Clique Images Ever Taken
This week we are trying something different. We want to see your most clique, overly done photos. Maybe you’ve taken a super common image that actually turned out amazing or perhaps it is so cringeworthy you never wanted to show it before. Either way, we are going to pick a random assortment of overly copied images and give you our opinions on why you should avoid them, what could be done to make them better, or maybe, just maybe, why we think one breaks the mold and belongs in your portfolio. This should be a lot of fun.
As always, each photographer can submit up to three images…
Becoming a Full-Time Landscape Photographer: 9 Months on YouTube
Becoming a full-time landscape photographer can be difficult to navigate and there are many paths you can take. I’ve focused heavily on developing a YouTube channel to hopefully turn my passion into more, and in this 3rd update, I go over my progress, revenue, setbacks, and what the future holds.
Winners: Picfair’s Urban Wildlife Contest
Andrew Interisano, a digital advertising specialist and an amateur photographer, has won Picfair‘s Urban Wildlife Photography Awards. Scroll to see all of the category winners! Of note, all of Picfair’s profits on winners print sales will go to global conservation non-profit Re:Wild.
Controversial Grand Prize Winner Withdraws From ‘Outdoor Photographer’ Competition
Outdoor Photographer awarded the grand prize of their “Great Outdoors 2021” to a composite image that violates the rules of the competition as stated on the official website. This controversy gives rise to an ethical question regarding photography competitions that fail to enforce their own rules.
The Best Images From GuruShots ‘Minimalist Shots’ Challenge
GuruShots is a website that hosts “The World’s Greatest Photo Game,” and it’s latest challenge has drawn some attention. Participants were invited to submit their best images of “Minimalist Shots.” Thousands of people entered and millions of votes were cast for their favorites. Check out the three winners of the challenge as well as hundreds of top rated images below.
