I thought about this for a while, why the posting is going up so late. The question is very simple, how do folks vote to say whether they like your photograph or not? We could belabor the point of focus or exposure. These are always very popular reasons that photographers give for liking or not liking their photographs.
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\nWe could go on and talk about subject matter or placement. The Rule of Thirds always gets a good beating during that discussion. It normally deteriorates though back to exposure and depth of field. If you\u2019re lucky, color might come into play at some point.
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\nThe discussion could elevate to a higher level and talk about light. Now we\u2019re takin photography when we start talking about the light in a photo. There is no arguing that great light makes a great photo so using that as a measuring stick for voting would seem to make sense how folks vote.
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\nBut really, why do photographers think folks look at their images through those glasses? I guess if you only take your photographs to only please other photographers, that would be the criteria I guess the audience would use to vote rather they like your photo or not.
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\nBut how do the folks we should be shooting for, those not as fortunate to venture out and see the wonders of the world as we do, vote where they like a photograph or not? It\u2019s real simple, they either look at it or they don\u2019t.
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\nSure, we could debate all that stuff up above and a whole lot more that goes into making the general public like a photo. And while that\u2019s true, doesn\u2019t that debate take us away from the fun and passion that should be going into our images? I\u2019ve yet to see a crowd around a magazine rack looking at one photo debating the merits of any photo. I\u2019ve just seen smiles when they found something they like. I know when I really like a photo, I just smile and shake my head yes. That\u2019s all it should take.
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\nThere is no mental debate about exposure or focus, placement of the subject or the light because they don\u2019t know anything about that. They simply know what they like and don\u2019t like. Perhaps putting that simplicity into your shooting might just improve your photography so, folks just simply like them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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How Do People Vote?<\/a><\/blockquote>