Competition 5 - Series and Open

1st - B Grade: Set Digital - Sunflower © Gayle Tout

Competition results for our fifth competition of 2022 - Series and Open. Our judge was Paul Robinson. As is often the case Paul brought with him some excellent commentary and a bunch of resources for us to check out.

Paul's comments and feedback are available to financial members via our Closed Facebook Group and will soon be uploaded to our private YouTube Channel.

For the purposes of this competition the set subject of "Series" was defined as:

 A photographic series is a collection of images that are themed together and shown together. Your series should be telling the same story or continuing a same theme. Minimum of three images, collated into the one image for submission.

A Grade Set Digital - Series

B Grade Set Digital - Series

A Grade Open Digital

B Grade Open Digital

Photographers mentioned by Paul for further investigation

Throughout the judging Paul referenced a lot of photographers for members to look into to further their field of photography, we have collated that list and found links for them below.

• Russel Ord - for Surfing photography
  https://www.russellordphoto.com
• Paulette Tavormina - Flower photography
  https://www.paulettetavormina.com
• Minor White - for his use of texture and shape
  http://www.artnet.com/artists/minor-white/
• Bence Mate - Nature photography
  https://matebence.hu/en/
• Ross Halfin - Band
  https://www.rosshalfin.com
• Louise Denton - Landscapes / Seascapes
  https://www.louisedenton.com
• Anthony Kurtz - Environmental Portraiture
  https://www.anthonykurtz.com
• Lois Greenfield - Dancers
  https://www.loisgreenfield.com
• Justin de Reuck - Aircraft Photography
  https://www.flickr.com/photos/jdereuck/
• Yousuf Karsh - People Portraits - For Lighting Techniques
  https://karsh.org
• Piere Leclerc - Environmental photography
  https://pierre-leclerc.pixels.com/
• Ruud de Korte - Gothic-style portraits
  https://www.ruuddekorte.com
• William Patino - Landscapes
  https://williampatino.com
• Blake Randall - Landscapes with high contrast
  https://www.blakerandallphotography.com
• Grant Dixon - Landscapes - focus of Tasmania
  https://www.grantdixonphotography.com.au

A couple of additional notes from this evening

• In a series, we would do well to attempt to keep the frames of similar size. Each image in a series should hold equal weight. Given this was the first time for many members in attempting to make a series of images in a single image, you all did amazingly well, I for one commend all those who gave it a try.
• Paul commented on the "progress of motion". He mentioned that we are often told, and many judges will comment, when we have a subject "moving though the frame" they should be left with space into which to move. However, when there is an element in the image providing a "progress of motion" then the subject should in fact have made its way through the frame. see the image below "Up, Up, and Away" by Tony Aceri for an example.
• Members are encouraged to look into the Gestalt Theory of composition, gestalt theory goes beyond our standard rule-of-thirds, repetition, leading lines and into more subtle versions of pattern recognition:
  • 7 Tips for Using the Gestalt Theory for Better Composition
  • Gestalt Theory for Photographers

Gallery of images which received placings

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