Ever since online voting for Photography contests became popular, a lot of people have resorted to asking their friends to vote for them or to like their photos in Facebook and other online social networks.
Some even go to extreme lengths such as befriending a thousand people just so they can ask these new online contacts to vote for their photos.
I find this trend to be disrespectful to your friends and just plain selfish.
If you don't want to be that insensitive person that begs for recognition, consider the following:
But the ones I join are those that have expert judges and not those with online voting.
The problem with most beginners these days is that they want to be popular at the soonest possible time.
They are made to believe by their peers that by winning photo contests they will be considered great photographers.
When they do not win, they get disappointed.
Some may even decide to stop doing photography.
With the advent of online voting based photography contests, newbies are given the opportunity to push their photos to people.
Some newbies maximize their social network contacts: Some will ask their friends, some will beg.
Unfortunately, some will even abuse their friends networks by tagging and spamming unknowing contacts.
I hope those starting out in photography will be able to discern that you don't get better with photography because you are popular.
Consistent learning and practice should be their focus.
Because in the end, being popular doesn't justify having substandard photos.
Some even go to extreme lengths such as befriending a thousand people just so they can ask these new online contacts to vote for their photos.
I find this trend to be disrespectful to your friends and just plain selfish.
If you don't want to be that insensitive person that begs for recognition, consider the following:
- Just inform your contacts that you joined a photo contest.
Adding a short line that goes like, "if you like my photo, do vote for it," is enough to let them know that you would appreciate them voting for your photo. - Don't tag people in status messages or photos if they are not really on those photos.
Some people do this to tap into their friends' network.
By tagging their friends, their photos or links are seen in their friends' wall.
This can be embarrassing for the people unknowingly tagged.
If you can't respect your friends, they won't respect you. - If you want to be respected as a good photographer, take good photos.
Having the most popular photo doesn't mean that your photo is good.
Most of the time, your friends just pity you that's why they voted.
But the ones I join are those that have expert judges and not those with online voting.
The problem with most beginners these days is that they want to be popular at the soonest possible time.
They are made to believe by their peers that by winning photo contests they will be considered great photographers.
When they do not win, they get disappointed.
Some may even decide to stop doing photography.
With the advent of online voting based photography contests, newbies are given the opportunity to push their photos to people.
Some newbies maximize their social network contacts: Some will ask their friends, some will beg.
Unfortunately, some will even abuse their friends networks by tagging and spamming unknowing contacts.
I hope those starting out in photography will be able to discern that you don't get better with photography because you are popular.
Consistent learning and practice should be their focus.
Because in the end, being popular doesn't justify having substandard photos.
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