Digital BW, The Print

Barry: In the annual Colo. Press Awards event, judges were supposed to 
evaluate photos accordingly: attention-getting; tells a story; composition; 
photographer's enterprise; clarity as printed. (The last criterion suggests 
the frustrating reality of the beating photos take in surviving a press run.) 
The first two criteria, if I remember correctly, counted for at least sixty 
percent. (A judge once said of a particular photo -alas, not one of mine - 
'I'd stop running from a burning building to look at this picture!') I think 
these standards are useful in any photographer's perception warehouse. Of 
course, what you find personally pleasing is important. But as you linger 
over a print, you want to know why it moves you. Another idea is to describe 
to yourself what you see. As you do so, you might find yourself noticing new 
dimensions in the photo, and over time you might find yourself a better seer. 
All for now. Good thoughts, Carol


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