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RE: April Photography News with @skiesandsports
Great write-up.
What are your thoughts on photographs winning these prizes when it's someone who's mainly just in the right place at the right time? Like with the Charlottesville photo?
If you're not in the right place at the right time you wouldn't get the shot! Even if it were someone that has never picked up a camera, literally lifted the camera up and said "what does this button do?" as they pressed the shutter and got a shot like any of the above images has as much right to win the award as someone that sleeps with a camera in their hand and actively seeks out human tragedies.
Yeah, I'm with you on this. Your level of dedication to photography doesn't necessarily determine how good a picture you take is.
Is it a good picture though? I agree that it's an interesting subject but there's little that makes it good other than an interesting subject. Just because someone has a beautiful model in their portrait does not mean it's a good photo right?
Also I didn't realize that it won the "breaking news photography" award, which makes total sense to me now.
Yeah, totally agree. I think the category is really important in this case! In general I agree about just taking a picture of something pretty, but in this case "right place right time" is by default gonna be an important factor.