Save time and disappointment in photo competitions - 3 tips 

Well definable .

Huge congratulations again Louise! Two superb images. Thank you so much for these tips - very valid and worthwhile

Congratulations on your commendations, Louise!

Just found your channel, wise words 🙌

Great video Louise - and congratulations on your successes! Loving your presenting style!

Well done

Congratulations! Beautiful image, well deserved recognition. Get 'em next time.

Just found your channel through Ben, congratulations on your recognitions this year Louise and sound advice. In terms of your first tip, I take a similar approach in that I normally sit down at the end of the year and decide what competitions I will enter and mark these up on a spreadsheet and make a note of the keys aspects of the rules such as the timescale the image must have been taken in and whether it is admissible if entered elsewhere. You are also bang on about social media popularity doesn't necessarily translate into success in competitions. I had an image that went viral on Instagram and entered it into a competition 2 years ago and never even got short listed. My key influences for entering an image now are based on originality, visual impact and emotional connection. Look forward to following your channel and seeing more of your work

Good for you Louise and great advise on photo contests

great infomation; blimey some of these photos 5:29 are just stunning

Excellent.. well done Louise :-)

For beginner landscape photographers need these kind of information ❤

Whoop another lady IR photographer. Not sure why I've not come across you before. Difference is I'm a False colour, Kolari Chrome and black & white kinda girl. My portraits however only work in black & white 720nm plus. Dont have Nik Silver & have a different way of editing but with similar results. Its good to be different. Just received back 2nd converted full spectrum camera (traded in previous) as i love this style of photography. Congratulations & thank you for the info. Club Master Photographer of the year i received 3 10/10 for the IR print images but only a 8.5 for the 'normal' print. Thankfully had a judge who realised one was IR but had no idea about the b&w or false colour one but enjoed the image so marked on that. I look forward to watching more of your videos.

Well done Louse. They're great photos. I got one of my infrared landscapes in 'Amateur Photographer' a couple of weeks ago, albeit a very small reproduction accompanying a letter enquiring whether the magazine intended running any articles on infrared photography in the future.

great one louise after your video tips i might try my luck 👍

Congratulations from Down Under!!

Congratulations on your wins

Thanks for the tips and well done with the images Louise 😊 I’ve just discovered it channel and love it. I’m just working my way through your videos. I’m going to use your tips initially for my local photo society and then who knows. (Also love your chilled style 0n camera so I may get a few tips for my channel too 😊)

Congratulations again Highly Commended Louise! These were really helpful tips Louise, especially the organisation of raw files etc. Whenever I want to find the raw files I actually save the photos off my website and the exif data helps me find the originals in my Lightroom catalogue- but essentially I am just looking for date of capture. Interesting to hear the number and variety of the judges for the competition. You can choose the images I enter again next year, I am going to enter 20 wildcards! Haha

And congratulations

This is the first of your videos that I have seen and I must say I really enjoyed your approach/delivery/style of sharing your knowledge and experience. And, congratulations on your commendations. I've taken a few moments to supscribe and go back to your first videos which I'll continue to go through. Thanks for sharing. Kindest regards.

Congrats Louise for getting commended from 1000s of submitted photos.

Great reel and tips, well done on your entries.

OH! You were in Bovec, my home town! 😅

Nice. I liked your wildcard photo better from your 2023 entry. I imagine the judges look at some (quite a few actually) of the photos on multiple days before making the decisions. But that is just a guess on my part. I would be happy to be able to come across scenes like these to photograph even without the intent of entering a contest. As I paused the vid to read some of your photo notes, couldn't help thinking, something like this would help one when making a video or writing an article about the shoot also. Thank you for the vid & congrats on your commended mentions.

I agree it is if the final printed image appeals. The viewer in the gallery could not care less of what format or equipment or settings the image was created by

IMO, having to submit the RAW images helps keep things real. although I would probably fail the test since I often remove distracting elements (trash, branches / vegetation invading from the edges, etc.), plus I found myself adding background to go from 2x3 to a square, in order to have more freedom for a 4x5 crop.

Thanks Louise, but I have to wonder "why" there is such a need for the raw, the jpeg and exif with changes. The end result is what people are looking at - and whether the image appeals or does not appeal. How you got there is part of your process, not the process of the observer. I no longer include my images in competitions, the process can be political and rather destroying to creative purpose.

Great tips. How much detail do you put into the What editing was carried out ?

i have only entered 1 comp online as i have a pro group in my club and my photos would never get anywhere

I save time, i never send photos to competitions

Scottish landscape photographer of the year not allowing ND grads? What about people photographing with colour reversal film with 4 or 5 stops exposure range? Deliberate attempt to favour digital?

Why do people enter these money making competitions - why do you want beet other people, is it a case winning makes you better than others lol

Sounds like absolutely no fun what so ever.😟