Monthly Photo Awards at P.ca

**Iguanasan** · 02-02-2009, 04:10 PM

It all sounds very good to me. I've learned a lot from taking the time to look at critiques and break them down into their component parts. I do agree with AcadieLibre though that sometimes a photo is more (and less) than the sum of it's parts so it will be interesting to see how this goes. I'm thinking of my recent "Show Your Photo" shot "Happy Accident" where technically it kinda sucks but it's one of my recent faves because of the way I got it.

**Mad Aussie** · 02-02-2009, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by Iguanasan

It all sounds very good to me. I've learned a lot from taking the time to look at critiques and break them down into their component parts. I do agree with AcadieLibre though that sometimes a photo is more (and less) than the sum of it's parts so it will be interesting to see how this goes. I'm thinking of my recent "Show Your Photo" shot "Happy Accident" where technically it kinda sucks but it's one of my recent faves because of the way I got it.

Yeh and again i think that's where a Members Choice might cater for such photos.

In the Marko's Choice of the Month photo the idea is it is not subjective in that it is what Marko (or a qualified guest) likes and we learn from his autopsy or simply enjoy the fact our photo was chosen.

**Marko** · 02-02-2009, 06:10 PM

Hmm now I'm not sure what is best....we could do both...

So let's say we choose one (or 2 forums) we could post a member's poll and have an Admin/Guest Pick of the month.

Certainly if members feel they would rather pick...and NOT have an Admin/Guest Pick, I would not in any way be offended...just tring to do this in a way that suits the most members.

Thx all!

Marko

**jjeling** · 02-02-2009, 06:37 PM

As a member it really doesn't matter to me. I figured I would just give my input from the other forums I have been a part of. All I was saying, is the members that would be voting would probably be the same as the admin's of the site.

**Marko** · 02-04-2009, 10:19 AM

Ok then - let's try it this way but logistically......

I'll choose a photo for January (and reveal it tomorrow in the show forum) and then members can choose one in March for February along with my choice....but how do we get members to choose THEIR favourite image in an efficient manner? A poll with all the photos is a daunting task and even going through them is daunting as there are around 70 threads posted in the show forum in January and this number is likely to jump monthly.

How can we do this efficiently? any ideas?
thx - marko

**jjeling** · 02-04-2009, 11:56 AM

Here is my thought, to make is easier on you. Instead of waiting for submissions and then creating a poll, waiting for people to vote on, create a new thread. Allow people to submit their image of choice(limit one per person), preferably a theme based contest to cut back on the number of images because it can get a little crazy if you dont. Then at the end of the month close the thread. Each person must have a title to their image. Once the month ended voting begins the following week. You can either just open up a new thread and count the votes at the end of the week or start a poll. I have never run anything like this, just participated, and given advice. Counting votes would be pretty easy it seems to me. A public vote will allow to see who prefers which image and then there can be discussions based on the contest afterwards. Anyways, just my .02 again. Good luck.

**Mad Aussie** · 02-04-2009, 03:43 PM

For Marko's Choice I wouldn't want anyone submitting anything. My idea is that Marko chooses something that catches his eye. Plenty of time during the month for that to happen. The idea is that it's ALL Marko's Choice, not ours, no influence from others at all.

For the Members Choice I suggested that Marko simply choose someone to do the first month. That person would then choose 5 photos he/she thinks are good and then a vote is added to the thread. In this way the members and the forum do all the work and it doesn't add anything to Marko's workload.
We could have a submission thread each month where members paste photos they think are worthy of being considered for the Member Choice and then the chosen member could choose 5 from that.
Perhaps after the first month, the chosen member could simply be the winner from the previous month and is then exempt from the month they will make their choice of 5 from.

**Marko** · 02-05-2009, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by Mad Aussie

For Marko's Choice I wouldn't want anyone submitting anything. My idea is that Marko chooses something that catches his eye. Plenty of time during the month for that to happen. The idea is that it's ALL Marko's Choice, not ours, no influence from others at all.

For the Members Choice I suggested that Marko simply choose someone to do the first month. That person would then choose 5 photos he/she thinks are good and then a vote is added to the thread. In this way the members and the forum do all the work and it doesn't add anything to Marko's workload.
We could have a submission thread each month where members paste photos they think are worthy of being considered for the Member Choice and then the chosen member could choose 5 from that.
Perhaps after the first month, the chosen member could simply be the winner from the previous month and is then exempt from the month they will make their choice of 5 from.

I must say, for now, logistically I like M.A. take on my workload. I LOVE doing this, but if a member (maybe the winning member) were to choose the 5 images and then have all members vote - that would make my life so much easier. But please keep the ideas coming and BTW - I have made January's choice here. http://www.photography.ca/Forums/admins-choice-month/1986-january-2009-markos-choice.html#post10433

Thanks everyone!
Marko