By Ellen Bedrosian
It happens after almost every competition. Members gather in small groups and complain about how the judge scored their images. Sure, there are times when it seems as if the judge completely misses the point of your image. I remember one image submitted by another member that I thought was pretty cool. It was a selective focus shot of one mug out of rows and rows of “I Love NY” mugs,
and the judge’s critique was that the entire image of out-of-focus. I remember thinking: We gotta get some new judges. But more often than not, judges have legitimate criticism of our images, and if we listen to what they have to say and try not to get defensive, we can learn from their comments and in the process, become better photographers.
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