Keys to winning online contests

Many photographers try to make some money by selling their photos to stock sites and art galleries. We might as well add these options to participate in online contests, which provide the ability to earn large sums by using photos that have already taken with only a clicks in between. This short list will guide you through some simple steps that will serve to organize from the search, until after the application of the photo. Remember that these are not given from an artistic standpoint, but rather to optimize the chances of winning a prize .

The competition is right for you . There are too many options out there. Instead of trying at all to find, focus on those that particularly interest you. For example, if you feel your strength is the portrait, make a search-oriented photo contests this style. It also seeks to vary in methodological issues - do not limit yourself to only those based on votes from visitors, or only those that depend on a jury of professionals.

Study each option . Many contests have galleries with pictures of previous winners. You can also search on the net. See them, look at their quality, and tries to detect any slight inclination towards certain types of pictures. For example, some jurors - whether professional or general public - have more predilection for crisp, clean appearance by those more experimental and artistic.

Organize your collection . The most practical is to take a list of competitions that revenues, together with the types of photos that go well with everyone. Then came the time to look through your collection. Forget about the competition and stay with those that constitute the pillars of your work. Group them in a folder and then try to merge them with the contests in which you think will be better, Based on past winners. Most likely, you have to do some post-editing to improve or adapt them to what you have in mind.

Promote your picture - especially if the jury is the audience. Many who enter this type of competition up his picture and only return at the end to see if they won. However, increasing your chances to take home the prize if you actively try to get votes from friends, family or supporters of your work. The best way is through social networks. Copy and paste the link to the contest or contests in your user's Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, your blog and others. Ask your contacts to vote for your photo and tell what the prize - will be more motivated to do so if they know what you are helping to win.

In short: if you find one or more appropriate competitions for you to verigua the qualities of previous winning photos . Then a picture postulates those qualities and promote it to increase your chances of winning . Remember that these contests are for fun too. And even if you do not take the prize will increase the exposure of your work . Good luck and still trying!