How to Actually Win Photography Competitions (A Judge Explains What They're Really Looking For)

How to Actually Win Photography Competitions (A Judge Explains What They're Really Looking For)

Every few months I submit work to photography competitions, and for a long time I kept making the same quiet mistake. I’d scroll through my Lightroom catalog, find something I was genuinely proud of, and send it in thinking, “This is strong work. Surely that’s enough.” It wasn’t. The results were a lesson I didn’t fully understand until I watched Karl Taylor’s competition breakdown over at Visual Education. Watch the full tutorial on YouTube