Worth1000.com | Photography Contests
August 18th, 2008,An attendee from GenCon, where I set up a last-minute booth to sell my photos, suggested that I check out Worth 1000, a daily photography contest website. They also have daily contests for 3D rendering (for some reason labeled “Photoshop”), Illustration, graphic design, and writing.
Unfortunately, the site doesn’t allow image merging or collaging, so it doesn’t have a strong appeal to me right now. While the advanced photo contests allow for a wide range of image manipulation skills, and their copyright usage rules seem reasonable, the entries I’ve seen for the non-photo contests seem fairly slipshod. Many of the photos are very impressive, but are almost wholly tabletop photography, given the nature of the contests. Still, for those who need that extra push to practice their art-making skills.
Certainly, I’m now thinking about buying some cheap tabletop lighting equipment suggested to me by Daniel Aubry and taking a crack at these, just for the sake of motivation and tabletop work.