Dear Travel & Photography Enthusiasts,
 
The experience of travel has inspired mankind since the beginning of explorations. To capture such experiences with images is one of the most exciting past times for many of us.
 
But how exciting are these images to others? A competition is always a good way to find out. As we all know, judging images is not a precise science, so at times we are lost and are asking ourselves: “What the heck are these judges actually looking for? Do they have the slightest idea themselves? Or are they just throwing darts at the wall, while having their eyes closed? (And of course the eyes are always closed on MY images!)”
 
Let me say this: Dart throwing may sound tempting, but there are actual criteria to make an image last longer in our heads and give them a real shot to win this competition, or just winning over any person out there looking at them longer then two seconds to begin with.
 
This blog is designed to give you a little peek into the judges’ heads and to explain some of the criteria used to sort out the better images.
 
Anyhow, feel free to ask me a question via the comments link below.

I look forward to the conversation!

www.eyesonasia.net

This blog will be authored by Felix Hug. A Professional Travel & Destination Photographer since 2004, you may have seen some of his spectacular images in regional and global publications with the National Geographic Traveler, GEO and the Asian Geographic magazines at the top of a long list.
 
Based in Singapore, Felix has also had the honour of being on the winners’ list of leading Travel Photography competitions. In 2008, his images were hot picks, winning at the “Travel Photographer of The Year Awards” and the “American Photo Image of The Year Awards”.
 
Today, Felix also runs a movement labelled Eyes On Asia, where he works not only as a photographer, but also heads workshop programmes on photography.
 
This blog will share some of his experiences and knowledge on what to look out for to get a better image when out and about and ultimately being able to judge your own images in a way that they represent lasting visuals of your trips. Perhaps in the future, they may be seen as winning entries for this as well as other photographic competitions.

- Lunita S V Mendoza, Editor, Asian Geographic