Making, not just taking, winning photographs

By Terry Plowman
From the October 2007 issue

Successful photographers follow the advice of legendary nature photographer Ansel Adams that "You don't take a photograph, you make it."

The judges in the first Delaware Beach Life photo contest (winners of which are featured on the previous pages) noticed that many entries had promise, but for one reason or another, fell a little short of prizewinner status.

So, here — with comments from the judges and permission from the photographers who let us use their entries as examples — we offer some tips on how to make a great photograph. (See the images on the following pages for more exampes.)

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