You probably know the story by now: Sal Cincotta, owner of the site Behind the Shutter and its associated ShutterFest conference, entered and won his own photography competition. Not surprisingly, many people are upset about this, and have said so on the internet. Cincotta wrote a lengthy post on Facebook defending his actions, stressing that the judging was fair. Still: he entered and won his own photo competition. It just doesn’t look great any way you spin it, does it?
Much has been said about the whole debacle, but nobody rants like our friend Jared Polin aka Fro, so we think it’s worth 8 minutes of your time. And for the record, we think it’s a bad idea to enter your own photography competition.
Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)