My guess would be that they are chosen from among the top-selling or "best" photographers on the site. The DpChallenge prints front page is a viewer's first impression of the site. If the prints featured there are anything less than stellar, a viewer not familiar with the site will probably close the page and go elsewhere.
The featured photographers are chosen by the administrators (Langdon and I) and are placed in a rotating queue. If you feel someone should be a featured photographer, you're welcome to suggest that person. There are several photographers who have a bunch of good pieces, but then have several pieces I wouldn't want to repeatedly see on the front page of the site, so they haven't been selected. I actually have a plan for this (to allow us to select which prints of a featured photographer are shown), but that still needs to be coded.
Drew, I feel the same as Joanns, If there are print of mine that are bad please tell me or comment on the photos. I feel that more people need to comment on the photos so we know what is suitable and what is not.
I was commenting on some when it first started but not very many reconized them so I stopped. Maybe more people should comment so we know there opinion. I didn't comment on the ones that I thought would not make a good print, maybe I should. What do you all think?
i think the attitude that people think they need to take prints off the site because they won't get into rotation is silly. it's just like participating in a challenge here. different people like different things. it is impossible for drew and langdon to decide what will be universally accepted, although their reasoning behind their method is understandable.
i think the attitude that people think they need to take prints off the site because they won't get into rotation is silly. it's just like participating in a challenge here. different people like different things. it is impossible for drew and langdon to decide what will be universally accepted, although their reasoning behind their method is understandable.
I agree. And as Drew says, there are plans to allow them to select which shots can be included in the featured section, so taking them off won't make any difference in the long run.
It does make the exhortation on the print submission page to offer the just-posted print for public sale -- "it costs you nothing" -- somewhat disingenuous. I don't even know if I WANT to be a featured photographer, but it should be made clearer that the prints you make publically available can affect your status.
