Out of four submissions to the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon, three were chosen for show this year. The photos were entered into the Sports, People (color), and Panoramic categories.
Statistically, 2,579 photos were entered and 833 were exhibiited or 32%. Ribbons were awared to 200 photos or 24% of exhibed photos. Coincidentally, all the categories I entered had a higher than average percentage of being displayed: 148 People (color) photos were entered with 51 exhibited (34%); 76 Sports category entries resulted in 42 exhibited (55%); and 61 Panoramic photos were entered with 28 exhibited (46%).
Interestingly, my success on entering the Theme category has dismally failed every year I’ve entered. Next year’s theme is Historic Buidings of Iowa. This will be limited to buildings that have been designated by National Register of Historic places or state or local designation. I’ll give this some consideration but will likely avoid the “Theme” category next year. BUT….you never know.
Chuck Spindler Photography 