First Photos is very fortunate to have three talented and esteemed judges picking the best shots out of all the entries we're receiving here at Push.ca. These judges are Brian Caissie, photo editor of Concrete magazine, Bob Kronbauer, the founder of Clubmumble.com, and Dylan Doubt, photo editor of Color magazine. We asked each judge to share some photography and submission advice with us. Our third and final installment is with Bob Kronbauer!

Check out all of the First Photos entries here.

What tips or advice do you have for new skate photographers?

The best advice that I can give is to work hard and don't expect everything to fall into place overnight. Even if you win this contest, you still have a ton of work to put in. And if you don't win this contest? Don't let it set you back, keep shooting.

Where should photographers look for guidance and advice?

I think the most important is the most obvious: skate mags. Those are your text books. Brian and Dylan probably have more sources than I do outside of that. I don't think anybody's made a "Skateboard Photography How-To" book; maybe one of the magazines should do a special edition?

How can a new photographer submitting a photo get noticed by photo editors?

Aside from shooting photographs that stand ou,t the best thing I can think of is to drop off your photos to their office in person, or at the very least reach out over the phone and tell them what your deal is and what you're sending them, otherwise yours is just another faceless e-mail that these guys receive every day. Developing and maintaining good relationships with editors will be an important part of your job if you want to do this for a long time.

What was your first published photo? How did you "break through" to get this photo shot?

I believe my first published photos were a group of portraits -- more like mug shots -- of American pros which I shot at the Whiterock skatepark during a Slam City Jam weekend, published in the very first issue of SBC Skateboard. I just barged it. I went up and asked about 20 different pros what their favourite and least favourite things were about Canada, and then I shot one quick photo of each of them. I got a lot of interesting answers and it was a lot of fun. So another piece of advice I might offer is that if you can deliver a story, and not simply a really good photo, your chances of getting it published could be a lot better. Looking at those mug shots now more than ten years later, they were pretty heinous! But Ryan Allan -- the editor of SBC at the time -- must have liked the angle of the story I pitched to him because he did his best to make them work over a couple of spreads in the magazine.

Do you have any golden rules for shooting photos that you always follow?

I've got one or two, but they're kinda secrets.

How important is having good camera equipment to get good shots?

Once you become established, you're going to want to invest in some professional equipment. But when you're just starting out you should really just mess around and learn about composition and what makes a good photograph. That being said, as the photos I shoot are mostly portraits and not action photos, a large portion of the ones I've had published over the years have been shot on old cameras I bought off of E-bay for less than 50 bucks.

Read more about Bob in this profile on Push.ca.

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