Having your work reviewed by either a professional committee or other fellow photographers is one way to improve your technique. Putting your photographs in front of a photo community is always a bit of a gamble. Many people on forums focus on minor technical imperfections rather than the art aspect of your photograph. It is important to find the right community to review your work to leap ahead and improve your work rather than reading through endless pixel peeping discussions.

Daily Awards is one of those communities where you can have your work reviewed, compete against other artists or just see what kind of work people notice and recognize. For a relatively new site, they already have a sizable community. Even the free reviews are excellent and encouraging. Rather than putting people down, the young aspiring artist is motivated while getting exceptional feedback. I like to read other people’s feedback to compare the opinion of the reviewers to my own. It is an incredibly valuable tool to learn and see photographically.

Viewing and learning from other peoples reviews is easy and free. Uploading and getting reviews requires a paid membership at a very reasonable price. I think it is a great way to keep the members at a professional level. For your $26.10/yr you get an immense value in return. A yearly membership is a good option. Although the price declines when you sign up for a longer period, I prefer to reevaluate all my memberships on a yearly basis.
The concept of the website is refreshing and new (to me). There is a lot of value in gaining exposure and popularity. Like any social based website, you can get more exposure by contributing more but most importantly by getting positive reviews. It is a great concept and if the owners find ways to identify that their system cannot be manipulated it is also a very fair system. For aspiring photographers with lots of time it is certainly a great way to get noticed. For me it is yet another way to learn what gets good reviews.

The site also offers paid reviews where one can request a review from any one of the paid professionals over there. This might be something worth looking into when you are seriously thinking about getting published.