Hello Herb, I don't really disagree with what you are saying here, but I do have to say that as I have observed different genres of photography, there comes to be some expectations about how they should look. Unfortunately, this can leads towards a little less creativity and more of mimickry.
The guy who guided us into Monument Valley (a guide is mandatory), happens to lead John Sexton on many of his Southern Utah photo expeditions and seminars. He said that he is quite surprised how most of the photographers are trying to take the same exact pictures that John does - even to the same placement of tripod, etc. Almost all of them are 4X5 shooters - so somewhat serious about their work. In some ways, I feel fortunate to not needing/wanting to sell my landscape work - gives me a little more leeway to shoot what I want the way I want. I realize that sometimes, they will produce no wows, but perhaps sometimes they will. I do appreciate your willingness to comment and offer your insights, as all comments are valueable to my continued learning and progress. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, July 2, 2005, 3:06:13 PM, you wrote: HC> you don't, but you can develop a very good idea by placing your work in HC> front of people all the time, especially people who are accomplished HC> photographers or artists in other media. accomplished could be commercial HC> success, but it's enough to be respected by their peers. if you can generate HC> a wow, you can generate a sale. if you can't from anyone, then i just have HC> to ask how good you really are vs. how good you think you are. HC> Herb.... HC> ----- Original Message ----- HC> From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HC> To: <[email protected]> HC> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 5:33 PM HC> Subject: Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters! >> How does one know that something will sell until it sells?
