as far as i am concerned that generically describes a photo that will sell.
all i have seen in the last couple of days is a few people who are insecure
about their photography and have chips on their shoulders about it show
fuzzy thinking or lack of any. the great artists never compromised their
vision nor their passion about their art and their work was considered great
anyway which meant that people eventually wanted to buy it. working
photographers who regularly sell their work know that what they think they
can sell and what they like to do have met and are mostly the same thing. it
also is the case that those images that they think will sell are the ones
that are better than the ones they don't think they can sell in terms of
composition, exposure, and originality.
Herb....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: To Herb Chong et al
IMO - If you can look at a photo for a year and still like it, if you can
articulate what the photo means and how it expresses that, if you can
understand how the design elements in the image work, then it's probably a
good photo. If other people don't 'get' it - you are hanging in the wrong
crowd. If people see something there that you don't intend (or don;t even
see) - don't let it go to your head. Ultimately, the validation (and
harsh criticism!) has to come from within - I don't think its something
that others can impart, no matter how much stuff they buy, medals they
award, or insults they hurl.
