Just because I do not comment does not mean I am condemning a photo. I usually only comment when a photo does something for me personally. I try not to criticize photos unless someone asks for technical help. Furthermore I do not look at a lot of them, because I do not have enough time to do so. And I am not much interested in others comments about someone's photo, I am not that insecure.
I do like to think that I have been helpful to beginners, either at photography or trying to break into the business, a time or two here on the list. Overall that is for them to decide however. The fact is that most of the folks posting photos to this list are competent photographers. If they are so insecure that they need constant praise they should see a good shrink (There is no negativity implied, I have and continue to do so myself. Crap programmed into someone in early childhood continues to make life difficult even decades later.) Read a lot, look at thousands of photos, eventually you get so you do not have to analyze them you just feel it (And, as anyone who reads the list much knows, I am a very analytical person). Most of us are only going to make a few gut grabber photos in our lifetime, those are the ones you remember forever once you have seen them. I have discovered that the majority of photography buyers do not want art. The want competently done snapshots. Even the art buyers do not really want art, they want competently done snapshots by famous, or potentially famous photographers. My own problem was that I am from a blue collar background, have lived amongst blue collar people, and think like blue collar people. You know, the ones who still think $20 is a lot of money. If you work for folks who think $200 is pocket change you can make a decent living from photography. Sorry for the stream of consciousness monologue. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ------------------------- > A lot of us say nothing when we do not like a photo -- we've talked about > this a lot over the years. When you share you get used to who says what and > over time you know who is not chiming in -- ergo lots or minimal reactions. > Minimal means many are not saying anything which is telling all by itself. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
