It's also sometimes a matter of individual style. There are some excellent photographers on the list who I am extremely unlikely to critique simply because their eye and mine are so different (Godfrey and Frank, for example). Nor am I likely to comment on any of Paul's pictures of Grace.
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:38:51AM -0700, Bruce Dayton wrote: > This is a very interesting subject. I suspect many of us have > different feelings about it. I'll lay out some of my thoughts. > > I am not a big fan of 'me too' type of responses - it does give a > warm fuzzy for the photographer but not much beyond that. However, a > critique or at least some thought out drivel takes time. So if the > volume of photos is high, that can be difficult. This is one reason > I struggle with saying much of anything about a GESO, there are too > many pics to spend time writing about. So, time becomes one element > that is impacting. > > Another issue is the level of the photographer. We, on the list, are > at different levels of photography along with different genres, alone > with different goals and aspirations. So with this in mind, the > critique should take into account who the photographer is and provide > meaningful input for them. That means that the critiquer needs to > know the critiquee and be somewhat familiar with their work. That > becomes another element of impact. > > Enough blathering from me for the moment... > > -- > Bruce > > > Monday, April 13, 2009, 6:48:49 PM, you wrote: > > DB> Ken Waller wrote: > >> Well stated. > >> > >> I'd be very interested to hear your comments about critiques made on > >> this forum - off line if you prefer. > > DB> I'd be interested in this discussion. > > DB> -- > DB> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > DB> [email protected] > DB> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > DB> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
