On Apr 14, 2009, at 10:38 , 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.
I share your thoughts on this, Bruce. Hampered as I am with ADD and
old age blurriness of memory, I find myself overwhelmed by the volume
of mostly quality images I'm presented with every day. Unless I copy
each one into Aperture and sort them by author, I cannot develop a
feeling for any particular persons 'style', making each instance a new
experience. Dealing with the daily influx with what I would feel was
any realistic evaluation would soar my 4 hours a day reading and
viewing (and going off on tangential sweeps through Flick'r or
Facebook or Google) to 6 or 8 or 10, rendering my days useless, my
photography nonexistent, and my life without joy (except in the solace
of thinking I have a great group of friends with similar interests
whom I've never met, yet).
Days like yesterday (183 messages) and today (132) a untenable time
sink. And those are the numbers I was presented with upon first look.
Many more landed in my mailbox while I navigated away. I am more
frequently realizing that I must forgo my 'friends' at PDML in order
to get things done. I just have not yet set my foot down and gotten
up from this chair. Must get up from the chair. But there are still 46
messages left to view.
AArrrrrggghhhh.
Enough blathering from me for the moment...
Joseph McAllister
Pentaxian
http://gallery.me.com/jomac
http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html
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