I agree with Mark on that. It's asking complete strangers, whose qualifications to render an experienced judgement call regarding photographic quality are unknown and likely lacking.
The most one can expect is a subjective judgement. I like it or I don't, which is far different than 'is it a masterful piece of photographic art?', or 'is it marketable piece of photography?', or 'OK, since you like it, put your money where your mouth is - price is $500'. Even from a commercial standpoint there's a big difference between saying one likes an image, and actually pulling one's wallet out and purchasing a print. One should be their own severest critic prior to displaying the work to others. Tom C. Tom C > From: Mark Roberts <[email protected]> > > Bruce Walker wrote: > >>Moose Peterson discusses how to edit; ie: learning how to choose just >>your best work. >> >>I like his suggestion of getting work on a restaurant wall and then >>observing people's reactions to it. Could be a cringe-worthy exercise! > > I think it would be an almost worthless exercise, myself. What > everyone, including Moose Peterson, seems to be missing is the fact > that you have to choose your best work *before* you put on this > "restaurant wall exhibit". How much space is available on the walls? > How many photographs do you shoot in a year? Most of the selection > process takes place before the photos go up. > > Moose Peterson has been shooting so long that his initial selection > process is almost instinctive now. That's why he didn't notice he was > doing it at all in his restaurant wall thought experiment. What he > really wants to do is what Tim Bray identified as the real trick for > someone who makes a living from this stuff: figure out what the public > is going to go for (and buy). > > So I'd say the Moose Peterson experiment is worthless from an artistic > standpoint but useful from a commercial standpoint. It just depends on > what your goal is. > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia -- 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.
