Hi James
forgive my snips
trying to follow the guidelines on abbreviating quotes
I wanted to publically thank you for the apoloigy and to apologise for
my over reaction.
Hence ON-LIST
3/11/03 3:05 pm James King-Holmes <james-at-kingholmes.com> wrote
>>> The current series is a direct transcript of Neil Barstow's web pages.
>> is that a criticism?
>No, It's not a criticism at all - just the opposite.
<snip>
> I meant that although the BIPP had gone to 'the
>horses mouth' the article (No 2) had not covered the subject in
>detail, but more in overview, which is what those pages on your
>website do, most effectively.
thankyou
it can only ever be an overview, otherwise it's a book and even they
have to generalise. We have whole day seminars coming in January, maybe
you'd enjoy that?
>> To suggest I pulled it all straight off the site is unfair IMO.
>If that was how it appears, then I apologise. I did not have the first
>article to hand for comparison, so may have got the wrong impression.
thanks again, apology accepted
>
>> Yours is the ONLY feedback I've had so I suspect I'll not be writing
>> any more BIPP articles. You can take a horse to water - -
>Just what I would not like to happen. In my previous simile I compared
>profiling to batch testing of film, but it is so much more complex that for
>'serious' photographic work it deserves serious editorial treatment,
>especially of the practical side.
yes, I'm still not sure I'll go to the trouble though. ZERO feedback is
somewhat disappointing given the work involved.
>
>> Hey, perhaps you think my work is junk, that would be your perogative, of
>> course.
>Come on, I wouldn't be on this forum if I did!
hey , I'm sure there are those here who think I'm talking through my ---
>
>>I'm disappointed if you read my first BIPP article and still feel profiling
>>is only for the anal retentives.
>No. When I read the first article, I thought 'Just what I was looking for',
>but I've known some otherwise excellent photographers who never managed to
>get their heads around basic densitometry, goodness knows how they would
>cope with profiling.
They don't have to, that's my job.
>Neil, I sincerely value the rest of your posting, and no criticism of your
>work was intended.
And I thank you for this well reasoned reply.
I guess I over reacted. So I should apologise too.
Bit of a sore point those articles.
>
>As I have little other than these non-technical matters I can usefully
>contribute to the forum I'll keep my head down in future.
I think that would be a shame James
we all need to hear the thoughts of others no matter how technically
able they feel.
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