Hi, I give up on this thread. You really don't get it. You're so far away from understanding why people object to what you've said that nothing any of us write is going to help you.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 July 2005 12:53 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: To Herb Chong et al > > as far as i am concerned that generically describes a photo > that will sell. > all i have seen in the last couple of days is a few people > who are insecure about their photography and have chips on > their shoulders about it show fuzzy thinking or lack of any. > the great artists never compromised their vision nor their > passion about their art and their work was considered great > anyway which meant that people eventually wanted to buy it. > working photographers who regularly sell their work know that > what they think they can sell and what they like to do have > met and are mostly the same thing. it also is the case that > those images that they think will sell are the ones that are > better than the ones they don't think they can sell in terms > of composition, exposure, and originality. > > Herb.... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 1:03 AM > Subject: Re: To Herb Chong et al > > > > IMO - If you can look at a photo for a year and still like > it, if you can > > articulate what the photo means and how it expresses that, > if you can > > understand how the design elements in the image work, then > it's probably a > > good photo. If other people don't 'get' it - you are > hanging in the wrong > > crowd. If people see something there that you don't intend > (or don;t even > > see) - don't let it go to your head. Ultimately, the > validation (and > > harsh criticism!) has to come from within - I don't think > its something > > that others can impart, no matter how much stuff they buy, > medals they > > award, or insults they hurl. > > > > >
