Re: To Herb Chong et al

2005-07-05 Thread Mark Cassino
- MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 7:25 AM Subject: Re: To Herb Chong et al in th

Re: To Herb Chong et al

2005-07-04 Thread Herb Chong
- Original Message - From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 2:50 PM Subject: RE: To Herb Chong et al 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

RE: To Herb Chong et al

2005-07-04 Thread Bob W
> 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 pho

Re: To Herb Chong et al

2005-07-04 Thread Herb Chong
: 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 probab

Re: To Herb Chong et al

2005-07-04 Thread Herb Chong
y, July 04, 2005 1:03 AM Subject: Re: To Herb Chong et al And, of course, the trite and the hackneyed have tremendous marketability - even more than the innovative and sublime. So at the end of they day, I don't think sales really tell you much.

RE: To Herb Chong et al

2005-07-04 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Mark This was by far the best contribution to this theme for me, very well written! thanks Markus >>-Original Message- >>From: Mark Cassino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 7:04 AM >>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >>Subject: Re: To Her

Re: To Herb Chong et al

2005-07-04 Thread Shel Belinkoff
This is one the fellow on the list who is saving quotes should save. Well said and very true. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Mark Cassino > Hi Boris - > > I have not been following the 'stinkin filters thread, but I'll jump in here > anyhow :-0 > > I sell a fair number of photos, both as

Re: To Herb Chong et al

2005-07-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 4 Jul 2005 at 1:03, Mark Cassino wrote: > 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 p

Re: To Herb Chong et al

2005-07-03 Thread Mark Cassino
Hi Boris - I have not been following the 'stinkin filters thread, but I'll jump in here anyhow :-0 I sell a fair number of photos, both as individual prints and for publication, and I also do the occasional art fair and stint on the sales floor in gallery co-ops, so I've had a chance to see

Re: To Herb Chong et al

2005-07-03 Thread Herb Chong
well, there were enough people who thought it was much better than some minimum threshold of "goodness". after that, you have to decide if you think the people judging had any sense or not. it certainly means that the submitter thought they were were the best of what they had in the types of im

Re: To Herb Chong et al

2005-07-03 Thread Jostein
Boris, I didn't read more than the last few of the "stinkin' filters" mails, but I think "Sales" is too broad a category to answer univocally about it. Selling for editorial purposes means you have a useable photo at the right time for the editor who needs it. Selling for decoration of people'

Re: To Herb Chong et al

2005-07-03 Thread Cotty
On 3/7/05, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: >What about those photos that participate in (international) contests and >get mentions or even prizes? No use asking me Boris. I believe all photographic competitions to be meaningless, because in my opinion it is not possible to judge art.