How open-minded are you as "the viewer" ?

As far as styles and subject matter I'm pretty open minded often finding stuff that I have little or no interest photography quit interesting and beautiful when photographed by others.

As for the technical side I've never seeing a photograph I felt was interesting and thinking to myself , That photograph would have be more interesting if it had been shoot with a sharper lens. Now on the other hand the internet is full of amazingly sharp boring photos.
 
Very open but like anything, it can be over used.

Too much water can kill you, not enough can kill you.

I've shot a few that I initially thought I wanted them to be sharper, then decided I was very happy with the results I got. Communicated better, told the story clearer, quicker, fuller.

I remember playing hooky with a very pretty young lady one day many years back and taking her to ICP (International Center of Photography). Seemed the right thing to do as we were both in a local camera club. The first photographer 90% of his stuff was blurred (focus or movement) and she was shocked that this was deemed good enough to exhibit. While we walked around the first floor I explained that the camera club's idea of a great picture was but one perspective and there were many others.

Good question.

B2
 
I feel open to photos of different styles, sometimes I do not understand but I try to. Sometimes I do not like at the viewing moment but I appreciate later. I find interest in photos which give me emotions. The only photos I "reject" :) are the already seen xxthousand times...
robert
PS: emotion is subjective and can come from a razor sharp image as from a completely blurred one, it depends
 
daveleo said:
I'll elaborate a bit.
When I first "got into" photography and art, I was pretty judgemental and opinionated as a viewer.
As time went by and I made my own pictures and listened to viewer reactions ("misunderstanding" what they were looking at - in that it wasn't what I saw in my picture !) my mind opened up (as a viewer). I stopped thinking "Does this picture fit in my brainspace?" and started thinking "Where is this guy taking me with this picture?" That slow change, over time, has really made my photo world larger.
I do envy you guys who started off with a good education in the arts.
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Dear Dave,

That's it, really. Which is why -- I most certainly did not mean it as a personal insult -- I found the first formulation of the question all but meaningless. Anyone with overly strong preconceptions is not even going to understand what it means to be open to different kinds of pictures. As soon as you start to lose your preconceptions, you can have a lot more fun.

Cheers,

R.
 
Roger Hicks said:
Dear Dave,

That's it, really. Which is why -- I most certainly did not mean it as a personal insult -- I found the first formulation of the question all but meaningless. Anyone with overly strong preconceptions is not even going to understand what it means to be open to different kinds of pictures. As soon as you start to lose your preconceptions, you can have a lot more fun.

Cheers,

R.
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Don't be absurd, Roger. Had I taken your comments personally, I'd have fired back !! :D
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