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IMHO we shouldn't.Pitxu said:So we should all put "IMHO" at the start of every post.
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IMHO we shouldn't.Pitxu said:So we should all put "IMHO" at the start of every post.
Pherdinand said:sitemistic, that is a very familiar dialogue.
If someone cannot bear with criticism, should not show stuff in public.
If you have a small pickle, don't go flashing in the park coz girls will only laugh.
Sorry.
However, another version is when the "old timer" says " Take up another hobby". Or "Hope you didn't quit your day job." Many "old timers" htink this is a valid and informative, and not rude "criticism".
Pitxu said:So we should all put "IMHO" at the start of every post.
crawdiddy said:This is as succinct as I can make it:
I enjoy this forum a lot. Keep the opinion coming. Hold the attitude, please.
crawdiddy said:I can't guess in which primal mud puddle you have curried tenure
cmogi10 said:
sitemistic said:..........But see, here's the problem. How do you help someone who has posted a badly exposed, poorly framed, out of focus photo and asked for help, without getting a "screw you" in response?.........
You know that all non-sober people tell the truth, right? Them and kids, the saying goes.dadsm3 said:Ignoring both the warnings about over-generalizing and being 100% sober, I'll make this comment
Well, I don't say it after every remark; I try not to waffle (I know many disagree); and as for knowing what I am talking about, I remember that wonderful observation, "I wish I were as sure about anything as he is about everything."Pitxu said:Roger,
Instead of having to say "I could be wrong" after every remark, would it not be simpler to desist from waffling on when you don't "know" what you're talking about?
I'm sorry, Ruben, although I hold you in good esteem, I must tell you this (in the most honestly, friendly way):ruben said:First of all you do a round evaluation, understanding beforehand that such a guy cannot become a sitemistic by a single leap. Therefore you will not throw on him at once all the mistakes you find in the pic.
At this stage you have not said a single word to him.
sitemistic said:Ruben, I'm not sure your approach would actually make much difference. Many people don't want help, they want to be validated.
One of my other interests is in writing Poetry. The best advice I received on the direction I was going with my poetry years ago was from a very fine poet who I had asked to read my stuff and offer critique. His advice, "Burn it and stir the ashes."
Short, succinct, and honest. The stuff was crap.
sitemistic said:His advice, "Burn it and stir the ashes."
Short, succinct, and honest. The stuff was crap.
ruben said:Ok I am going to edit.
Cheers,
Ruben
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ruben said:If the case was that you was entretaining the idea of make a living out of Poetry, your fine poet may have done you a great service.
If the case was that you was looking for another venue of expression and creativity for your own joy - I wouldn't casthrate you, but done exactly what I recommended before.
Sometimes we get slapped by life. We have to find the strength of not slapping others as a veiled way of vendetta. I think your fine poet have been slapped quite hard to give you such a brutal answer.
Furthermore, once upon a time I was in your shoes, but showing my rather poor pics to a great photographer and a great human being as well. He gave a quick look to my pics and said to me "I need to see more".
On that opportunity I didn't have more available. Nevertheless, since he felt a great appreciation to me, he started to enligthen me about the biggest secrets of Photography. The observation, the need to gain the confidence of your subject, etc. All these with lots of examples.
I will never forget that day in my life. I felt as if I was taken by an airplain to the Olympus zenith and from there seen the world of Photography.
Afterwards in another opportunity in another country I showed other pics to a photo editor, who told me with the greatest disdain: "Bah these are postcards".
Fortunately I was vacinated beforehand by the former one, and after a few bad moments I understood I have in front of me a miserable mind, rather than a fine poet.
You see, I don't care much weather I am King Kong or not. Photography for me is the venue where I pour my creativity and this is what counts.
I have learned, I have improved, and I will continue so. I have sold a lot of pictures too, and I don't think most of them were the ones I considered the best, but those that filled the needs of the Editors at that moment.
It is not about being King Kong. It is about filling our soul.
Cheers,
Ruben
Cheers,
Ruben