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serlindsipity · 01-17-2007, 11:13 AM

My friend forwarded me this link today, and I want people's reaction. What I find funniest is the lack of interest in thigs like era the photo was taken as well as we are all becoming slaves to AF! Let me know what you think, i laughed myself silly at this!

http://theonlinephotographer.blogspo...-internet.html

JumpinJesus · 01-17-2007, 02:07 PM

Thank you so much for this link, serlindsipity. It's funny how a lot of people who learn the terminology, join a few forums, buy an expensive camera without the skills to properly use it suddenly become "experts" when critiquing someone else's work.

I love the "take one step to the left"-type comments. People dropping drivel like this love to consider themselves experts when in fact they don't know a damn thing. Give someone a digital camera and a computer and suddenly they're David LaChapelle or something.

Charlatan · 01-17-2007, 02:26 PM

That was hilarious... Henri, your AF isn't working well.

mixedmedia · 01-17-2007, 02:46 PM

God, I loved that. Unbelievable. Thanks for posting the link.

Psycho Dad · 01-17-2007, 03:25 PM

I joined a photography forum this past weekend (I'm no photographer I assure you but I couldn't read posts without registering). Aside from the tips, there are a great many critique and correction posts where people are looking for feedback on their pictures. Given the responses that are given on that forum, I'd say all these pictures would be panned.

CSflim · 01-17-2007, 05:21 PM

Just to point out that those aren't real responses. The article is satire. It would make an interesting experiment though. I suspect you could produce some similar responses for real!

mixedmedia · 01-17-2007, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CSflim

Just to point out that those aren't real responses. The article is satire. It would make an interesting experiment though. I suspect you could produce some similar responses for real!

lol, I knew it was too good to be true

ngdawg · 01-17-2007, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CSflim

Just to point out that those aren't real responses. The article is satire. It would make an interesting experiment though. I suspect you could produce some similar responses for real!

Probably right about that. While there are certain 'rules'(meant to be broken) that one should keep in the back of their heads, inevitably it is the eye and what it gives the brain that determines what really makes a good shot. Some of my best pictures were errors in a technical sense. One photographer whose work I enjoy seeing is Bruce Weber's and since I saw him at work(photographing my cousin's wedding) in 86, I've kept what I've witnessed in the back of my head. This is one of his:

ratbastid · 01-17-2007, 07:31 PM

Yeah, that one Man Ray one, the girl with the squiggles on her back?

She should really have those checked out. Christ, she looks like a cello or something.

JumpinJesus · 01-17-2007, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CSflim

Just to point out that those aren't real responses. The article is satire. It would make an interesting experiment though. I suspect you could produce some similar responses for real!

Damn, you've burst my bubble.

serlindsipity · 01-17-2007, 08:51 PM

sadness to the untrue factor, but I really could hear people say that. Thanks to photoshop, everyone can cover up their lack of photo skills with the wink of the magic wand!

Jinn · 01-17-2007, 08:55 PM

I know this sounds silly, but I looked at all of those pictures and didn't really like any but the big bike.

I guess I'm not cool enough to know what "good" photography is.

serlindsipity · 01-22-2007, 09:06 PM

its okay, we'll forgive you Jinn for not liking them. Youre bound to learn in time =P

01-17-2007, 11:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
serlindsipity Psycho Location: Boulder Baby!	critiques on famous photographers by people who dont know them. My friend forwarded me this link today, and I want people's reaction. What I find funniest is the lack of interest in thigs like era the photo was taken as well as we are all becoming slaves to AF! Let me know what you think, i laughed myself silly at this! http://theonlinephotographer.blogspo...-internet.html __________________ My third eye is my camera's lens.

01-17-2007, 02:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
JumpinJesus Junkie Location: Chicago	Thank you so much for this link, serlindsipity. It's funny how a lot of people who learn the terminology, join a few forums, buy an expensive camera without the skills to properly use it suddenly become "experts" when critiquing someone else's work. I love the "take one step to the left"-type comments. People dropping drivel like this love to consider themselves experts when in fact they don't know a damn thing. Give someone a digital camera and a computer and suddenly they're David LaChapelle or something. __________________ "I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

01-17-2007, 02:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	That was hilarious... Henri, your AF isn't working well. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

01-17-2007, 02:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	God, I loved that. Unbelievable. Thanks for posting the link. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

01-17-2007, 03:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
Psycho Dad Mulletproof Location: Some nucking fut house.	I joined a photography forum this past weekend (I'm no photographer I assure you but I couldn't read posts without registering). Aside from the tips, there are a great many critique and correction posts where people are looking for feedback on their pictures. Given the responses that are given on that forum, I'd say all these pictures would be panned. __________________ Don't always trust the opinions of experts.

01-17-2007, 05:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
CSflim Sky Piercer Location: Ireland	Just to point out that those aren't real responses. The article is satire. It would make an interesting experiment though. I suspect you could produce some similar responses for real! __________________

01-17-2007, 07:31 PM	#9 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	Yeah, that one Man Ray one, the girl with the squiggles on her back? She should really have those checked out. Christ, she looks like a cello or something.

01-17-2007, 08:51 PM	#11 (permalink)
serlindsipity Psycho Location: Boulder Baby!	sadness to the untrue factor, but I really could hear people say that. Thanks to photoshop, everyone can cover up their lack of photo skills with the wink of the magic wand! __________________ My third eye is my camera's lens.

01-17-2007, 08:55 PM	#12 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	I know this sounds silly, but I looked at all of those pictures and didn't really like any but the big bike. I guess I'm not cool enough to know what "good" photography is. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

01-22-2007, 09:06 PM	#13 (permalink)
serlindsipity Psycho Location: Boulder Baby!	its okay, we'll forgive you Jinn for not liking them. Youre bound to learn in time =P __________________ My third eye is my camera's lens.