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All you have to do is say that you like it. Then critique it, or vice versa in this case ==> C&C on a portrait please | Photography ForumHaha, I get that!
You know, I think what has set me back the most is how different people's eyes are and what they like. This is why I ultimately dropped out of graphic design and went into engineering. I remember sitting in 2D Drawing class and we had to tape our work to the wall. The teacher made us critique another student's work and I had to critique a piece that I genuinely liked. I made up some stuff about composition, contrast, and shading techniques on the fruit, but all in all I liked it. The teacher then went on a rampage tearing the girl's work apart (and eventually mine).
I thought to myself that day, "How can someone tear apart another person's work of art when I find it visually pleasing?" That has stuck with me ever since. I see photos on this forum that I think are fantastic and yet, they get ripped apart. And, I see photos that I don't see what's so great about them and they get praised.