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Welcome to TPF - generally when one is new to a group, one sits back and watches and avoids passing judgement until one knows how things work. Looking forward to your second post.This thread is an example of what's wrong with internet forums. People are anonymous and faceless, so they feel empowered to communicate and interact with others in ways they absolutely would not do in person. I'm sure half of you wouldn't communicate like this in person, and the other half of you probably take horrible shots yourself and don't realize how bad your own photography stinks. The OP may be a novice and may need a lot more work, but there was no reason for so many of you to have responded in this manner. There is clearly rudeness here for the sake of rudeness - masked as honest criticism. The OP never mentioned anything about this being any sort of an attempt at a professional shoot, and being posted under the beginners forum, I have no clue why so many of you just assumed this in first place. It was like a flurry of irrational group think. Nevertheless, it's like this everywhere, on any forum, for any topic. You'll have your pompous, elitist know-it-all's, and just plain d* bags make their own assumptions and lay down their wrath upon anyone whom they feel are less worthy. This forum mentality really gets old.