Breaking The Limitations of Photography

[Designer]

I'm not picking on you, I don't pick on anyone. I'm saying it out loud so people understand.

Some of us question the court's decision, but that is as far as it ever goes. We are not lawyers, and we don't have a similar case on the docket.

 

[sm4him]

This all reminds me. I really, really need to witness an actual train wreck so that I can take some pictures of it that I can post when the situation calls for it, without having to violate anyone's copyright. I don't want anyone to get hurt, just a little front-on collision, you know? You think the local train depot would be willing to stage that for me?

Well, maybe I'll just take a picture of a passing train and then 'shop a brick wall into the picture right in front of the train.

 

[480sparky40 39]

This all reminds me. I really, really need to witness an actual train wreck so that I can take some pictures of it that I can post when the situation calls for it, w......

Aim your camera at your screen RIGHT NOW! Then you'll have your 'train wreck' shot.

 

[tirediron]

...WE didn't cover anything, YOU made up a bunch of nonsense and passed it off as truth and fact. Please, keep up.

I refuse to believe that anyone could possibly be as obtuse as you appear to be, and therefore must assume that you are in fact trolling the board for some as-yet, uknown reason. Given that, any further rude or inappropriate comments directed toward any member, moderator or not, of this board will earn you an extended posting vacation.

Where can I complain about you abusing your power as a moderator?

You may submit a report which will be seen by all moderators and forum administrators, you may use the 'Contact Us' link at the bottom of the page which will be seen by forum administrators, or you may send a PM directly to any of the forum administrators.

 

[pixmedic]

This "Forbidden Zone" is where the nudie pics are located, yes?

we call it "the subscribers forum"

you can even check out one of my best calls ever there!

 

[table1349]

...WE didn't cover anything, YOU made up a bunch of nonsense and passed it off as truth and fact. Please, keep up.

I refuse to believe that anyone could possibly be as obtuse as you appear to be, and therefore must assume that you are in fact trolling the board for some as-yet, uknown reason. Given that, any further rude or inappropriate comments directed toward any member, moderator or not, of this board will earn you an extended posting vacation.

Oh I can. Come work with me for a week or two and you would be amazed. I suspect the pixmedic is in a similar profession as mine. If so I am sure he understands.

 

[Gary A.]

@Josh100LuBu:

Dude ... we need to scale this back. There are many here who would appreciate your vision. But, (the big but), your lack of humility is a big turn off for many. The truth is that there is a lot that you can learn from the members of this forum in creativity, post processing and photography. But, what I gather/feel from your posts, is that you have nothing to learn and that we are privileged to have you on this site. Your lack of humility, when crossed referenced with the technical quality of your images, will and have created a hostile environment.

Remember that respect is earned.

 

[jsecordphoto]

 

[BrickHouse]

I'm just going to leave this here:

"Schizotypal personality disorder is characterized by a pattern of social and interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort with, and reduced capacity for, close relationships as well as by cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

• Ideas of reference (excluding delusions of reference)
• Odd beliefs or magical thinking that influences behavior and is inconsistent with subcultural norms (e.g., superstitiousness, belief in clairvoyance, telepathy, or “sixth sense”; in children and adolescents, bizarre fantasies or preoccupations)
• Unusual perceptual experiences, including bodily illusions
• Odd thinking and speech (e.g., vague, circumstantial, metaphorical, overelaborate, or stereotyped)
• Suspiciousness or paranoid ideation
• Inappropriate or constricted affect
• Behavior or appearance that is odd, eccentric, or peculiar
• Lack of close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives
• Excessive social anxiety that does not diminish with familiarity and tends to be associated with paranoid fears rather than negative judgments about self"

 

[otherprof87 28]

Many photographers play it safe and ridicule others that go the extra mile, they refer to unusual photography as 'The Forbidden Zone' and if you cross into that territory you are pretty much lynched! How have you broken the limitations of vanilla photography and what has inspired you to be different?

Just because chicken ripple is an acquired taste, that doesn't mean it is better than vanilla. At the same time, I've seen plenty of photography on this site that pushed the envelope and was immediately and enthusiastically applauded, both for being different AND for being worth looking at. Granted, different people have different taste, and that's why they make vanilla, chocolate and strawberry, but not every innovation is worth making.
I am wondering what criteria you think make a photograph "vanilla"? 50mm lens on fx? Black and white? Portrait? Old barn?

 

[Josh100LuBu]

I'm just going to leave this here:

"Schizotypal personality disorder is characterized by a pattern of social and interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort with, and reduced capacity for, close relationships as well as by cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

• Ideas of reference (excluding delusions of reference)
• Odd beliefs or magical thinking that influences behavior and is inconsistent with subcultural norms (e.g., superstitiousness, belief in clairvoyance, telepathy, or “sixth sense”; in children and adolescents, bizarre fantasies or preoccupations)
• Unusual perceptual experiences, including bodily illusions
• Odd thinking and speech (e.g., vague, circumstantial, metaphorical, overelaborate, or stereotyped)
• Suspiciousness or paranoid ideation
• Inappropriate or constricted affect
• Behavior or appearance that is odd, eccentric, or peculiar
• Lack of close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives
• Excessive social anxiety that does not diminish with familiarity and tends to be associated with paranoid fears rather than negative judgments about self"

I've never heard of such crap, what happened to being passionate about life? Being completely and entirely intense about being alive? What happened to true creativity and not listening to the naysayers? So many people are living in the same prison mindset of narrow judgement and ridicule, they don't go out of their comfort zones anymore and if someone eventually tries anything unique or different then they are bashed for having a personalty disorder. It puts the decay of society into perspective of how everyone is slowing becoming these generic robots. To achieve crazy ambitions you have to be crazy enough to believe you CAN in the first place.

 

[tecboy]

I'm just going to leave this here:

"Schizotypal personality disorder is characterized by a pattern of social and interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort with, and reduced capacity for, close relationships as well as by cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

• Ideas of reference (excluding delusions of reference)
• Odd beliefs or magical thinking that influences behavior and is inconsistent with subcultural norms (e.g., superstitiousness, belief in clairvoyance, telepathy, or “sixth sense”; in children and adolescents, bizarre fantasies or preoccupations)
• Unusual perceptual experiences, including bodily illusions
• Odd thinking and speech (e.g., vague, circumstantial, metaphorical, overelaborate, or stereotyped)
• Suspiciousness or paranoid ideation
• Inappropriate or constricted affect
• Behavior or appearance that is odd, eccentric, or peculiar
• Lack of close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives
• Excessive social anxiety that does not diminish with familiarity and tends to be associated with paranoid fears rather than negative judgments about self"

I've never heard of such crap, what happened to being passionate about life? Being completely and entirely intense about being alive? What happened to true creativity and not listening to the naysayers? So many people are living in the same prison mindset of narrow judgement and ridicule, they don't go out of their comfort zones anymore and if someone eventually tries anything unique or different then they are bashed for having a personalty disorder. It puts the decay of society into perspective of how everyone is slowing becoming these generic robots. To achieve crazy ambitions you have to be crazy enough to believe you CAN in the first place.

You believe in Captain Lamet, right!

 

[480sparky40 39]

I've never heard of such crap, what happened to being passionate about life? Being completely and entirely intense about being alive? What happened to true creativity and not listening to the naysayers? So many people are living in the same prison mindset of narrow judgement and ridicule, they don't go out of their comfort zones anymore and if someone eventually tries anything unique or different then they are bashed for having a personalty disorder. It puts the decay of society into perspective of how everyone is slowing becoming these generic robots. To achieve crazy ambitions you have to be crazy enough to believe you CAN in the first place.

Print this out, then hold it up while looking in a mirror. Your own words are a reflection of yourself.

 

[BrickHouse]

I've never heard of such crap, what happened to being passionate about life? Being completely and entirely intense about being alive? What happened to true creativity and not listening to the naysayers? So many people are living in the same prison mindset of narrow judgement and ridicule, they don't go out of their comfort zones anymore and if someone eventually tries anything unique or different then they are bashed for having a personalty disorder. It puts the decay of society into perspective of how everyone is slowing becoming these generic robots. To achieve crazy ambitions you have to be crazy enough to believe you CAN in the first place.

Me thinks I hit a nerve...

 

[BillM]

I'm going to start a company selling troll food, you are all going to make me rich LOL