lennon33x
No longer a newbie, moving up!
- Joined
- Jul 28, 2012
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Initially, I thought C&C meant "Comments and critique." I've come to find out that it more often means "critiques and criticism." So, I've seen a trend on TPF, and I'd like to get meaningful, constructive, non-obtrusive feedback.
I've seen many, many users offer criticisms that were abrasive, harsh, and sometimes a bit more than what the OP asked for. I've been a bit reluctant to post my own photos, full well knowing that I could get the same criticisms. I guess this more of a thought-provoking post. Those people, who often post such comments, often don't have links or uploads of their own photographs. It seems so easy to judge an image, when tastes vary so dramatically.
I had a mutual friend of mine, who is a professional photographer, abrasively critique one of my photos (early on). I finally sat down to view her work, and was surprisingly disappointed in her photography. Not that she takes bad images. The IQ is there, color saturation, everything is spot on. The problem was the style. The one thing she so heavily critiqued me on, we vastly differed in taste. I've been wanting to throw this out there for a while, and I figured why not now.
Like I said, this is not a post to start a war (because fighting on the internet is one of the stupidest things anyone could do). I guess it's one of those things that I think that if we would pay attention more to "how" we said things (i.e. using "my personal taste..." etc.) versus the content would be taken to heart more. I've found that my own progression improved when the feedback was more positive and constructive.
I've seen many, many users offer criticisms that were abrasive, harsh, and sometimes a bit more than what the OP asked for. I've been a bit reluctant to post my own photos, full well knowing that I could get the same criticisms. I guess this more of a thought-provoking post. Those people, who often post such comments, often don't have links or uploads of their own photographs. It seems so easy to judge an image, when tastes vary so dramatically.
I had a mutual friend of mine, who is a professional photographer, abrasively critique one of my photos (early on). I finally sat down to view her work, and was surprisingly disappointed in her photography. Not that she takes bad images. The IQ is there, color saturation, everything is spot on. The problem was the style. The one thing she so heavily critiqued me on, we vastly differed in taste. I've been wanting to throw this out there for a while, and I figured why not now.
Like I said, this is not a post to start a war (because fighting on the internet is one of the stupidest things anyone could do). I guess it's one of those things that I think that if we would pay attention more to "how" we said things (i.e. using "my personal taste..." etc.) versus the content would be taken to heart more. I've found that my own progression improved when the feedback was more positive and constructive.