Don't post pictures of your own kids

[Derrel]

Oops! I posted a picture of my own kid!

 

[Derosa]

Damn, this is a fun forum. You folks rock...hard to get any work done, but...

(sorry, don't think I am doing the quotes correctly)

"And do you believe that a photographer will be able recieve critique just as well with a rock as they would their child?"

Yess!!...an open-minded one who is interested in improving technique.


"It hurts me to have my son criticized, is that wrong of me? And in response, I have a hard time criticizing other's children."

Maybe that is the issue here...I have not observed children (or spouses...or other subjects) criticized. The photo, yes...the subject...no, not really.

Tell me my photo sucks, that is one thing....tell me my daughter is ugly...well, maybe you crossed the line.

 

[willis_927]

You're going to have to explain what right or wrong has to do with being a d-bag?

No, I don't... You have taken it upon yourself to justify my douschbagery... I could care less about your opinion of me. What I do care about is if you agree with me or not.... Do you believe that people will give the same unbiased critique towards a picture of someone's child as they would a rock? And do you believe that a photographer will be able recieve critique just as well with a rock as they would their child?

You were being sharply critical of something you yourself were doing not so long ago, and acted like everyone should stop doing such, just because YOU supposedly learned it?

Again, it appears as though you are agreeing with me. If so, I fail to understand why you are using my past to devalidate something you agree with.

The fact that you stopped posting pics of your kids only shows you learned you can't handle it, not that you learned anything by it.

You are right... I can't handle it. It hurts me to have my son criticized, is that wrong of me? And in response, I have a hard time criticizing other's children. Bottom line... even if you can handle it, even if you can look past it all... you aren't going to get the honesty you are looking for.

Its not about Criticizing anyones kids, Its about criticizing the picture. The composition. You shouldn't have fear of putting on pictures of your kid and having the kid criticized, the whole website (to my understanding) is made to help people learn from mistakes, and get better at photography. thats why people put pictures of there kids. I think everyone here will agree they want to take good pictures of there kids. So by putting them on here, you should be prepared for the C&C on your picture, as a whole.

 

[Canon AE-1]

Oh, and another of a child! Cuteness....OH YEAH.

 

[MichiganFarts]

Oops! I posted a picture of my own kid!

Aww you're in for it now!!! With a thread like this, Boom's stopping at nothing to find something wrong with shots....

I'm sure he'll have something great to say about this one...like "it seems a little lacking in color".

 

[Boomn4x4]

get over yourself...the world don't revolve around your kid.

It sure as hell does.

 

[MichiganFarts]

get over yourself...the world don't revolve around your kid.

It sure as hell does.

Sorry to inform you, that most of the world has no clue who you are...

Thanks for editing and snipping my post with no indication that you did, also...

 

[OrionsByte]

get over yourself...the world don't revolve around your kid.

It sure as hell does.

Your world revolves around your kid. The world does not.

 

[Geaux]

Oops! I posted a picture of my own kid!

Messy hair. :mrgreen:

 

[vtf]

Not paying attention.
I'm not sure if it has the "Over-the-Top cuteness" we demand.

 

[Canon AE-1]

Oops! I posted a picture of my own kid!

Messy hair. :mrgreen:

Poor lighting and not facing the camera, color is off, most of body cut off, Shirt is of an undetermined type, Focus is off, rule of thirds??, Incorrect aperture setting, wrong ASA speed, Wrong shutter speed, etc, etc, etc.
I love it!!

 

[ajkramer87]

get over yourself...the world don't revolve around your kid.

It sure as hell does.

Sorry to inform you, that most of the world has no clue who you are...

Thanks for editing and snipping my post with no indication that you did, also...

Goes both ways. I think your over reacting a little. I can understand where boom is coming from by saying that people dont give the C&C when they know its a persons kid. A lot of people cant handle someone saying the picture of their kid is no good. It gets taken as them saying their kid is no good.

I put a picture up that wasn't any good. Yeah I chopped off a finger and its not as sharp as some others but when I was told that it didn't hurt my feelings. As a parent I love that picture because its my daughter happy as can be in the swing. From a photographer stand point its nothing special. People just have to learn to see things from both views.

 

[Boomn4x4]

get over yourself...the world don't revolve around your kid.

It sure as hell does.

Your world revolves around your kid.

Ummmm, yeah. That's my point. I would hope that every parent's world revolves around their children.... So as a parent, why would you use that as a point of critique? What makes sense about taking the one very thing that is in the center of your Universe and saying "Hey everyone.... This means the world to me, tear it apart".

Pick a rock, pick a tree, take a picture of your neighbor's kid and post it, but don't post pictures of your own children. Even if you can handle it, you aren't going to get much honest critique out of it. If you really want to improve, you want honest feed back, and you want something that will be simple for you to take criticism on then pick a subject that the world dosen't revolve around. I don't see why that is so wrong.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

I've decided that you are an idiot.

There. I said it.

 

[MichiganFarts]

Goes both ways. I think your over reacting a little.

I have no clue what this part was referring to, but it doesn't matter anymore...you're a little late, there's a Canon vs. Nikon thread now and this thread is old news...