Is this bad advice or am I just being pesimistic?

[cgipson1]

Why do we even debate something said by Ken Rockwell? Shouldn't it be taken as false by virtue alone?

YES! But the noobs don't know that... and some of them HAVE to be convinced! (until next week... then they will badmouth him too) lol!

 

[kathyt]

Once you start to evolve you will then start to question everything. That is when the real magic starts to happen!

 

[cgipson1]

Once you start to evolve you will then start to question everything. That is when the real magic starts to happen!

What an image... Neanderthal to Photographer.... lol!

 

[unpopular]

Once you start to evolve you will then start to question everything.

Is this like other bits of wisdom that arrogant middle-aged boomers pull from their ass but don't actually believe or fully understand, like, 'the older I get the more I realize that I know nothing at all'?

 

[Buckster]

Once you start to evolve you will then start to question everything. That is when the real magic starts to happen!

What an image... Neanderthal to Photographer.... lol!

 

[cgipson1]

Once you start to evolve you will then start to question everything.

Is this like other bits of wisdom that arrogant middle-aged boomers pull from their ass but don't actually believe or fully understand, like, 'the older I get the more I realize that I know nothing at all'?

Shawn, that is unnecessarily rude! Who is being arrogant now?

 

[unpopular]

^^ entitled much

 

[cgipson1]

^^ Off his meds!

 

[unpopular]

Hey cgip! THERE ARE KIDS ON YOUR LAWN!

 

[pixmedic]

If I remember correctly in my old age, after reading one of Kens pages that was posted earlier in the thread, KR flat out TELLS you that his page is more or less JUST his OPINION. he even goes on to say that there is a lot of humor and tongue in cheek comments like in "the onion". He also says that he does NOT go back and edit pages later so...his comparison of a camera from 2009, is still just that....from 2009.

the only time I can see even a new photographer NOT feeling like they should probably look up additional sources on ANYTHING Ken Rockwell says, is if they dont bother to read the opening pages of his web site. If you just click on a review, and only read ONE page from the middle of his site, you are NOT getting proper context for his statements.

 

[amolitor]

The web is filled with nonsense and untruths. Why pick on Ken specifically?

 

[Overread]

Ken is just good at marketing and at ranking high in Google so he comes around a lot. He also puts up some decent articles which balance out against the more nutty comments. Plus he's a character and he's brought that through online very strongly - heck I knew a few good quality review sites who have tongue in cheek comments referencing back to Ken and heck TPF has PAGES of posts on him every time he's mentioned

But yes his advice and comments are very strongly bias in general toward his kind of shooting - which is great if you're a ken sorta guy. For everyone else its not always the most ideal advice.

 

[unpopular]

But yes his advice and comments are very strongly bias in general toward his kind of shooting

Uninspired, over saturated landscapes?

 

[Overread]

But yes his advice and comments are very strongly bias in general toward his kind of shooting

Uninspired, over saturated landscapes?

I can honestly say I've never actually looked at his photography - primarily because his site is geared up for tech and reviews not as a gallery so its just never presented as strongly to the reader to go look.

As for what they do look like; eh I don't mind or care. It's a bit like liquorice - I think it tastes horrific whilst my dad and sister love it. Neither viewpoint is wholesome or perfect or divine or more true to the love of sweet things than the other - they are just different. IF he likes what he produces and if he's had the drive to experiment outside of those shots to try different things and still come back to what he likes then that's perfectly fine with me.

 

[cgipson1]

Hey cgip! THERE ARE KIDS ON YOUR LAWN!

Durn Kids! I bet it is that dang Dennis kid from next door again...