Robin Usagani
Been spending a lot of time on here!
- Joined
- Jun 6, 2010
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- Denver, CO
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I get it.. a lot of you don't like me. It really does bother me that I cannot get a long with a few of active members here. And I think it ruins the forum experience when all new members see are active members arguing each other. Sure, it is partly my fault for being defensive all the time instead of just letting it go. I just feel like I can never get respect here especially when it comes to wedding photography. I love wedding photography even though I do it part time. I wish there were more active members here that are active (not just come here to share photos and build their SEO, I mean active as replying to other posts) but the reality is.. we don't have that many. Maybe I am mistaken but I would think I am the most active wedding photographer here even though I only shoot less than 10 weddings a year as a main. So I would like to be somewhat active when there is a discussion mainly about wedding photography. I have been here for 4 years and I have been shooting also for 4 years. Until this day.. I can never get any respect from some of you. The weird thing is, in the other forum I am active in (with a lot of active amazing photographers).. I make the same arguments but I feel like the threads never go south like what is happening on TPF.
Let's take a sample of the flash bracket thread. This one really bothered me. I simply stated the fact that most wedding photographers today do not use a flash bracket. It is a fact. How do I know? I hang out with a lot of wedding photographers. I network with them. I drink beer with them. I second shoot with them. They second shoot me. I interact with them on wedding photography forum. I go to wedding photography conferences. I read wedding photography articles. After I made the statement about most wedding photographers do not use a bracket anymore, several active members here attacked me. I cant seem to say anything regarding WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY which I am passionate about without being attacked here. And the people that attack me are NOT actively involved in the industry. People do not have to agree with me but at least give me some respect.
Derrel, I do not know what is up. I thought we were cool but once again you come in to the discussion and attacked me AGAIN. I had a great time spending time with you, your son and Majeed. You always bring up your argument about how green I am and have been only shooting since 2010 and didn't shoot film. Well.. you are correct sir. I have only been shooting for 4 years. Almost every active member knows that. I thought we were cool. We hung out in Portland and really enjoyed my time there. I respect you greatly but it has been hard because the feeling is not mutual. When can I gain respect from you? Do my wedding photos suck? I can't state the fact about wedding photography? I may not be a famous or successful wedding photographer but I can say confidently that I KNOW what I am doing and I am keeping up with what is going on in the wedding photography world TODAY. I produce good product and my clients love me. Is it the fact that you know me since the day I was a noob and registered to this forum?
Pixmedic.. I do not think you hate me but we do argue once in a while. But it does bother me greatly because you are one of my favorite mods. You claimed you second shoot at weddings once in a while, I respect that. There is nothing wrong with that. You like to chime in when a noob ask about what to do on their first wedding photography. As soon as I give my opinion about a tripod or monopod is not needed for wedding photographers, you and other members attacked me. You kinda attacked me in a friendlier way though. I am telling you right now using tripod or monopod is not the norm in the wedding photography industry. It is used a lot by videographers but not photographers. The only time photographeres use those is to get specialty shots which most noobs wont attempt anyway (long shutter with tripod or do high angle with a monopod). Again.. there is nothing wrong with being different with the way you shoot. I try to simplify things for noobs and tell them the FACT what most people use in weddings. I also try my best to keep it simple for the noobs and do not over complicate things. We argued about that and now recently we argued about the flash bracket. I stated the FACT again that most photographers do not use a bracket anymore and we argued simply because you use one. I did not say a flash bracket was bad.. I simply stated the FACT that most wedding photographers do not use one.
Tirediron, KMH, Overead, it is got to be tough being a mod. I know you three are not a fan of me but I do appreciate you guys being neutral. I do not think I am capable to do that (staying neutral).
Steve5D - we argue once in a while.. you are pretty neutral. You argue with both sides. I have no problem with you.. seriously... despite having a post recently locked because we argued. I do think you like to create an argument just like me even though it is not that necessary. Despite all that, I don't hold a grudge against you.
Imagemaker, we too argue a lot but really I don't have a problem with you. Yeah, we disagree on things once in a while but sometimes I do feel like sometime you look down to newer photographers who try to be in the industry (especially in the industry you are in).
There are also many other out there that I know they hate me. Not that I care whether I get a like or not (I really think counting how many likes people get and get NOTIFICATION for it is pretty lame), but just from the like history.. i am pretty certain you do not like me. No likes for photos I posted no matter how good they are, no likes for statements I say no matter how good they are, no likes for jokes I make no matter how good they they are. But as soon as I have an argument with another members, these people right away "like" the other person's response. Again.. I don't care about the likes. The likes system just make it very obvious who in here absolutely hate me. I personally don't judge who I am liking. If a person that I truly hate did in fact post a photo that I admired, I like it. I try my best not to take sides.
Do you guys want me to stop putting my input in wedding photography? Usually that's where we argue the most. It is always about wedding photography. Who do we have here that do weddings actively? I only know very few other members that are very active here .. that is it. There are 2 other who come here to post their blog and contribute NOTHING to this forum other than showing their photos. Trust me.. I have been holding back when I put my responses to avoid arguments.
There I said it. This isn't a swan song. I am not leaving. I thought about it greatly recently and in the past. Tried to leave a couple of times but there were several people here I truly enjoy their interaction with me. We have lost A LOT of wedding photographers on this forum. If you guys want wedding photography part of this forum to improve, something needs to change. We lost way too many wedding photographers simply because of stupid arguments like horizontal vs vertical orientation, negative space, fake blur, tilt shift/lens baby/ free lensing, processing with yellow tint, muddy black and white, super thin DOF, film look processing. The fact is wedding photographers have different styles. There is no reason to nit pick everything. I am still friends with these wedding photographers we lose on FB. I hear the same thing over and over.. Robin.. why are you still on that forum? I do not know. Why am I still on this forum? More than half of the mods do not like me, more than half of the active members don't like me. The number keeps growing because new members take sides. Remember, these new comers trying to shoot weddings, a few of them will actually make it to the industry and will eventually be a kick ass wedding photographers.
In summary, I really just want to have a good time on TPF. I want to have a good experience here. I really do not like confrontation. I will try harder to be a better person and forum contributor. I just want to express how I feel.
Cheers,
Robin
Let's take a sample of the flash bracket thread. This one really bothered me. I simply stated the fact that most wedding photographers today do not use a flash bracket. It is a fact. How do I know? I hang out with a lot of wedding photographers. I network with them. I drink beer with them. I second shoot with them. They second shoot me. I interact with them on wedding photography forum. I go to wedding photography conferences. I read wedding photography articles. After I made the statement about most wedding photographers do not use a bracket anymore, several active members here attacked me. I cant seem to say anything regarding WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY which I am passionate about without being attacked here. And the people that attack me are NOT actively involved in the industry. People do not have to agree with me but at least give me some respect.
Derrel, I do not know what is up. I thought we were cool but once again you come in to the discussion and attacked me AGAIN. I had a great time spending time with you, your son and Majeed. You always bring up your argument about how green I am and have been only shooting since 2010 and didn't shoot film. Well.. you are correct sir. I have only been shooting for 4 years. Almost every active member knows that. I thought we were cool. We hung out in Portland and really enjoyed my time there. I respect you greatly but it has been hard because the feeling is not mutual. When can I gain respect from you? Do my wedding photos suck? I can't state the fact about wedding photography? I may not be a famous or successful wedding photographer but I can say confidently that I KNOW what I am doing and I am keeping up with what is going on in the wedding photography world TODAY. I produce good product and my clients love me. Is it the fact that you know me since the day I was a noob and registered to this forum?
Pixmedic.. I do not think you hate me but we do argue once in a while. But it does bother me greatly because you are one of my favorite mods. You claimed you second shoot at weddings once in a while, I respect that. There is nothing wrong with that. You like to chime in when a noob ask about what to do on their first wedding photography. As soon as I give my opinion about a tripod or monopod is not needed for wedding photographers, you and other members attacked me. You kinda attacked me in a friendlier way though. I am telling you right now using tripod or monopod is not the norm in the wedding photography industry. It is used a lot by videographers but not photographers. The only time photographeres use those is to get specialty shots which most noobs wont attempt anyway (long shutter with tripod or do high angle with a monopod). Again.. there is nothing wrong with being different with the way you shoot. I try to simplify things for noobs and tell them the FACT what most people use in weddings. I also try my best to keep it simple for the noobs and do not over complicate things. We argued about that and now recently we argued about the flash bracket. I stated the FACT again that most photographers do not use a bracket anymore and we argued simply because you use one. I did not say a flash bracket was bad.. I simply stated the FACT that most wedding photographers do not use one.
Tirediron, KMH, Overead, it is got to be tough being a mod. I know you three are not a fan of me but I do appreciate you guys being neutral. I do not think I am capable to do that (staying neutral).
Steve5D - we argue once in a while.. you are pretty neutral. You argue with both sides. I have no problem with you.. seriously... despite having a post recently locked because we argued. I do think you like to create an argument just like me even though it is not that necessary. Despite all that, I don't hold a grudge against you.
Imagemaker, we too argue a lot but really I don't have a problem with you. Yeah, we disagree on things once in a while but sometimes I do feel like sometime you look down to newer photographers who try to be in the industry (especially in the industry you are in).
There are also many other out there that I know they hate me. Not that I care whether I get a like or not (I really think counting how many likes people get and get NOTIFICATION for it is pretty lame), but just from the like history.. i am pretty certain you do not like me. No likes for photos I posted no matter how good they are, no likes for statements I say no matter how good they are, no likes for jokes I make no matter how good they they are. But as soon as I have an argument with another members, these people right away "like" the other person's response. Again.. I don't care about the likes. The likes system just make it very obvious who in here absolutely hate me. I personally don't judge who I am liking. If a person that I truly hate did in fact post a photo that I admired, I like it. I try my best not to take sides.
Do you guys want me to stop putting my input in wedding photography? Usually that's where we argue the most. It is always about wedding photography. Who do we have here that do weddings actively? I only know very few other members that are very active here .. that is it. There are 2 other who come here to post their blog and contribute NOTHING to this forum other than showing their photos. Trust me.. I have been holding back when I put my responses to avoid arguments.
There I said it. This isn't a swan song. I am not leaving. I thought about it greatly recently and in the past. Tried to leave a couple of times but there were several people here I truly enjoy their interaction with me. We have lost A LOT of wedding photographers on this forum. If you guys want wedding photography part of this forum to improve, something needs to change. We lost way too many wedding photographers simply because of stupid arguments like horizontal vs vertical orientation, negative space, fake blur, tilt shift/lens baby/ free lensing, processing with yellow tint, muddy black and white, super thin DOF, film look processing. The fact is wedding photographers have different styles. There is no reason to nit pick everything. I am still friends with these wedding photographers we lose on FB. I hear the same thing over and over.. Robin.. why are you still on that forum? I do not know. Why am I still on this forum? More than half of the mods do not like me, more than half of the active members don't like me. The number keeps growing because new members take sides. Remember, these new comers trying to shoot weddings, a few of them will actually make it to the industry and will eventually be a kick ass wedding photographers.
In summary, I really just want to have a good time on TPF. I want to have a good experience here. I really do not like confrontation. I will try harder to be a better person and forum contributor. I just want to express how I feel.
Cheers,
Robin
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