e.rose
Been spending a lot of time on here!
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My point was simply that the guy did a pretty good job all things considered.
Asking me to post images from my first wedding isn't making the point that *he* did a pretty good job all things considered... that's trying to deflect the attention onto the poor job that I definitely did with my first wedding so the heat can be directed at me and not at him, and he can feel good about the level of work that he did, because someone else's first wedding wasn't very good either.
If that's what your point is, you would have just said, "Hey, e.rose... I think he did a pretty good job, all things considered."
That's not how I form my opinions.
If someone asks for critique on something and I have a lot of specific negative feedback to give him, yeah, I may go, "But hey. We all sucked at this once, so keep working at it!" Cause we did all suck at this once. But that's not the general feel I'm getting in this thread, so I've been quiet, because everyone commenting that he did such a fabulous job, and the snarky response from the OP gives me the distinct feeling that we've moved on to head patting, and I'm not into that, nor do I hold that opinion, so... I never gave it.
Everyone is allowed to hold the opinion they have. Like I said, the only opinion that *really* matters at this point in this situation is the bride's, and if she's fine with the images, then great. There's no point in asking for the "naysayers" to come back to pat anyone on the back, or to try to get me to agree that he did a pretty good job all things considered because 1. Just because someone else thinks that, doesn't mean I do and 2. What's the point?
If you INSIST on me writing something encouraging to him... then fine. Here it is, just like above:
Hey. We all sucked at this once. We all had terrible firsts... "not so good firsts"... "okay" firsts... "could have been better firsts"... Hell, we've all had those kinds of shoots as seconds, thirds, and fourths... Sh*t, I still have those moments NOW, because *I'm* still learning and growing and gaining knew knowledge with each shoot... So keep working at it! With more practice and more knowledge, you'll get better. But as long as no one is coming back to sue you, and the client is happy, that's all that matters right now. Learn from this experience, grow, get better, do better, rinse and repeat.
That good enough for you?