You Are Not A Photographer...

[MichiganFarts]

I'm not whining. Hell, I'm not even remotely pissed yet.

Heck no...you're the most outstanding foolish person I've met. But in other threads....

 

[RockstarPhotography]

Who cares if it hurst feelings? The website states that these pictures come from "professional photographers". The same "photographers" that undercut prices so real photographers can't make a living. AND give a crap final product.

 

[Derrel]

Except this one actually started by flaming people for a laugh....so it's not that far of a stretch that it would end with the same yeah?

The problem is too many people turn into whiners when the barrel's pointed at them.

And yet, ChristopherCoy is totally unaffected by your attempts to goad him MichiganShart....he's not whining...he's actually trumped you pretty badly, or did you not notice?

 

[e.rose]

Who cares if it hurst feelings? The website states that these pictures come from "professional photographers". The same "photographers" that undercut prices so real photographers can't make a living. AND give a crap final product.

And while we're at it lets post: AntiDuckface and cry about how unfair that one is... or lets take a second look at http://sh*tphotojournalistslike.tumblr.com/post/2942680446/judging-amateurs (replace the * with an i) and whine about how it's just mean and not sarcastic at all... the whole site... but ESPECIALLY that post... :er:

 

[RockstarPhotography]

Who cares if it hurst feelings? The website states that these pictures come from "professional photographers". The same "photographers" that undercut prices so real photographers can't make a living. AND give a crap final product.

And while we're at it lets post: AntiDuckface and cry about how unfair that one is... or lets take a second look at http://sh*tphotojournalistslike.tumblr.com/post/2942680446/judging-amateurs (replace the * with an i) and whine about how it's just mean and not sarcastic at all... the whole site... but ESPECIALLY that post... :er:

:smileys::smileys:

 

[MichiganFarts]

Except this one actually started by flaming people for a laugh....so it's not that far of a stretch that it would end with the same yeah?

The problem is too many people turn into whiners when the barrel's pointed at them.

And yet, ChristopherCoy is totally unaffected by your attempts to goad him MichiganShart....he's not whining...he's actually trumped you pretty badly, or did you not notice?

I would like to see you explain yourself...it's always funny to watch you prattle on with great detail on the technical side of photography, yet come up so short on everything else. I'd like to see a detailed example of why people should excerpt just the technical information from you...

 

[Stradawhovious]

MY GOD.....

The the intertubes kick ass. Nowhere else can you watch a large handfull of (presumably) grown adults pull the pin from their wrist and *****-slap each other via the anonymity of technology.

Problem is it's not as anonymous as you'd think........

Just sayin'.

You folks are a hoot.

:lmao:

Oh yeah...... IBTL.

 

[RauschPhotography]

...It truly amazes me how easily everything gets derailed in these threads! Whatever. Cheap entertainment :thumbup:

 

[RockstarPhotography]

:addpics:


Ok.....Maybe its just worthless period.....

 

[Derrel]

I would like to see you explain yourself...it's always funny to watch you prattle on with great detail on the technical side of photography, yet come up so short on everything else. I'd like to see a detailed example of why people should excerpt just the technical information from you...

Ah,MichiganSharty...you're such a powerful internet warrior. We're blown down by your powerful smell. I think you're a previously-banned troll,actually. Are you perhaps a Facebook photographer who feels a bit threatened by this thread? Are you one of those newbies who has been taking pictures for a year or two and has a chip on his shoulder? It is hard to know, since you do not seem to have any bona fides of any sort....you just appeared here a few months ago and have contributed nothing really,except some midwestern fear of pornography and opinions on anything BUT photography. As to the Original Post---right now TPF has a couple of threads dealing with basically this same subject--the educated, trained photographers and the established working professionals who actually KNOW about photography and the business of photography, and the newbies who want to charge $50 for a THREE-HOUR session, which is a reference contained in the web site the OP referred us to. And the laughable wedding shot--ewwww.....more MWAC wedding work.....that's the New York Times' own "mom with a camera" wording, in case you didn't know.

I think what makes it so hurtful here on TPF is that TPF has quite a number of MWACs...and we also have some trolls who were banned, but appear to have snuck back in under new user names.

Feelings often get hurt when newbies are reprimanded or dismissed by more-experienced shooters. It has always been that way...the old system was Master-Journeyman-Apprentice...today we have less-than-apprentice-level shooters posing, pretending, to be journeymen...it's rampant.

 

[Kyna]

She didn't specifically call me out obviously but as a new photographer and someone whose goal is to have a small business doing portrait work I hate feeling that judged by people. If you don't like it, don't look at it.

No matter *what* you do, *someone* is always going to judge you for being a "new" photographer. And even when you get to the point where you might be able to start making a little money from it, there were will be more people *still* judging you for *that*. And there are *always* people that are going to judge your work, no matter *what* level you're on. You either have to learn to ignore it and live with it... or find another profession to pursue.

I wasn't honestly offended by it and I didn't attack this threat because I was on the rebound from a facebook post. I was just trying to show how spreading other peoples work around and picking on it could hurt people. I am not some Bible thumping, cross wearing, hick with no brain. I am a kind person who just likes to be happy.

This forum has a lot of people who have no tact. I don't care if it is the internet or not. You can write a critical post without coming across as an ASS if you try. I was NOT trying to start drama, I didn't know that my post explaining my feelings on the OP would cause such a big outrage but apparantly the OP felt very strongly that we should ALL find this just as HILARIOUS and INSULTING to other photographers as he does.

 

[Sonoma]

Must be cabin fever!! It sure will be nice when summer finally gets here and people can get outside.

 

[e.rose]

She didn't specifically call me out obviously but as a new photographer and someone whose goal is to have a small business doing portrait work I hate feeling that judged by people. If you don't like it, don't look at it.

No matter *what* you do, *someone* is always going to judge you for being a "new" photographer. And even when you get to the point where you might be able to start making a little money from it, there were will be more people *still* judging you for *that*. And there are *always* people that are going to judge your work, no matter *what* level you're on. You either have to learn to ignore it and live with it... or find another profession to pursue.

I was just trying to show how spreading other peoples work around and picking on it could hurt people.

I guess I should have specified that my post was a *general* "you"... not YOU you. I quoted that section because it's not the first time I heard that.

My opinion on the matter still stands, however. It's also not the first time someone has called me an ass

 

[Kyna]

I wasn't calling you an ass I haven't seen any posts from you that come off as totally mean. You give criticism with humor that is fine..........but just mean, you suck criticism isn't really constructive at all.

 

[MichiganFarts]

Derrel, Derrel...some people actually realize they're not completely versed on every subject. I didn't come here to give opinions, simply to learn things I didn't know before.

You, on the other hand, spout of nothingness...in lets say...Mac vs. PC threads...and from someone who has built many PC's, it's laughable watching you go from intelligent photography discussions...to gibberish.

I tend to keep my mouth shut when there's topics above my head....(have fun with that last line, I put it in there because you're so predictable in what parts of posts you "attack")