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jfinite wrote:
That's curious. Ben has been posting here for years, yet you say, '...if one of us posted these shots...' as though Ben was in some way different from other FM posters. Then you said that you have no clue that Ben is a high-profile fashion photog, but nearly every time he has posted has been a feature of his in Vogue, Elle, or another popular fashion mag.
Note that I'm not attacking you, I've just been fascinated by the idea that some people have, that if a person has a certain set of credentials or experience, then the critique someone would write would be changed (or not written at all!) due to those credentials. I'm equally fascinated by the idea that some people have that a critique could only be given by someone with equal or more experience or credentials, and that somehow an inexperienced person's ideas should be discounted or that they should have to 'prove' that their critique is valid by showing their own work.
FWIW, I think both of the ideas above contribute to fewer and fewer people posting and/or critiquing, and that they devalue the forum as more people become lurkers instead of participating....Show more →
Where I live there is one guy who is a world-renowned wine judge (and also a really nice, down-to-earth guy). I once asked him how to really tell a good wine from a great one.
His réponse was, to paraphrase, "The great one is the one you think tastes better". Photography, music, dance, doesn't matter, the wine judge had it right.
I know that when I (an amateur just getting back into serious photography after a 30-year hiatus) post images, I hope to receive criticism and if warranted, compliments. That is probably my favorite thing on FM, the very helpful people here, most of whom with more knowledge and experience than I have, who look at the images that I post and occasionally offer a helpful or encouraging word.
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