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By ignoring your biggest critics, you may be missing out on something that they have to say, Lisa. Some of my biggest critics are what have driven me to improve my photography, because at first I was so offended, I took it personally and just spent a day or two being angry that they had the audacity to critique my work. Then, after I settled down, I realized they were right, at least in part. Maybe you'll feel this way, too, or maybe you'll just realize you don't care what they think.
Some of the harsh critiques may be from jealousy. Or they may just be starting out in photography and think that offering harsh critiques without any sort of "constructive" portion to the criticism is warranted. Then again, some people may be right. That's for you to determine.
I never called your work boring. Just stated an opinion that it seems a few may share around here? I don't know. And in this industry, we photographers (like any artist, musician, etc.) tend to take C&C very personally. And it should be taken personally... and, yet, it shouldn't. We should analyze what was said, and then recognize if it's applicable or not. If not, wipe the offended slate clean and walk away. If it is applicable, and changes need to be made, then wipe the offended slate clean, and learn from it.
Your work has a unique style. But some people don't like it. To say "Just don't comment" is, in my opinion, you actually saying, "I don't like what you're saying or how you're saying it." And that, too, is fine. If you're going something that is subjective, some will like it and some won't. But, listening to those comments is, in my opinion, both healthy and a growing aspect of each of us in our craft. Ignoring them gives you only a single perspective from all of those "OMG I LOVE YOUR WORK!" people. And that gets you nowhere. In fact, that is what gets these people charging $100 for a portrait session for 20 straight years who are still doing selective color and over-saturation. Because they ignored the opportunities for both C&C and growth, and kept accepting the praises from their adoring fans.
To date, I can't recall anyone ever saying anything truly negative about your work, Lisa. 95% of the posts are simply praising you, offering zero critiques at all. And you seem to enjoy that. It may be time to consider taking the good with the bad, and learning from it, rather than just eating up the praise, and being hurt and offended by the critiques.
It is, also possible, that some people are jealous, like I said above.
Being confident in what you do is important. Being humble in accepting *polite* C&C is also important. Those who are rude? Ignore them. Those who aren't? Take it to heart.
There will always be people in both the rude and polite camps.
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