Well, yeah, That's the problem with doing it yourself, isn't it?
If you do only a few (your favourites), are you insulting those who you don't comment upon? If you comment on all of them, then you have to be honest with all of them, and let's face it, the odd clunker does get in there, doesn't it? Do you (as I tend to do) damn with faint praise, or find ~something~ nice to say, and leave out the bad stuff? Either way, it ain't really honest, is it? That of course is part of the problem with "assignments". You end up doing ones that you may not like. OTOH, maybe that's a good thing. It forces us to not just comment on the ones we like, but the ones we may not like. That, in and of itself, is a good exercise. Let's face it, "real critics" don't only go to plays or movies that they like, do they? And, if one's thin-skinned, all they have to do is put "no comments, please" on the photo. Or in the alternative, we'd only critique those that say "comments welcome". cheers, frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why no comments: people are busy, people are unassertive, people are afraid > to criticize, people only have time to look, writing comments involves more > time. > > Any time I've been in a "group" where it is essentially all "volunteer" it > has had this problem. The only ones around to praise are the other volunteers. > They are busy volunteering, ie. and don't have time to praise other volunteers > and/or they are awaiting praise of their own efforts. Substitute photographers > for volunteers in this context. > > Maybe your critique board is a good idea, someone do the first eight, someone > do the next eight, and so forth. So everyone gets a comment. > > I have to admit, in complete honesty, every time I've made comments, I've > been very, very hesitant. I wonder why are others not saying anything? Or why are > only one or two making comments? Am I missing something? Do I just bravely > jump in? Do I say anything negative? Do I comment on only those I like whole > heartedly? Will I hurt someone's feelings? Do I have anything worth while to say > -- to offer someone wanting feedback? Won't anything I say be trite or obvious? > > It is a bit scary. So I think fear is a lot of it too. > > Marnie aka Doe -- "Hell is others" -Jean Paul Sartre
