On Feb 3, 2011, at 4:13 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Tim Bray wrote: > >> I apologize for ranting, but you touched a hot button. If you talk to >> any really successful artist, any medium, or even a >> moderately-successful online writer like myself, you'll hear the same >> story: Trying to guess and aim at what's popular is a loser's game. >> My personal experience: I publish finely-crafted essays on Subjects >> That Matter and they sink like a stone; later that week I whip off a >> squib in 45 minutes while watching TV and it becomes an Internet Meme. >> >> Bah. > > Bravo! Couldn't agree more. > > But what I think the original commenter might have been trying to say > was that he was trying to work out a balance between what *he* likes > and what *other people* like. If there's any doubt, I recommend going > with photos that others like rather than your own personal favorites: > Many photographers are better judges of other people's photos than > they are of their own work.
Or, go with what Mark likes. > > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
