On 10/5/2011 1:25 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Charles Robinson<[email protected]> wrote:
A sometimes-hilarious look (with a lot of biting criticism) at what some people consider
"photography". As viewed by someone who DOES consider herself to be a
photographer.
Can be fun, can be painful. Worth a peek, I think!
http://youarenotaphotog.tumblr.com/
A little snarky for my liking, I guess.
Yeah, there are a lot of wannabes out there, and some of them are so
bad it's nearly funny, but I'd rather spend my looking at stuff that's
~better~ than mine (lots of that out there!). I think I'll learn more
by being inspired than by ripping down or mocking.
You make some good points, though some of us may look at that page for
the same reason that other people read the obituaries, to make sure
we're not there.
It is actually a good thing for people to take risks in their
photography, and try new things. However, most of the most egregious
examples on that page aren't from some bizarre choice of composition, or
even simply showing off a photo that was completely blown (on a
technical level), but from taking some post processing idea and pushing
it so hard that it went past kitsch, through WTF and off into some new,
uncharged territory.
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