I to enjoy praises and knock downs of my photos, i use this information on any re shoots and future endeavors. As far as being able to take and handle criticism and reject,. i think people of my generation were taught how to fail, that it was not the end of the world. I think a lot of younger people don't know how to accept this and cannot deal with it.
I see this in the students i drive and lunch monitor. As far as offering, i will comment on a photo i like, and usually do not if its a photo i'm not crazy about. Maybe i should as the photographer may be looking for just such . Dave On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > I've realized that one reason the PDML has helped me improve my photography > is not only feedback on my photos, but looking at other people's photos and > reading the feedback on them. It has exposed me to different styles of > photography, given me a feel what other people like, or dislike, and why, and > in many cases set the bar up much higher than when all I ever did was pretty > much look at my own photos. I've been on a few other forums which have a lot > of people who are just barely past the stage of understanding how f/stop > affects depth of field and think that makes them a technical expert. > > One thing I haven't seen a lot of is discussion on how to give and take > criticism. And a related discussion of what venues on the net, or off, are > good for that sort of discussion. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.