My photos, per request.

[blindmist]

Don't ever make excuses bro. Your shots are your shots... They were the best you could do at the time, so don't knock or make excuses for yourself. All we can do is learn and grow. I am always suspect of people that have nothing but nice things to say about my work. Either they aren't looking, or they don't know wtf they are talking about. There is ALWAYS room to grow, learn, improve, and get better..and no one has it ALL figured out.

Comments like this only discourage. If anything, I have less of a want to go pickup a camera now. I wasn't making excuses. I was explaining how the shot was taken with what I had at the time that the shot was taken. I think that with 2-3 day experience (especially with a DSLR), that these photos are pretty damn good. Secondly, as a general rule of thumb I always follow, only judge shots to the standards they were shot at unless asked otherwise. I was not taking these to high standards, I would expect them to not be judged to such.

In anyway did you say something positive about any of the photos? So how have you encouraged?

All I am saying, is change how you "critique". Comparing how you want to be critiqued is not they way everyone needs to be critiqued.

[AudibleSilence]

Comments like this only discourage. If anything, I have less of a want to go pickup a camera now. I wasn't making excuses. I was explaining how the shot was taken with what I had at the time that the shot was taken. I think that with 2-3 day experience (especially with a DSLR), that these photos are pretty damn good. Secondly, as a general rule of thumb I always follow, only judge shots to the standards they were shot at unless asked otherwise. I was not taking these to high standards, I would expect them to not be judged to such.

Grow thicker skin or don't show your work. Life isn't about rainbows and butterflies and I'm not going to hold your hand and bullshit you.

I wasn't holding you to any standard other than that of a properly exposed and framed picture. You were not judged on artistic merit, in fact you weren't judged at all actually. There is a right way, and a wrong way and it's as simple as that.

In anyway did you say something positive about any of the photos? So how have you encouraged?

All I am saying, is change how you "critique". Comparing how you want to be critiqued is not they way everyone needs to be critiqued.

There is nothing wrong with the critique you got and everything wrong with your attitude. Learn to take criticism and grow from it. Don't get defensive, don't make excuses, and don't claim that someone else killed your drive. You think I like every critique I get? Hell no.. Suck it up and use it as fuel to do better next time..

If you want a copy of Understanding Exposure I'll give you one of mine.