What he said... Shyrell ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Talbot" <BobTalbot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: PF Exhibits on 02 APR 05 Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 07:35:17 +0100 > > > First, Sir, If you quote someone, kindly do not edit the quote. It > is very bad manners. > > NO! > > It's very bad manners (generally associated with "top posters" to > leave in the whole of a previous posting (and every other posting in > the thread) totally unedited. Heck, people quote from Hamlet but > don't feel obliged to regurgitate the whole book. > > We all read them anyway: we do NOT need to get the full text > twice/three times ..... > > I checked: unless I missed a change to the spelling Greg simply left > enough text from your comment for context. > > > > Second I liked the image and said so. > So what's the point? > We read that in the review. > > > > > Having photographed thousands of portraits both on location and in > studio, I was trained to set it up, then clean it up and then shoot > it. > But there comes a point when it's time to say enough. Greg's post > brought out the humour in that. Getting rid of the bracelet, removing > moles from the mother, getting rig of any stretch marks, whitening the > teeth ... heck, where do we stop? The bracelet is a part of being in > hospital. > > > > > Having to repair something in post production to me is a failure to > be professional. > Repair, yes, create a completely different picture? Well, if that's > what the customer wants but I'd let the customer drive that one. > > > > That is one of the skills that separates us from rookies and > wannebees. > Knowing when to stop in PS is one of the most difficult skills these > days (with film it was actually being able to do anything) > > > Our goal as professional, and/or educators is to help others create > better images. Did your post meet that goal? > Your review was read well and appreciated by me anyway. > > Greg's post (a derivative work) raised a smile: it also served it's > purpose. > > I think you are taking it a little too personally. If you are > prepared to submit review you need to be prepared to accept whatever > comes back! > > > Bob > > > Rest of post snipped: it's not here: look in the archive ... > > > > > > > > > Honest, it's not down here, it's to save bandwidth .... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh the baby needs green eyes .... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ... and a sun tan .... -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com
