 | We're all lab rats.... |
| We're all lab rats.... |
We're all lab rats.... | ||
| Using criticism without being shaped by it. | ||
| Bob Wallace (BobTrips) Post Count: Joined: | Msg: #1 Added: 2007-05-26 18:31:34 | |
| My background (one of my previous careers) was as a behavioral psychologist. A "Skinnerian" if you please. Third generation. Because of that I sometimes wonder how much the "artistic" portion of ones photography might be shaped by critiques received. Now I feel that it is entirely legitimate to have ones technical skills improved by constructive feedback. A crooked horizon that could use a straightening, a noisy sky that needs smoothing - those are elements that (most likely) don't add to the photographer's presentation. Learning to spot those problems and correcting them seems to me to be a good thing. But the potential problem might be that in order to receive the highest praise from our fellow members is that we might start shooting or selecting our site photos to appeal to the "lowest common denominator". This flared up for me with Michael's image A Lake View Near Arrowtown, NZ. After a couple of comments Michael seemed to be thinking that he had made a mistake by shooting the tree as his subject rather than shooting the lake. To me those would be two different and equally important subjects. Now I don't want to make too much of this particular picture/thread. Just using it to illustrate the potential for feedback to drag us away from our initial intention. | ||
| Justin Watson (Justin) Post Count: Joined: | Msg: #2 Added: 2007-05-27 10:47:45 | |
| I think the same could be said for the fighting fish photo. The thing with both photos was we could all see different ways of shooting it. Personally i'm of the ilk where i like to suggest ways to improve the shot next time. While i like the digital processing we can do, I also want to be able to take a better photo next time as well. Of course the technical tips and improving ones photo after the fact also helps. Either style of critiquing IMO is still valuable. | ||
| Rachelle Donaldson (Rachelle) Post Count: Joined: | Msg: #3 Added: 2007-05-28 06:25:03 | |
| I think it's good to get feedback on the technical element, as well as peoples views on different angles/subjects etc - I don't think it makes me want to take photos for other people, but helps me to look at other ways in which I could get a more creative/unusual shot - which for me is a good thing, as it encourages me to be more creative and experimental with my camera. When I take a photo I know in my mind what I want the image to look like/focus on, but when I review them I sometimes feel disappointed that I didn't capture the subject in the way I would have liked, getting feedback from others in this area for me at least is very helpful | ||
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