Good Photos versus Bad Photos

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Permalink Reply by Mark Washington on September 27, 2008 at 5:47am

Well stated David! I do not want to be judgemental, but everyone has to admit that 100 photos of the same subject that does not move (from the same angle) is "crap". Why not just upload one or two or even ten, but a 100. If it "walk like duck" its a duck; "if talks like a duck" its a duck" !

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Permalink Reply by Terri on September 27, 2008 at 9:24am

I understand that everyone thinks they have wonderful photos, some do, some don't but art is subjective. There are famous artists that I hate their work. My problem is I go to browse the photos and when I have to go through 30 or so pages of the same artist with pretty much the same type of shots....I get bored and just quit looking. So I miss some of the shots from other artists that I might find interesting. Plus I am sure like most of us on here, we have little time to go through so many shots of the same shoot. I can go out on a shoot and take 3 to 4 hundred shots but that doesn't mean I'm gonna upload them all. This is just MY opinion.

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Permalink Reply by LadyExpat on September 27, 2008 at 10:37pm

I've belonged to Flickr for years, and still do. I generally don't upload more than a dozen photos a week, and that's on the high side. Most of my contacts follow suit. We know that if we want people to view and comment then we have to limit our uploads. Many of my photos on Flickr get a lot of comments, but there are always some that don't. Sometimes I like a shot, but others don't. That doesn't necessarily meant it's a bad shot.

May I suggest, instead of talking about crap shots, why doesn't the OP be proactive and contact whoever owns this site and suggest that a limit be placed on the number of photos each member can upload daily. I am sure that enough constructive comments can be gleaned from this thread to make a good argument for this suggestion.

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Permalink Reply by CENAIDA on September 28, 2008 at 4:46pm

I agree with you ,thats why we ask for some advice to improve our quality of pictures.

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Permalink Reply by Usman K on October 6, 2008 at 1:18am

HI users
The question raised by Mark Washington in right. I feel this website is mainly for learning and improving skills and getting suggestion from other photographers. When uploading some thing we have to be sure that it is worth.

And this site not to be used as public site of loading all the pictures and sharing with family. For this kind of usage there are several other websites which offer those kind of facility.

This discussion itself explains the use of this website and cause a awarness to users and guides them what is the exact goal of all ours.

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Permalink Reply by Corrine Ament Photography on January 3, 2009 at 8:24am

I beleive this site is for photographers at all skill levels. It is to be used for the purpose of sharing and learning. Many people have uploaded pictures that they would like critique on and some of these pictures are not very good. The mere fact that this option is available to those seeking to imporve and learn is a good thing. We all have the option of viewing, or not viewing others work.....

To each his own.....

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Permalink Reply by Ron Werntz on February 19, 2009 at 6:45am

Art is a process, There are no "good or bad" photos. If you are referring to technical expertise, that's a different matter.
Proper exposure, composition and a plethora of other 'technical" rules come into play. An artist needs to learn these "rules" before he/she can "creatively break" these rules. If a photographer doesn't get any critical feedback they can not
grow or improve. I find it annoying to see allot of "snap shooters" on this site, but what can you do? When you start labeling
photos "good" or "bad" I don't think that helps anyone. Most of the people that upload photos to this site are proud of the work they submit. Others, unfortunately don't get it, and never will. When you find one of these, politely point out the deficiencies of the photos they have uploaded and move on.

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Permalink Reply by gopalshroti on February 24, 2009 at 12:40pm

Mark.....this may happen with newcomers generally and i feel that this site is for all photographers....they do post less valued photographs because of their ignorance in the beginning....later when we see them accomplished, it may be a matter of pride.....yes people post non-postable photos by sheer ignorance......quantity IS TO ACCUMULATE BUT TO MAKE A THING OF QUALITY NEEDS FOLLOWING SOME RULES. HERE SENIORS MAY HELP THEM....THIS SITE IS ALSO A SCHOOL.....LET US HOPE FOR THE BEST.

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Permalink Reply by CameraClicker on February 25, 2009 at 2:58pm

PictureSocial's advertising is "The Network for Photographers". The Wordsmyth online dictionary says a photographer is a person who takes photographs, esp. as an occupation. Same dictionary says a photograph is a picture made by using a camera that records an image on a light-sensitive surface. It says a snapshot is a photograph taken with a small ordinary camera.... Maybe I need a better dictionary.

I believe when I joined this site, there was some encouragement to click a button which would pull all my photos from flickr over to here. At the moment that would be a little over two thousand photos ( I have a paid flickr account and can upload as much as I want, whenever I want ). I skipped that step because I wanted to understand how to control what was shown before being swamped; turned out to be a good move since bulk delete does not seem to be an option here unless you leave and join again. I uploaded a few photos because I felt if I was going to be commenting on other peoples photos I should be showing something for the sake of credibility.

I just got through dropping a batch of 168 photos on flickr after a previous batch of 110, all from a vacation set of 3780 photos, give or take a couple. So far, feedback from those that care is positive, so perhaps it is a question of know your audience.

The point to all this rambling is that there are many kinds of photos, fine art, snapshot, documentary, news, etc. and the message presented by the advertising is come one, come all, bring your friends and bring your photos, even those you already posted. The advertising message is about photo sharing and socializing, it is not about being stuffy and just showing off your very best two or three fine art photos. The site is here, use it or not as makes you happy, but live and let live.

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Permalink Reply by Birgitta on February 25, 2009 at 9:02pm

I totally agree, Mark!

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Permalink Reply by Daina Baker on March 1, 2009 at 10:55am

I agree with TSC Tempest (sorry, not sure of your name). I just joined today. I am new to photography and I'm here to learn. I also belong to another website that I joined a week ago. I noticed that there was very little constructive criticism being given. How can I learn if noone is willing to tell me what I did well, but what I could have done to make it better? Maybe the individuals that upload hundreds of pictures think every "snapshot" is a masterpiece. Have you ever seen American Idol? Everyone that auditions for the show thinks they can sing even though we know that 99% of them can't.

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Permalink Reply by deborah duncan-powers on March 1, 2009 at 11:46am

I thought the site is to learn from others and join groups in order to better our photos.........debby

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