@jrista It's funny you say that... I've actually been wrestling with that very same question ("do I still belong here?") these last couple of weeks as well... In general due to being frustrated with many of the same sorts of things you're seeing. Of course the difference is that I can simply choose to fade into the background (as I more-or-less have been doing), but as a Mod... It's probably a little bit tougher to do.
and tech-savvy people are the types who generally populate these forums
If the long-term trend is to treat PhotoSE like any other tech, math, or science site, then I probably don't belong here.
I think such a long-term trend would be fairly sad to see, as I don't think it would benefit PhotoSE...but on a general level people don't seem to like answering the dumb questions new photographers inevitably ask.
But its the dumb questions of new photographers that seem fundamental to a photography forum.
@JayLancePhotography @jrista So if there's frustration at the tech stuff, is there something we can do to encourage the more artistic side to come through? I'd seed more artistic questions, but frankly, I think i'm too ignorant about what to ask there, but I wish I wasn't.
I'm not really sure if that will work to draw out more creative questions, but at the very least, we can help teach tech-savvy photographers to be more artistic.
i'm switching to better gear, not really to be tech obessed, but because I want to switch brands for costs reason and I can get a better tech out of it...ya know?
@rfusca totally. Your switching to something that better services your goals. Thats definitely a part of photography, and why I like equipment recommendation questions.
But thats just a starting point or a switching point.
and the job that funds your travel always comes with strings attached...you can't go away for more than a week, we need you to be here for product release X
there are so, so many small things about windows that I am so used to
like the flexibility of its file system browser (and file system), all the nice little text editing features that pretty much every standard windows app has (i.e. skip word, cut/paste line, scroll with keyboard but maintain cursor position, etc.)
i read something on a nikon site the other week about how alot of people don't feel the need for below f/2 as much anymore because ISO noise has gotten so good and the additional DoF isn't that pronounced
the ISO bit makes sense...but I think the difference in DOF is noticable. Comparing an f/1.4 with an f/2 shot with my 50 is definitely a visible difference
@jrista — I think you could make the from/to to/from part in your snow answer more understandable by separating that out into two (longer) clauses. Not a big deal, just sayin'. (Voting up the answer either way!)
