I can't get over the people who keep asking for "larger versions". We're not voting on the larger versions, people! What point is there, exactly, in voting for (or against) a photo that looks great at a totally different size than the intended display size?
@jrista Yeah, I agree there are people who game the system. I don't feel strongly enough about this to haul out my statistics books, but it seems like given a large enough voting population, though, this would start to become pretty insignificant relative to "real" votes. If we've got weeks where two pics are neck-and-neck, this could be a factor, but if there's any sort of gap at all between #1 and #2, I guess I wouldn't sweat it.
meanwhile...best.wife.ever. Looks like she is going to get a new job without more money and with me even asking has said I can have a 'photography budget'
@rfusca Interestingly, whether I keep my 'Rolls Royce in the garage' most of the time or not, I believe that it was a good investment which has paid for itself since I got it in 2009... I've landed several clients by virtue of being able to 'shoot Nikon,' and have a number of paying students that are taking classes with me because of my Nikon gear.
@mattdm The use of bold is a powerful tool that will garner approval from those people who appreciate answers written in a way that lets you get to the point quickly.
So, I try to read deeper into peoples questions to figure out the underlying intent, and I try very hard not to take anything as an affront of any kind.
""Technique is important only insofar as you must master it in order to communicate what you see... In any case, people think far too much about techniques and not enough about seeing."
One might argue that you should have the technical basics down first, but as someone (@JayLancePhotography) said in here the other day, you really only have to worry about the technical if your pictures suck. :)
Just to be clear, this is the kind of response to equipment recommendations I DID NOT want to see, and why I was arguing yesterday. Its fine to dislike a certain type of question, but damn, give our new members the benefit of the doubt and a chance FIRST before you bury them in "our way".
every time i pick up the old P&S for whatever reason, I put it up to my eye like its got a viewfinder, swear at it, and take a picture with it held out goofily now lol
i think the best option is to let the new photographer question get asked, then as the first comment point them to a list of standard questions we would like answered before a recommendation is given. If they don't respond, they probably never intended to come back to photo-se, so oh well. If they do respond - the answers are going to have a great deal more validity.
I think that's often times why less experienced women photographers can be more successful than even more experienced male counterparts in retail portrait and wedding photography... Selling photography is almost exclusively the skill of selling to women.
I've worked with plenty of women photographers over the years and one difference I've noticed between many female photographers is they just don't give a crap about equipment the way a lot of men seem to obsess over it. This site is overwhelmingly masculine in the types of questions and answers that are given, and I'm not sure there are many who would even be able to answer the sorts of questions that I get asked by my female students...
