Digital BW, The Print

I think one of the reasons many didn't say anything about the prints, is that there
may have been criticism that would hurt someone's feelings. Especially someone just
starting out in Digital printing.  Although almost all of the prints in the exchange were indeed excellent quality, there were a few images
I just didn't care for. Even though an image may be perfect print quality, perfect composition, and look great, if the subject matter turns
you off, it's hard to like the print. I'm usually the kind of fellow that doesn't like to hurt anybody's feelings, so I have a hard time
criticizing someone's prints. I taught photography for a few years at our University a long time ago, and Had a lot of really bad prints
submitted. I never liked the critiquing portion of the class!

Of course one could just limit the critique to the positive things....:)

Jerry





> Austin,
>
> You know, I kind of agree with you. I did all that work thinking that it
> would help steer the discussion away from technical stuff for a little
> while, and toward aesthetics, style, motivations, intentions. I could
> have done more to push the discussion after the exchange was over, but I
> didn't think I would have to. I expected a flurry of responses, but
> there wasn't much more than a bunch of "wow, nice prints!", and a couple
> of threads, like yours, that never really took off. I don't feel like
> the experience was a waste of time, but I was disappointed that it
> didn't lead to more discussion.
>
> I'm also disappointed that Jon dropped the ball on the exchange web
> site. It would have been nice for the people that didn't participate to
> be able to see all the images. Maybe that would have helped the
> conversation a little.
>
> -Jason
>
> Austin Franklin wrote:
> >
> > > I'd have to agree with you about participating in the print
> > > exchange.  Amazing stuff.
> >
> > Hi Lawrence & list...
> >
> > I participated in the first print exchange on the Piezo list.  I must say, I
> > was abysmally disappointed, in fact, somewhat insulted.  Not at the images,
> > no, they were, as you say "amazing stuff"...but at the lack of feedback and
> > comments.  It's almost like it never happened!  I went out of my way to make
> > up a whole bunch of prints, pack them out...and I got zip in return (yes, I
> > did get the exchange prints, but that wasn't what I was looking for).  I
> > even posted a "critique" on the list, and aside from one or two others,
> > NADA!
> >
> > So, given that, I'm hesitant to waste my time again, and participate in
> > these...
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Austin
>
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