Reply To: Ok…. Just curious

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The weakest photo isn’t picked to poke fun. It is picked pecause it shows the lowest standard for yourself. Why include bad photos at all? Why not give the best so that you can say we critiqued the worst of the best instead. I ,as well as others, will disagree about “high standards”. What you are basically saying is that you get the job done, whether it be good or bad. It doesnt matter that you get the job done. And some people DO go to school for photography. You just shat all over their education with that statement. Would you rather trust your autistic child in the capable hands of someone who has gone to university and majored in a field that specializes in socializing/educating children with disabilitie? Or would you have your friend’s teenagr daughter come over and help him/her work through his/her autism? Would you send your sick child ti a pediatrician or would you ask the lady at the holistics shop? Who would you prefer make your medication? A pharmcist, or the guy down the street with his stash of chemicals and equipment that can “make the same thing”.

Get the picture?this is why some people are JUST hobbyists. You discredit a whole profession by assuming you can do the same thing the pros are doing just because you’ve purchased pro equipment. I could go on. I feel like you used the noble cause of photographing autistic children as a cruch for your bad photography. It doesnt matter WHY you are taking the photo, it matters that you arent taking good photos. IHF gave you good advice. Improve yourself with what you have before you fly off the handle and invest in new things.