Reply To: Who are we to judge?

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Yes, this site is based around people in business who have no business being in business, and exposing shoddy businesses and/or teaching togs how to go about it in a more legit and honest way.  for me, and a lot of us here, its about trying to save the photography profession’s integrity.  There seems to be a growing lack of respect for the entire industry.  I highly doubt anyone at all would be interested in critiquing/criticizing amateur photography or personal family  snap shots (Unless the tog was aspiring to go pro and seeking critique) and in that respect, the site could be called “you are not a professional photographer”.  But if it was named that then people would complain and say “If the photographer charges, then they are a professional”.  The name of the site isn’t really what’s important here.

I don’t expect everyone to understand, be interested in, or agree to what we talk about here.  Regardless what everyone thinks, not everyone is a photographer.  Forums and sites are built and become active when like minded people participate and converse on topics that interest them.  Most, if not all will have people come and go that disagree or don’t understand, or that lack interest in it.  I would never post in a forum stating “I don’t like this, understand his, or have any interest in this”, but to each their own