Totally agree Gerbles. As I have stated earlier in this thread, I love seeing people interested in photography and showing off their work. I do it on my personal page, as I make no attempt to advertise my business on the side or have a separate page to facilitate that. But you are right, it amazes me how many people get a camera and start shooting and think they can just start charging for crap. Great, she learned a few techniques on Photoshop and Lightroom (most of them are bad). But even if you are working with great software, you can’t turn a terrible photo into a great photo. It can fix small problems and enhance a good photo already and bring it up to the next level. But if you are working with blurry, grainy, horribly composed shots already, it is not going to help. If you polish a turd, it’s still just a turd. She needs to refocus on learning how to use the camera instead of “fancy” ads and more props. Maybe take it out of Auto mode for starters. When she gets that “Cannon” camera, maybe she can buy a book on how to use it. That would be a HUGE start for her. And like you said Gerbles, I have digitized my whole families photography into one gigantic photo library. Scanned photos, negatives, whatever. Even when I was shooting with my little 1.2MP Kodak DC240 P&S 13 years ago, I got shots that were in focus, properly exposed, and of decent quality. They certainly don’t compare favorably to my current stuff with nice glass and a D7000, but I would likely still take them over the photos by Cathleen.
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