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...or can they be about things of general interest to photographers? Photographers obviously have their own point of view (pun intended) on many subjects and we encourage them to express that through photography. Why not other things? There are things that can be said about other areas of life that will definitely be shaded by the filter that you select. We can say things (like that last sentence) in a way that only another photographer would appreciate. We expect to get questions about technique for our equipment, including cameras, lenses, printers and software. We expect to get questions asking for critique; selling photography; paying photographers; finding photographers; buying equipment or software. We accept questions asking if someone is cute, even though that has nothing to do with photography. Maybe it's okay if we say the person is interested in becoming a model, even though we know that's not usually the case. Where do we draw the line? Thanks Dr except for Christy you got some big guns to answer this Trisu, mojo, Ma Ace all stars with alot of great stuff to give to this forum ok my favourite is whats the best camera or how do i get my photos to look like this - a shot of Anne Geddes babies - the constant questions about photoshop where people try to use a computer to do what a Pro does with light and makes in the camera i have asked some humourous questions and been really disapointed how humourless people are here!! ok for me its the people who say i dont know what im talking about but ill rubish others and say what i want anyway, oh and the racist rubish about my English - if i make an effort to learn English why dont some native speakers? my biggest peeve is the photoshopers who tell people to do things on the computer instead of learning photographic skiils oh and that fool we both think is full of it, below is a clue:: Source(s): dont forget to vote for best answer you get three points back I like your idea. Very few of the questions have any advanced quality to them. Noting about, "how do I light glass?" or "how do I find good used ...?" I think we could save a lot of time if there was a link via a Camera or Photography FAQ to all the "I erased all my photos", "Black and white with on thing in colour" and "is a 7mp camera better than a 6mp?" A rather small resource center with most of those questions answered, could save us a lot of rehashing of some very common questions, usually asked by those who have never exposed on frame of film in their lives and had they, the question would not be asked. My favorite (as you know) are people who don't know the difference between photo editing and darkroom work. Having never seen a loup or light table is not excuse for not knowing the actual process of choosing images from the good, bad and outright ugly. A note on copyright. In a recent decision, the courts awarded an ASMP member, for some copyrighted (common law) images used without permission, a substantial sum. In comments, the courts held that they would have awarded the photographer more had he taken the time to register the images with the Copyright Office. My (c) process now is to copyright my images in camera (Image Comment) and then sending a DVD of client based images to the copyright office as a body of work. DigiPoor, ProPho Remember that this is not e-bay! The selling of oneself does not belong in this forum!! Well, I think that the guidelines are too specific for us to have just found a way around it. I agree that subject material specific to photography, regardless of whether it deals with how to use a certain camera or how to compose a certain photograph, should also include questions that indirectly suggest that people who are either photographers or have even a fleeting interest in photography could relate to. That sort of thing should be encouraged, but you asked the 64 thousand dollar question though, where do we draw the line? A question asking about some east Indian television star, and the like have no business in a photography questions and answers forum. There are other forums for questions of that nature, otherwise everything would be put in the same category and we would have to search thousands of questions just to get to what we're looking for. I mean, it's more efficient that way, wouldn't you think? Personally, if there is something I would like to know about a certain subject, I check to see whether that question has been asked before, rather than ask it myself, but if I had to sift through discussions about off topic subjects, I would have a hell of a hard time trying to find what I need. Hence, the reason why there exists categories. And I think as people who sometimes need to have discussions, we should reserve that for another place, like a discussion forum. And I think in this particular case, Y!A staff does want it to remain a dull questions and answers forum where people ask and get answers. Perhaps they should develop a way for everyone to have discussions, other than the somewhat weak forums they have now. And to tell you the truth, discussion can sometimes be a bad thing. Specificity keeps people in check, I think. Have you ever seen other areas of Y!A? Like the cultures and societies forum? Discussions get started up all the time in there, and people are being violated left and right. Now I just stick to what I'm interested in, and if I need to have a discussion about it, I'll just go find a photography discussion forum, like on deviantart or something of the like. I'm satisfied with how things roll in the photography section of Y!A. I'd personally welcome any different questions here, at this point. I'm getting tired of the same old questions in photography and cameras. I formatted my memory card. How do I get my pictures back? How many pictures does my memory card hold? What's the best camera that does everything for under $200? I dropped my camera in a swimming pool and now it doesn't work, what should I do? Blah blah blah! How about some new questions? Come on, people, let's get imaginative here! Some days I just get too bored of reading the questions to answer them. I'm starting to feel downright snarky, and questioners don't usually like my snarky answers. Okay, I'll step off my soapbox now and let the fun begin. Or not.... |
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