I think you understand me wrong.
I was NOT attacking you, I don't really feel offended when someone does not like my pictures, or others do, that's art.
Photography is an artform and I have always learned (and teach) that in art there is no right or wrong, there is only personal opinion and taste.
I have also learned that when ventilating your personal opinion one should always remember that it IS a PERSONAL opinion, and not a right or wrong.
I can't see where you did me wrong, or were you were rude.
I do see that the remarks about Mark Dutreaux were rude and got me upset.
I have a son myself and cannot imagine what I would do when something would happen to him.
I also have a loving wife and I will NEVER EVER think about hurting her, so the remarks about me being down and dirty to women, or even advertising slavery hit me indeed on the wrong note.
However after some thoughts about it I decided it was not worth the fuss and people should just ignore it.
Again, photography is an ART form and there are no rights or wrongs (well within limits that is, I would never show a women being beaten with a stick in a agressive way, maybe as humor yes, but not in ANY way it could be taken the wrong way).
When I post I always try to be kind and give good critique or help out.
I will never ever put someone down, be rude or be downtalking, that's why sometimes it's hard for me to swallow that still some people find joy in trying to hurt others in that way.
I was once told the story about a very very good photographer who could not get work because he was an Ahole, and all the work went to a much lesser photographer that was good to work with, somehow that always sticks to my mind and with posts like this I always wonder how the person posting it is in real life.
AND AGAIN, I did not attack you, read again and see the Mark Dutreaux remark and you know who I mean , also look at his posts on this forum and you see a trend (not only towards me), it's a shame that he cannot show :
A. his own work (which should be pretty spectaculair)
B. some respect to FELLOW photographers
C. some respect to the community which is called Luminous Landscape
For me the LL forums is one of the kindest I visit and the only one I visit more times a day just because I love the atmosphere and the good answers from the real pros that hang arround here.
Don't let that be spoiled.
And I know I shouldn't have responded but then again, I also have feelings and the MD comment really hit my nerve.
