Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think if we don't allow comments on the photos, including but not limited to Ted's comments, interest will drop off drastically. Why would you bother to post something if you don't get any feedback? We somehow manage to look at and comment on hundreds of photos a week. I think that's a good thing! We are all learning from Ted's great criticisms on the challenge photos and that's a good thing, too. Tina On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Ted, you certainly have a busy schedule for a man who blithly gave us the > choice of TWO assignments for this week, and who HASN'T limited the number > of photos that anybody can submit on the topics. Best of luck with the > weddings. > > Personally, I have NO objection to you picking just one winner and > commenting as to why you think it is the winner in your eyes. I don't think > it is necessary to comment on every picture submitted. The LUG should be > DAMNED happy to have a great photographer with your considerable skills and > vast experience judging the entries submitted, and equally be very happy > with your choice of winner. It's a personal choice for you and LUG should > just accept it. If people are unhappy, they can choose not to enter. > > I consider that entries should be limited to one photo per LUG member, no > comments submitted until the result is announced, and no criticism of the > judge's choice be entertained. This might make it simpler to manage!!! > > If you are loath to make rules, I might suggest to the rest of the LUG > that they only submit one photo per topic, rather than blizzard a raft of > similar efforts at the hapless judge. At our age, all of us are surely > capable of choosing our own best picture on each topic. Bear in mind, the > sheer volume of both emails and pictures on the LUG sometimes makes it very > difficult to look at everybody's photos, and cranking up the volume even > further should be discouraged. > > These are my personal opinions and I'm equally sure that all of you have > your own!! > > Other opinions, anybody???? > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <tedgrant at shaw.ca> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 10:48 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: Wedding Photos > > > Tina Manley OFFERED: >> Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Wedding Photos >> >> My son and his bride got married in Gibraltar in March, after hiking the >>> Camino de Santiago. They got remarried yesterday in Charleston for all >>> of >>> their friends and family who couldn't make it to Gibraltar. >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/image/**151792382<http://www.pbase.com/image/151792382> >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/**tinamanley/image/151792383<http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/151792383> >>> >>> It was a beautiful wedding! I only took about 1000 photos ;-) >>> >> >> Hi Tina, >> Well I'll be the wedding photographer next Saturday as two of my >> grandson's Kyle -Victoria and Kyle-Ottawa get married on the same day! :-( >> >> However, it was originally planned to be on separate Saturdays. One today >> and one next Saturday. I mean when you have two grandson's the same name >> it's bad enough when you are talking about them or about them you have to >> designate which one all the time. Let alone their about to be wive's mix >> the wedding day dates, both happening on the same day!! :-( >> >> The families bad enough with 2-Ted's, 2- Scotts, 2- Kate's thoughout the >> collection. But when they screw-up the wedding dates makng it >> immpossible >> to get to both you take the nearest, save a big pile of money in airfares >> and let the Kyle in Ottawa with bride fly here for a bit of a Honeymoon >> with the "old lad. Then with his cousin Kyle and is bride they will both >> share the honeymoons together ! Me? I'll be editing my thousand >> frames???? :-) >> >> The scary thing is, they were two little boys not so long ago who sat on >> my knee and watched grandpa show slides from the last assignment from >> wherever in the world! :-) BOY DOES TIME EVER FLY! >> >> Any tips for the old lad as I haven't shot a wedding in nearly 50 years >> and I always hated every minute even though I was extremely well paid for >> doing them. :-( >> >> May have some happy snaps to show after next Saturday. >> mmmmmaaayybbbbeeee???????????? ;-) >> >> cheers, >> ted >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> No poblem G'Pa could've flown to Ottawa and been back here for the week >> laer. Well it started out like that >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com