i reply within my last journal.
she replies back in hers.
yes, love ... i have no experience to know what a fucking good photograph is or is not. none at all.
you're an anime fan, no?
please anime fans ... come ... to her defence and litter my page with shit.
honestly, as many people who i have come to know and respect and dig ... there are trolls here as well.
not that whatever-the-fuck-her-name-is is a troll.
(please take this with a tongue-in-cheek context)
it just makes me wonder when i get messages like that. do i come to your page and tell you how to make crappy photos?
fuck, no, i don't. if anything i hope to help people make BETTER fucking photos by example.
i'm not a critic.
if i were a critic, i'm sure i'd make people cry.
not that i like that.
'cause i don't.
now that i've given whatever-the-fuck-her-name is more recognition and attention than she deserves ... well ... maybe she got what she wanted.
seriously ... dd's are like songs selected by d.j.'s.
they're not awards.
they're not badges.
there's no real criteria for how i pick 'em except for the fact i liked them.
it is called -- just so you know -- a "daily deviation" or "staff pick."
it's not a "daily award."
it's not a "daily merit badge."
it's just that "you did something cool and i want others to see it."
who the fuck is really being sanctimonious here?
and, love, if you'd really like to know .. i have edited millions of photos. millions. my own. other shooters.
i think i know what the fuck i'm talking about.
you can go away.
now that you got the attention you obviously needed.
jesus-friggin'-christ have i been busy.
i mean ... my God.
good things, though.
very good things.
hope things are going well for you all as well.
even those who may benefit by pulling their head out of somewhere!
cheers from the temperate los angeles!
DD SUGGESTION REQUIREMENTS
1. DO NOT SUGGEST YOURSELF.
2. PROVIDE THE ACTUAL THUMB - :THUMBXXXXXXXX:
3. TELL ME WHY THIS SHOULD BE A DD.
4. SUBJECT LINE SHOULD BE: DD SUGGESTION
5. IF A THUMB REFERENCE IS NOT GRAPHICALLY INCLUDED, THE NOTE WILL BE DELETED.
6. SORRY, BUT 99% OF NOTES WILL NOT BE ANSWERED; I EITHER USE THE SUGGESTION OR I DON'T.
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VERY GOOD NEWS for photographers who make photographs of people in public places!
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As for the temperate LA ... what is wrong with my weather ... it's been mid 90's for weeks. First measurable rain since May is happening tonight!
I guess I'll go out and play in it. I'll holla.
Hope the decorating and everything's going well! Best wishes to you and yours.
Love your eye for shots.. Especially on the streets..
Beautiful work ..
You're ill-2-def bro. Keep it up.
I mean, does any of it really matter except to the giver and recipient (recently me)?
Guess everyone can have their say, but opinions are dangerous things and most people seem unqualified to give them.
Ho hum, and the wheel keeps turning.
thanks bro