These are exactly who I mean! I have never been so hurt by comments (and not even to me!) then as this group. I have done very little posting because of the harsh comments. And it is on the side that is non-commercial! And in the beginner's forums.
What amazes me is how much people photoshop their photos. I am talking about people who have the whole studio set up, the top camera and equipment and they still need to heavily photoshop photos! And then have the kahunas to go off on someone who is shooting straight out of the camera and to be honest it is a NICE photo.
I went to an ILP meet last Spring and this lady had an
amazing home studio. Lights, the works. Well she showed up photos from IN the studio and some from outside... *I* take better photos then she does (coming right off the camera) but I do not know how to photoshop. She was charging over $1000 for each package! Kudos to her for knowing some amazing photoshop techniques.
AND boy her excuses... wow! Why they came out crummy... She blamed the parent (the little girl had dark skin with a white dress/hat on and the clothes were blown out bad) and I can't remember what the little boy's 'problem' was but it was
not her fault...
I think that is what makes me so mad. They add a 'little filtering' to the photos (in reality it is a lot of filtering) to perfect their photos. They do not tell you how much post editing they actually do. Makes you feel so stupid because you will never achieve what they have (of course not, you don't photoshop -not to the extent they do).
It is fine if you photoshop, but for pete's sake, tell people! Don't make people think it came out of the camera looking that way! Believe me, they do tell people that (it's right out of the camera!) when you can tell it is photoshopped!
I wanted to get side work taking photos here in Phoenix (which a lot of them do) but it will never happen. I can't even remotely compete.
Ugh, you mean "mommies with cameras"? That is the biggest bunch of lemmings I've ever encountered. I've gotten far better (and REASONED) responses here than I'd ever hope to get over there. If you post anything but a cookie cutter image, you'll either get ignored or blasted. Cutesy rules the day!
/rant
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They do, but there is generally a reason behind it. 
