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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 333255" data-attributes="member: 12827">Re: How To Bring The &quot;Constructive&quot; Back To &quot;Constructive Criticism&quot;One thing that separates this site from many out there is that there appears to be more of a kinship here. We are not in competition with anyone for customers. I try to give as constructive a criticism as I can with the end goal that hopefully it will help the person improve their skills. No matter how good you are, there is always going to be someone who is better than you. That is true for pretty much every walk of life. Photography, like most endeavors is a process of constant learning. If you honestly feel that you no longer have anything to learn about photography, then you probably ought to sell all your gear and go do something else. As far as receiving criticism, there will always be people be people who know nothing about what they are talking about and people who are very knowledgeable. I don't take it personally, unless you tell me I am a &quot;%)#(&amp;(#&quot; to which I reply &quot;after more than two decades in the Infantry I have been called far worse, you are a rank amateur in the art of calling people names&quot;.When it comes to critiquing anything, I was always taught to point out good points and then point out things &quot;where you could perhaps improve&quot;, a&nbsp; lot of times it is not so much what you say, but how you say it. We are all human, and sometimes let emotions get the best of us but if you try to follow that rule you will always be better off. The golden rule of &quot;praise in public, criticize in private&quot; is always a good rule to follow. If an image is especially bad, use a PM instead of a public comment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="STM, post: 333255, member: 12827"] [b]Re: How To Bring The "Constructive" Back To "Constructive Criticism"[/b] One thing that separates this site from many out there is that there appears to be more of a kinship here. We are not in competition with anyone for customers. I try to give as constructive a criticism as I can with the end goal that hopefully it will help the person improve their skills. No matter how good you are, there is always going to be someone who is better than you. That is true for pretty much every walk of life. Photography, like most endeavors is a process of constant learning. If you honestly feel that you no longer have anything to learn about photography, then you probably ought to sell all your gear and go do something else. As far as receiving criticism, there will always be people be people who know nothing about what they are talking about and people who are very knowledgeable. I don't take it personally, unless you tell me I am a "%)#(&(#" to which I reply "after more than two decades in the Infantry I have been called far worse, you are a rank amateur in the art of calling people names". When it comes to critiquing anything, I was always taught to point out good points and then point out things "where you could perhaps improve", a lot of times it is not so much what you say, but how you say it. We are all human, and sometimes let emotions get the best of us but if you try to follow that rule you will always be better off. The golden rule of "praise in public, criticize in private" is always a good rule to follow. If an image is especially bad, use a PM instead of a public comment. [/QUOTE]

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