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<blockquote data-quote="Don Kuykendall_RIP" data-source="post: 209007" data-attributes="member: 6277">I see it every day. People have blinders on and only see what they want to see. Picture of a kid....the kid is cute so therefore the photo is cute. There are so many bad photographers out there now and they are charging a lot of money for their services so they must be good....Right?&nbsp; Most though when they do see truly good photos do notice that they really do like them but when pressed they do not know why they like them. My wife has a pretty good eye for photography and has always shot a lot of photos. We owned a lab for years so she availed herself of the built in service. With digital and a computer she has continued to shoot. She has never been into post processing but kept seeing my photos and started questioning hers so I spent a little time showing her how to use ViewNX2 and then later how to use Photoshop RAW editor and Photoshop. She started getting more of her friends on Facebook talking about how good her photos were and thinking they were my photos. I am not sure what the answer is for those photographers out there that had $1,000 for a decent little camera and now think they are great photographers. Shutting down Instagram and a few other photo sharing spots might be a good first step.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Don Kuykendall_RIP, post: 209007, member: 6277"] I see it every day. People have blinders on and only see what they want to see. Picture of a kid....the kid is cute so therefore the photo is cute. There are so many bad photographers out there now and they are charging a lot of money for their services so they must be good....Right? Most though when they do see truly good photos do notice that they really do like them but when pressed they do not know why they like them. My wife has a pretty good eye for photography and has always shot a lot of photos. We owned a lab for years so she availed herself of the built in service. With digital and a computer she has continued to shoot. She has never been into post processing but kept seeing my photos and started questioning hers so I spent a little time showing her how to use ViewNX2 and then later how to use Photoshop RAW editor and Photoshop. She started getting more of her friends on Facebook talking about how good her photos were and thinking they were my photos. I am not sure what the answer is for those photographers out there that had $1,000 for a decent little camera and now think they are great photographers. Shutting down Instagram and a few other photo sharing spots might be a good first step. [/QUOTE]

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