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e-string In reply to devalon [2010-03-29 14:43:25 +0000 UTC]

There really wasn't meant to be a "Pause" theme while shooting. But dA forces us to put titles on our work, so that's where I landed for this one. It's intended to be a figure photograph, not an editorial one.

I never knew about that theory that facing left = tension. My husband just explained it to me in more detail... and I can't say that I find it applicable for my own way of viewing things (in general), but I'm glad to have learned something new, so thank you!

And thanks for your thoughtful critique.

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e-string In reply to wherearemytits [2010-03-24 23:38:02 +0000 UTC]

I see now. You're a troll with a breast fixation who doesn't understand anything more intelligent than glamour nudes.

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wherearemytits In reply to e-string [2010-03-25 05:39:00 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I suppose that makes sense. If it makes you feel better to label me a troll simply because I did not like this very poorly-shot photograph, by all means. I will not stop you.

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e-string In reply to wherearemytits [2010-03-24 15:28:33 +0000 UTC]

1. I am not the photographer. I am the model.

2. If you do not like the pose or lighting, why not suggest ways to improve? A critique is nothing without something constructive. What you have said here does not help me or the photographer at all. I get the feeling you don't know better...

3. The community here seems to disagree with you. Over 100 favourites in a mere 12 hours.

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wherearemytits In reply to e-string [2010-03-24 17:54:49 +0000 UTC]

You submit work that is not yours? I will not report this deviation as a violation of deviantART's policies, but I feel as though somebody should.

You need suggestions on how to improve lighting? You need better lighting. It is not a difficult concept to grasp, at least I do not think it is. I suppose there are others who just need things told to them in every detail. I apologize for assuming you were not one of these.

Because I am in the minority does not mean my opinion does not deserve to be heard or regarded. Congratulations on the favourites you have received, that does not mean it is a good photograph. Thinking so makes you a very foolish and arrogant person.

But you rejected the critique, so very well. It will remain in my list of critiques so that others can look at them photograph and gather their own conclusions. I apologize I did not agree with so many others; perhaps you should not request a critique if you are not going to accept an opinion that does not blindly praise everything about you work . . . ?

Think on it.

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e-string In reply to wherearemytits [2010-03-24 23:27:54 +0000 UTC]

Are you that dense? Models like me have full legal rights to use photos depicting us for self-promotion. And you'll notice I made it clear who holds copyright - the photographer. Report it if you want; you'll be laughed at.
By the way, my profile clearly says model, and a glance at my portfolio should have been a dead giveaway that I'm a model. You aren't gaining any credibility here.

I'm getting the feeling you have no idea how to do "better lighting". Learn to give a critique. I'm not sure you even know what a critique actually is.

dA says: "The Critique system co-exists with the original comments system but provides a space that is designed for considered, thoughtful and RESPECTFUL criticism."
Your critique was not considered or thoughtful. You need some substance. Saying something is bad or good matters little if you cannot explain why and offer a suggestion for improvement. And no, "do it better" does not count. What are you, 8? Do you really think there is only one way to light a figure pose? How boring your life must be.

I turn on critiques because I enjoy a higher discourse. I gladly welcome critiques that criticise my work provided they can speak intelligently about the photograph. If they can't, I have no reason to assume they know their ass from their face when it comes to art nude photography.

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wherearemytits In reply to e-string [2010-03-25 05:38:17 +0000 UTC]

I never said you were not a model. If you do not consider yourself a model, that is fine, but do not assume others made such a claim against you. It is yet another foolish thing you would commit yourself to doing.

It is clear that you consider a critique to be words that flatter your insecurities and do not offer any assistance to bad photography. Because of this, I will not offer any more. If you do not wish to help yourself, I see no reason for trying to help you either.

You did not wish to speak intelligently about it at all, though. You disregarded it because I did not favourite your work and follow your photography like all the others; you said so yourself. Do not retrace your steps now because I called you out on your obsessions with vanity.

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e-string In reply to wherearemytits [2010-03-25 12:02:33 +0000 UTC]

You said "your model", meaning you thought I was the photographer. Meaning you're at least a little dense.

I consider a critique, positive or negative, to have some intelligence. Yours had none. You did not "offer assistance to bad photography" as you did not suggest any assistance, even after I politely asked you to improve your critique by giving some intelligent reasons for your initial comments. You haven't a clue how to do so. Why not stop being all defensive and try to learn something about artistic discourse? Why not prove that you know something about studio lighting? I'd bet you don't know a softbox from a snoot.

I don't care at all whether some breast-obsessed dimwit with no concept of artistic lighting and posing favourites my work. Why on earth would that matter to me? I get work as a model around the world. All you seem to like is glamour. That is not what I do, even if you seem to think it should be what every model does so you can jerk off in your parents' basement. Glamour is all fine and dandy when done well, but guess what, there are other genres out there.

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wherearemytits In reply to e-string [2010-03-25 13:42:17 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I did assume you were the photographer, because that is usually how it goes on deviantART; if you expect me to know everything about you, as a stranger, then once again you are incredibly foolish.

You did not ask for it at all. You can say that you did by backtracking considering I already called you out on not doing so, but that is not going to matter a whole lot now, is it? You simply rejected it because I did not praise your photographer's work, nor your own for sitting there being photographed, and you took offense to it because you could not imagine at all why anyone would think this was not a good photograph. Get over it, child. You have lost.

By your own admission, you are not the photographer, so I should not even be having this conversation with you. Your entire comments have been full of ignorant presumptions, and such ugly truths about yourself proves that you should not be wielding a camera in the first place.

This will likely be my last reply to you because, as it stands, you are just not worth my time. Let me know if there is any more assistance I can offer a poor soul such as yourself.

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e-string In reply to MonikaLoesser [2010-03-30 13:53:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so very much

AJ does know his technical stuff, I can say that much.

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