Yes, you are sorry. Do some research on any name involving the nickname Chris (Christian, Christine, Christopher, Christina...). And then read your Bible some more: John 8:7, Romans 14:1, Acts 10:28, Exodus 14:14 and especially Matthew 7:1. And then take a serious look at Deuteronomy 18:20.



And, finally, pray with your minister / pastor / preacher, pondering why someone who uses their first name and the first letter of their last name finds it difficult to believe someone else could do the same.

I am 74 years old and have been taking photos ever since my father bought me a "good" camera for my Bar Mitzvah. It was a Kodak Retina IIIC and I took slides using Kodachrome Film which had an ASA of 10. I still have many of these slides, which I have scanned, and the color is still good. My grandson asked me "what is a slide?". I definitely am the "family historian". Many of the older pictures have become incredibly valuable to both myself and my family. Two of my grandchildren enjoy taking pictures with me and they have the patience to take 10 or more pictures of the same object. In fact, one of them is a Sr. in High School and is editor in chief of his yearbook.

Most important, I think that photography has made me a much happier person. I see and appreciate things that other people do not see. I observe the world as a series of pictures. I absolutely love photography, cameras and photo software.

I have enjoyed this forum because the members seem to be more respectful of their fellow members than are the members of some other forums.

Hal

That decision is not ours to make. Everyone has favorites, of course, but what was one's best; that's for history to decide, not us.

If you want to reply to me, do it privately. The admin has me blocked me from emails because on October 20, yahoo put an email from here into the spam folder. Their answer to that is to have a tantrum and block you (when this happens) from receiving emails for 10 days; kinda like in kindergarten when you were sent to the corner). Only I am still being blocked and they will not fix it; instead they keep coming back and telling me to do stupid things that don't work or exist as they claim. Multiple emails to them has me still blocked over a month later. Is this not discrimination?

Photography is an art. There are as many art styles as there are people on this earth. It's just the medium and the tools available to the artist that continues to evolve. I think that SOOC, is so so restrictive. They just let the camera engineers do their PP for them and take what they get.

Some will reference photojournalist as being pure, SOOC and non-manipulated. IMO, images by photojournalist can be highly manipulated, just in a different way. Too often, they present stories in images that are highly biased or just false. How many times have we seen a news reporter standing waist deep in water after a storm, describing the devastation all around. Only later do you see someones cellphone video on YouTube of that same reporter standing is a small puddle with cars driving by, people out walking their dogs or out doing yard work just outside the view of the reporters camera? Or the massive riot where the photographer gets down low, surrounding himself with 10 or 20 tightly grouped angry people and the editor picking the most dramatic photo to publish?. Only later you might see on YouTube just a few agitated people acting out for the camera with a few bystanders standing around watching the commotion. Even photojournalist images can are highly manipulated.

Someone on this blog said, "whatever floats you boat" is so true. For every person that dislikes your PP, there will likely be just as many that do. Just as with any other art form, you'll never please everyone and photography is just another art form. No matter what you do, there will be someone who will enjoy your work.

Just go out and have fun with your photography.