M1911 Loc: DFW Metromess

Thomas, please continue to post in this section. I learn something each time you post.

druthven

When my wife and I checked into our hotel in Paris this last fall the first thing I noticed when the young concierge showed us our room was an approx. 36x36 inch B&W tastefully done nude photo above the bed. The photo was in profile and the only thing "sexual" about it was one breast. The young female concierge quickly said that it could be removed if we wished. I glanced at my wife, then replied to the concierge "It looks just like her". The young woman could hardly conceal a little giggle. Apparently the other rooms contained similar decorations.

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

All of your posts (images) are impeccable and tastefully done Thomas. I value your input and knowledge. You not only post great images but then go into great lengths describing how the image was made.
I looked at the subject post that you referred to and tried and tried to find something offensive, it simply was not there.
Looking forward to your continued contributions to the forum Thomas.

Don

scallihan Loc: Tigard, OR

scallihan Loc: Tigard, OR

I think the moderators of sites that ban even abbreviations of expletives just feel that people should be able to express themselves in a more civil manner. I often wonder at people who can't speak without sprinkling the F word throughout. It's especially noticeable in videos where the narrator is startled and yells out, "Oh, F. . . !" as if they have no other exclamatory vocabulary.

scallihan Loc: Tigard, OR

Speaking as a 70-something old lady, I find nothing offensive in the subject images. Maybe someone who grew up not allowed to speak the word "pregnant" might be uneasy, though.

huntmj

As i recall one member, out of very many, objected to your post. I suggest you just ignore that comment and keep on posting for the enjoyment of everyone else

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

NEWS FLASH! Thomas's ORIGINAL was not scrubbed in the gallery!

Thereis the obscene, in poor taste, vulgar, or unacceptable about that post, the model, or the technical contents.

For one is in a well-crafted and executed image of a strong woman, a career model, who wants to carry on her career even as an expectant mother and also wants a lovely visual memory of this stage of her life. For anyone who thinks this is "bad", all I can say is "grow-up"! It's 2024 AND MOST WOMEN DO NO HIDE THEIR PREGNANCIES IN A MATERNITY DRESS"!

I hope Thomas continues participating on this site- if he so desires. His posts are thorough, informative and an asset to the group. There is enough turmoil, chaos, tragedy, and discontent in the world and we all need a rest from the continual barrage of bad news and discontent. We certainly don't need all the negativity that somets surfaces arod here. If y'all wanthe good guys and gals to remian aboard here, encourage them by your actions and positively interact with them. Some folks arod here tend to resent so-called "attaboy" remarks and feel every image requires critical examination and commentary. Yes, there's time and place for that there is nothing wrong with encouragement and goodwill among like-minded folks.

Foul language? Admittedly, I have formed some very bad habits! I was raised in a tough neighborhood and I learned the lingo early in the game. My grandmother had a remedy for that involved a non-Listerien mouthwash consenting of SOAP! A few tours in the Service exacerbated my bad habits. So, to this day, when I drop a boom counterweight on my foot or mess up a critical shot, I sound off like a "drunken sailor with Tourettes Syndrom"-not good! My lovely wife of 55 years disapproves but has, unfortunately, picked up someof my colloquialisms when she is upset. Bad habits die hard and they are communicable!

Unfortunately, the F-bomb has become fashionable among the younger set. Hopefully, if it becomes a more acceptable part of the vernacular or current lexicon it will lose its shocking impact and fizzle out. I try to avoid this and similar word usage, especially in the presence of women and young ladies (I am a bit old-fashioned), and THEY, the girls, blurt it out in normal conversation! I have decided to use my form of replacement theory- I cuss in other, obscure, or rare languages- Yiddish and Canadan French. Yiddish curses are more about sickness, plagues, bodley harm, and death. French Canadians use blasphemous terms pertaining to certain religious artifacts. They are very specific to Quebec and if you screamed them out at the top of your lungs in Paris, France, someone would simply direct you to the nearest Cathedral- it's difficult to explain- you need to be there! or here?

"I will not swear or cuss online"! Now I have to write that down on lined, loose-leif notebook paper, 500 times, and hand it in at the end of the day!

Wallen Loc: Middle Earth

Like the alphabet community pehaps

scallihan Loc: Tigard, OR

Huh?

frangeo Loc: Texas

I fully understand your position. Maybe we should have a separate section for pro's to eliminate some of the weird stuff I see on this site from photo demigods for not understanding what it takes in the real world rather than sitting in a blind waiting for the right bird to come by.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

I would never want to banish the professionals. There are many important things to learn from them. They also are willing to undertake many unpleasant jobs so that I can decline requests politely.

But you are correct that as enthusiasts or amateurs, or whatever term you would choose to apply to the rest of us, we do face challenges that they do not, and, in fact, should not be required to. For instance, I have in the past worked very hard to find just the right spot to photograph trains...interesting surroundings, good quartering or three-quartering angle, sun on the engineer's side (the right side), and all the other things that matter. The only problem is that no one got word to the railroad that I was ready and waiting, and no trains came by until afternoon. But hopefully I can share some helpful safety tips, weather awareness, or even rattlesnake compatibility hints that might be useful.

I've learned over the years that the ideal friend is a person who shares enough interests to be compatible, but is enough different to be interesting. None of my friends are clones, and I wouldn't want folks on the forum to be clones, either. I can't imagine if I had to deal with someone like me for very long at a time.

So no, I don't support dividing us all up. We need to stick together and learn all we can from each other.

scallihan Loc: Tigard, OR

Sparky responses are rude.

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Many of the folks here have a misconception about professional photographers. Most of us, at least the ones I know and have known over the decades, are not a pack of know-it-alls, "demagogues' or snobs. Guess what- we all still derive fun and satisfaction in our work most of the time. There is the pressure of business, deadlines, and demanding clients but that can have a positive effect.

In my case, photography is also my hobby- a place where I can experiment, and do stuff just for the heck of it.

Guess what again- we all (the pros) make mistakes, experience screw-ups, and lean for them, I tell the young rookes that when you consider yourself infallible and stop learning and improving, it is time to find another job.

I never packaged myself as an artist or worse an "artiste"(that's French)! I prefer the word craftsman or tradesman. I am a good technician and try to do my wokin an artful manner. If my clients consider that art, I am pleased.

Most of the good pros I know love to teach and help others. There are no big secrets in photograhy- it's all out there in books, online, in schools and courses, and everywhere else. All you need to do is have the willingness to research and learn. Ain't anyone can teach you talent and work ethic. They can only help you develop what you have.

Wallen Loc: Middle Earth

Some people in the Apha males-LGBTQ-RSTUVW X-men community.

Men who only want ladies, Ladies who want to be men, people who believe they are doorknobs and the men who want to be ladies, "Pregnancy" might just be a taboo word for them

Admin please dont take this to the attic, I'm just explaining whats an alphabet community.