Why Cant People Get It Right?! - DPChallenge Forums

09/23/2010 04:37:54 PM · #26

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by ScooterMcNutty:

Originally posted by GeneralE:
Not to be picky, but I find the title of this thread just a bit ironic, dont you know ... :-)

oh? and why is that?

"Can't" is spelled with an apostrophe in the context you used it.

Without that punctuation your title means "Why people who lean over get it right" which -- just guessing now -- is not what you meant. That's also why I misspelled "don't" in my earlier post, to mirror the same typo.

I can fix the title if you want -- it doesn't matter that much to me (though it might make searching for the thread title harder) -- but it might to the Grammar Police currently patroling the forums.

Grammar Police Alert! It is an Ad, not an Add? Or It's an Ad, not an Add?

09/23/2010 04:57:39 PM · #27

Since I text, I don't usually use the best grammer. Anyways... It's just a habbit that I have and I don't usually pay attention to it.

09/23/2010 04:59:57 PM · #28

Originally posted by ScooterMcNutty:

Since I text, I don't usually use the best grammer. Anyways... It's just a habbit that I have and I don't usually pay attention to it.

Grammar Police Alert!! Grammar, not grammer. Anyway, not anyways! And it is either Hobbit or Habit:) Please take more care when texting:)

Message edited by author 2010-09-23 17:00:32.

09/23/2010 05:10:01 PM · #29

Originally posted by SteveJ:

Grammar Police Alert!! Grammar, not grammer. Anyway, not anyways! And it is either Hobbit or Habit:) Please take more care when texting:)

I'll try... =)

09/23/2010 05:30:38 PM · #30

Originally posted by ScooterMcNutty:

Originally posted by SteveJ:
Grammar Police Alert!! Grammar, not grammer. Anyway, not anyways! And it is either Hobbit or Habit:) Please take more care when texting:)

I'll try... =)

Good:) I like an eager student and will certainly mark further posts more favourably. Keep up the good work, B+

Message edited by author 2010-09-23 17:30:53.

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09/23/2010 05:35:03 PM · #31

Originally posted by SteveJ:

Good:) I like an eager student and will certainly mark further posts more favourably. Keep up the good work, B+

Atleast I recieved a B+.

snaffles

Nikon D7100

09/23/2010 06:14:39 PM · #32

Originally posted by karmat:

Originally posted by Skip:
business is a three-legged stool: production, sales & marketing, and administration. if the legs aren't even, you'll be struggling to keep your seat. if the legs are completely uneven, you'll simply topple over.

most small businesses fail because the owner is trying to sit on a one-legged stool: production. they love doing the work of the business (baking the cake, taking the pic, making the dress), but more often than not don't have a clue about sales & marketing, or admin, or both.

the funny thing is, those that excel in sales in marketing usually last longer, especially if they're able to figure out how to do the work they're selling before people catch on that they can't really deliver...

Truer words have not been spoken. I know a local guy here that is a marketing "genius;" he does really good at selling himself. His pictures? um, meh. Really not good.

Ditto. Ran into a local guy recently. He had nice glass and a decent lens, but when I checked out his website - sorry, but they're just snaps taken with a DSLR. Oh yeah he also said he hardly ever uses PS. Yet there is a very heavily PS'd shot on his homepage. Go figure.

njsabs

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Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

09/24/2010 02:23:38 AM · #33

Originally posted by ScooterMcNutty:

So have you ever seen advertisment for a photographer, then just to see how they are, you look at their website. Have you come accross photographers who's advertisement is better than there work?
Since i graduated a yr early, i have recieved mailers for photographers who want work for senior protraits. But today, what i just described happend. The add looked really great! But when i checked their site...OMG how are they getting work?! you know those little studios in the mall that have OK shots? this is the quality of work this photographer had except it was worse! and the editing that they did was odd... anyways...

PHOTOGRAPHERS: atleast have an honest representation of your work!

There is my rant...and now im done...
~Sofia

Well, I hope that you got your senior pictures done from a very well respected, and tremendously talented photographer............ :OP

smardaz

09/24/2010 10:43:55 AM · #34

Originally posted by njsabs:

Well, I hope that you got your senior pictures done from a very well respected, and tremendously talented photographer............ :OP

HEY! Speaking of you, she texts me last night reporting that you had shots at the Puyallup Fair w/ ribbons and I thought "Jennifer winning ribbons for photography.....How shocking"

GeneralE

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09/24/2010 01:12:32 PM · #35

Originally posted by smardaz:

Originally posted by njsabs:

Well, I hope that you got your senior pictures done from a very well respected, and tremendously talented photographer............ :OP

HEY! Speaking of you, she texts me last night reporting that you had shots at the Puyallup Fair w/ ribbons ...

I didn't realize you folks were in the NW -- my dad used to live in Home, on the Key Peninsula, across the water from Tacoma ... to get there you cross the now-completed second span of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, go past Gig Harbor and turn left at Purdy.

I've taken a lot of pictures up that area over the years, these are views from the back porch:

Message edited by author 2010-09-24 13:13:44.

Nusbaum

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09/24/2010 01:58:56 PM · #36

Originally posted by Skip:

business is a three-legged stool: production, sales & marketing, and administration. if the legs aren't even, you'll be struggling to keep your seat. if the legs are completely uneven, you'll simply topple over.

most small businesses fail because the owner is trying to sit on a one-legged stool: production. they love doing the work of the business (baking the cake, taking the pic, making the dress), but more often than not don't have a clue about sales & marketing, or admin, or both.

the funny thing is, those that excel in sales in marketing usually last longer, especially if they're able to figure out how to do the work they're selling before people catch on that they can't really deliver...

I also know a few photographers who's work is so strong that they simply focus of production and admin while the jobs stack up. Their work sells itself and the more they produce the more great images are circulating and bringing in more work. Of course this isn't my situation... but I can dream.

09/24/2010 04:48:01 PM · #37

Originally posted by njsabs:

Well, I hope that you got your senior pictures done from a very well respected, and tremendously talented photographer............ :OP

Your a wonderful photographer and it was a wonderful surprise to see your work at the fair! :) 3 of them with ribbons!

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09/24/2010 04:54:19 PM · #38

Originally posted by ScooterMcNutty:

Originally posted by njsabs:
Well, I hope that you got your senior pictures done from a very well respected, and tremendously talented photographer............ :OP

Your a wonderful photographer and it was a wonderful surprise to see your work at the fair! :) 3 of them with ribbons!

Grammar Police Alert! Not Your. It is You are, or you're a wond...

Thanks, resume normal programmes:)

PGerst

Canon EOS-20D

09/24/2010 04:56:28 PM · #39

Ah....you should have heard my "quality in this country is gone" rant.......I'm with you....

Originally posted by ScooterMcNutty:

njsabs

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Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

09/28/2010 10:51:52 AM · #40

Originally posted by ScooterMcNutty:

Hey thanks...should have had you pick them up. Gotta drive up there now and get them. How far are you guys away from Puyallup?

smardaz

09/28/2010 10:53:39 AM · #41

Originally posted by njsabs:

Hey thanks...should have had you pick them up. Gotta drive up there now and get them. How far are you guys away from Puyallup?

BOO YA thats what i was thinking! "I can't believe she came all the way to Puyallup and didn't call us!"

Anyway were like 20 minutes down 167 from there. Give me a ring if you want.

njsabs

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

09/28/2010 10:56:20 AM · #42

Originally posted by smardaz:

Originally posted by njsabs:

Hey thanks...should have had you pick them up. Gotta drive up there now and get them. How far are you guys away from Puyallup?

BOO YA thats what i was thinking! "I can't believe she came all the way to Puyallup and didn't call us!"

Anyway were like 20 minutes down 167 from there. Give me a ring if you want.

I will.....I have to get them before the 8th of October. I actually mailed them up....didn't have to drive up there just yet.

smardaz

09/28/2010 11:02:14 AM · #43

Originally posted by njsabs:

Originally posted by smardaz:

Originally posted by njsabs:

Hey thanks...should have had you pick them up. Gotta drive up there now and get them. How far are you guys away from Puyallup?

BOO YA thats what i was thinking! "I can't believe she came all the way to Puyallup and didn't call us!"

Anyway were like 20 minutes down 167 from there. Give me a ring if you want.

I will.....I have to get them before the 8th of October. I actually mailed them up....didn't have to drive up there just yet.

coo, there is a field at Weyerhauser thats right up your alley: