hmmm…
my bodacious marigold curls are springy
also BODO’s greenish living petrified socks
and maybe civilian’s octopus hurls
and kitty-kat’s stealthy words
and homer black’s nike max
young tom’s runaway tumbleweed

will you please be our watchmaker?

this line david@bophoto.co.uk is now tattooed to my heart close to my bodacious. i will drop you a line and my kerchief.

david b, should i love you now too?
:))))))

hmmm….
maybe i can love you ALL

(pssst… your pictures are really great… hmmm..if you needed any mentorship… then i (poor me) should probably go back to planting potatoes… or rice… sighhh)

but, honestly, i’m yet to learn how to knock others’ socks off…

me a-walkin in miss parton’s dotted shoes
i swing my awesome bodacious curls
this tune i hope can help you choose
from BODO-licious presidente! i get me pearls!

bodo 4 president…hmmm!!!

suggest a good campaign slogan, i might take the bait ;)

true…

and as regards the ‘brilliant’ part, the feelings are mutual… :)

provocation can be a fantastic thing.. and always feeling like you can do better..

brilliant to be in touch
d

david@bophoto.co.uk anytime.
d

will you ever consider running for president? again very well spoken. you represent what i think as well, fired up but controlled. i am glad you did get published in BURN. very very nice pictures… like i said, so, so much RESPECT. oodles. that is your style and hopefully that is who you are. kudos again (i am jealous).

DAH,

thank YOU. it will be a long while until i am ready. i am fired up but controlled ;) the day job needs much attention now. photography is my tumbleweed. but i cannot chase me tumbleweeds with my d.parton shoes… not just yet. haha

i am grateful to you guys for coming out open with your views and really valuable insights on many aspects. i never hoped that so many interesting discussions would come up and you may not realize how valuable it is for a guy who is genuinely interested in learning the craft. it has really opened my eyes in many respect: i had many misconceptions which are cleared now and some of my beliefs have been reaffirmed. it was really helpful and since this was my photo, i could personally relate to each and every comment as it affected me directly.

as far as facing criticisms are concerned, for my part, i can say that knowing or unknowingly, i have had a very tough training in my life in this regard, although it was not related to photography.

some of the comments like those of sidney and others related to the advice how could i try to make the photograph more effective, more interesting by changing my position, by showing more of the face of the fisherman etc. i have kept a mental note of those advices. good…never to get satisfied with my work…i believe very positive thought indeed as far as photography is concerned, it shall help me keep myself on the edge always.

some of the comments related to my ‘style’ which appears to some to be too digestible and thus not so interesting. in this respect, i can only say i don’t have much choice in this regard. some may like it, some may not, what am i supposed to do about it other than hoping for the best in future?

i am not a very ‘style’-concious viewer of photographs myself, and i sincerely don’t believe that i am supposed to hate a ‘style’ to love another. all sorts of photographs attract me, whether of old or modern ‘style’ – i simply don’t care and i don’t let such a thought influence my enjoyment of a photograph. if it has greatly appealed to me and given me happiness, i am all for it. i have met some guys who are fashionably anti-natgeo. i refuse to be one of them. nor i think that natgeo is the last word in photography. is photography so frivolous? i refuse to believe so.

may be i am talking too much. but you must admit, the provocation was too good to refuse. :)

best regards

bodo

the learning curve is never over….your place on that curve does not matter, for it is your own place…

you are quite correct…even the best photographers have mostly pictures that do not work…percentages however do not matter….all that matters is sometimes it all works….some people do seem to have more “sometimes” than others….

i will be pleased to view whatever project you decide to do…

cheers,david

DAH,

it is all a learning curve. the great photographers have great pictures but i am sure there were picture thousands more in one day that sucked. i just dont get to see them.

i shall KMA. this is what brings me back to burn. your wisdom, your honest appraisals, your encouragement, zest, fortitude… that if i will put my heart, time and all into a project, i know you will not be disappointed.

I passed your info to Chase Jarvis, turns out you have already met up, he was very complimentary.

cheers

Ian

tough critique will take you much further than a token pat on the back…if you have any desire whatsoever to actually do a book, work for a magazine or have a show, then you need to have the ability to withstand an honest appraisal….it is your belief in what you have to say visually that will carry you through come hell or high water…HOWEVER, of course, you must have something to say!!!

there is a difference between an obviously insecure and jealous attack than a true critique…it is not hard to tell the difference between educated and helpful critique and a cowardly blast…always consider the source….

yet, i actually think there is very little here on BURN that is not honest critique or a true opinion…blunt is way different than an attack…you must be able to handle blunt…it is a form of honesty minus diplomacy…..

cheers, david

that sounds like a simple enough process.. photography is simple really and the very best way to learn is to take photos.. today with digital it is easier than ever..
david@bophoto.co.uk feel free to email if you want to talk more about what you are trying to achieve.. photography is more difficult in peoples minds than it is in reality – thats what i think anyway.

regarding tough crits on here – what i mean to say is that it has worked out for bodo.. and maybe more on here..
the students at collage i teach had some homework the other week – to submit to burn for a single image – for the simple reason that the crits are tough..
one way or another everyone who sticks their head above the parapet and shows work will be shot at, so better to get used to it right from the off .. learn how to take it..

none of my students have made it to the front page as yet.. hopefully one will :o)

i would like to learn to photograph bodies and output in black and white. i have a project that has been singing to me for the past two months and i cannot sleep. i have to keep it secret to make it a surprise.

i dont think burn critics have burned me. i just know i dont have anything to show. but until then, i will not submit. i think i dont mind if i am called KMA with DAH. already, he has shown exemplary mentorship in such encouraging words and so eloquent as to turn down some bullocks(?) as you say it with such lyrical niceties often times i have to look up.

i do read all the comments and as above, i skip-to-da-loo through the profanities. i dont think anyone has any right no matter who they are in what capacity to bring anyone down. but opinions are only opinions.

might need to take this elsewhere… on another thread. dont want to hijack Bodo’s thread already as it has been for a while…