What is the greatest compliment you’ve ever received in connection with one of your photos?
Some time ago I decided to get a postcard size print of this photo
to add to an album of my favourites. When I returned to the lab to collect my (various) prints, they asked if they could blow this one up to hang on their wall. Of course I could not refuse! As ‘payment’ they gave me a free 10x15 inch print which is now hanging on our lounge wall.
Despite this compliment, it probably would score badly here at dpchallenge because it’s digital art. Yet the effect was created in camera – the only editing was cropping and the border. Oh well, I guess you can never please everyone, and as I always say, I’d rather people either love a picture or hate it than have everyone regard it as mediocre.
Awesome effect, I can see why they asked to use it. Great job. ^_^
Lol, well I haven't gotten too many compilments from any other than my own family and friends, and most were just the average ones anyway. I have had a request for one of my photos to be published in a small literary magazine, I must say that I was very excited. ^_^ But unfortunately I had to ask them not to use it because I personally objected to some of the things they themselves had done with their photography.
*sighs*
For now I'm just happy with my mother's fawning over my photos and the occasional "Oooh" or "Aahh" from a friend. ^_^
My greatest compliment is selling prints through DPCPrints.
I just wish I knew who bought them so I could thank them.
I hope they were not disappointed.
My greatest compliment is selling prints through DPCPrints.
I just wish I knew who bought them so I could thank them.
I hope they were not disappointed.
So true, Roger!
Come to think of it, though, Bod gave me some very kind comments on my shots from NYC. The single comments themselves were great, but more special was the time he took to go through and comment on many of them. Some of his comments were compliments, but he also had some very intelligent and fine constructive criticism, too.
Thanks Paul! (though I haven't seen him around here for a while...)
I hope Setz (whom I look up to highly) don't mind me puting this here, but he gave me this comment: This is a gorgeous image. I love the theme here and the toning is excellent. Your composition is also very strong... great work :) and it was a defining moment for me!
- from Jason PR:
"I absolutely love this shot but I don't see it doing all that well in the challenge, but I hope I'm wrong. The simplicity is perfect. The lines tones and shadows are a gentle mix of pattern and chaos. An urban jungle. Oh, it could represent or be so many things. It is art and belongs in a gallery selling for a ridiculous price."
- and Koriyama:
"I'm kicking myself now. When I voted on this during the challenge, I must admit that I didn't give it enough time, the very same criticism I levy at others. Now that I've looked again, I realise that this is a very powerful shot. JasonPR's comments are on the ball."
one of my friends went thru my photo's last weekend, and liked my snickers one so much (even tho I feel I could now do better) that he piched a copy, got a print off me, and has shown everyone he knows about how awsome the photo I took is.
My biggest compliment was that one of my georgous friends wanted me to photograph her, it became 'word of mouth' and I got several bookings for friends and family to do their portrait shots!!!! I was very, very pleased as you could imagine.
Karen, I had a comment on my self portrait entry that made me cry... (in a good way).
I also had someone who had looked through my photos of our 2001 trip to Namibia and Botswana tell me my images inspired her to book a trip there - and when she came back she let me know she'd enjoyed it very much.
I also have an artist friend of mine ask if she can base one of her upcoming paintings on one of those Africa photographs.
And last year, as part of my photography evening class, I took some portraits, asking my next door neighbours to come in to class and be my models. They asked for copies for parents as well as some for their own walls.
That's about it. I haven't taken a lot of good stuff so there aren't so many compliments that I could forget them!!!
i like the compliments i get like "wow that looks just like a post card" ... i think the best one i got so far was on one of my pictures called "Aruba Sunset". I made a print of it for my father, and he hung it up on his wall. well my uncle was there one day and he saw the print for the first time and said "wow, this is the most gorgeous picture i've ever seen... where is this?" my father said "oh that's in aruba" (my parents vacation there often, as do i, hence all my aruba shots). so my uncle assumed he bought it there and asked how much etc etc... so eventually my father gave in and told him that i had taken the picture. so for him to look at it, with no idea that it was mine and say that, really meant a lot to me :)
I've gotten fantastic and flattering comments and I remember a good one from setzler that meant alot and I've also gotten negative comments that were equally as helpful. I tend to check out the photographer's own profile to see how much merit I give their comment. Does anyone else do that?
