Markus Richter wrote:

For me, a not native english speaker, American English sounds like a modificated Irish?
Because rolling the "r" is similar to Irish. Am I wrong?

"Modificated" sounds scary! Especially if it's Irish.

Markus Richter wrote:

Huh? Where is my dictionary!!!

I have good friends in both countries. Funny is, when you both talk about values, politics or like here, about languages you always start fighting. Why is that? You share almost the same values, you have a "similar" language, you do almost the same politics, you go to wars together etc...

be nice and share love 

It's a 240 year tradition.

Lens N Light wrote:
It's a 240 year tradition.

Its the oldest one they have in their culture

No, seriously, I love Americans. Especially with Ketchup on.

Fluffytek wrote:
Like Children.

Lets take an example. The Sistine Chapel (Rome, where the pope lives) was built in 1483 and it still there now. It was decorated in 1508 my Michelangelo and depicts nude forms.

If it had been built in the whitehouse, Bush would have paited over that tasless naked crap.

Down the road from me is Ely Cathedral was built in 1109.

Thus we have history and culture, you do not. You are children.

You had Maggot Thatcher ( a female Ronald Raygun) and your leader took you into Iraq.  You can't be all that brilliant.

angel midnight wrote:
i find it quite frustrating that i dont know who wants to shoot with me...

i dont have a problem with what the tog looks like at all but i think that a lot of people would wanna know what the tog looks like.

anyone else agree???

angel

x

I dont get why what I look like has any matter ? Im not the one in the picture. =\ I never got this... The fact that a person looks a certain way, has no influence on his skills or experience as a photographer?

Jon Tiffin wrote:

And exactly how does the world look at us Americans?

Generous, compassionate, free loving capitalistic badass democrocy installation war machine that'll fuck your junk but good should step outta line,....North Korea, Iran, you reading this you fuckity fucks!!

The Queen's people can't help themselves, I mean c'mon, they refer to a box of smokes as fags!!

What Jon said DOES NOT represent the same feelings or ideas as most americans, just some of the loud ones.

So do not throw all of us who live on this side.. in the same basket of beliefs as him!

Jon Tiffin wrote:

And exactly how does the world look at us Americans?

Generous, compassionate, free loving capitalistic badass democrocy installation war machine that'll fuck your junk but good should step outta line,....North Korea, Iran, you reading this you fuckity fucks!!

The Queen's people can't help themselves, I mean c'mon, they refer to a box of smokes as fags!!

Faggot refers to a bundle of sticks suitable for burning.  A shortened version, fags, makes sense in describing cigarettes.

Is English your first language?

Darren Green wrote:
Do you know the difference between Americans and a pot of Yogurt?

Well if you leave a pot of yogurt in the wilderness for 200 years you get culture!

Hmm ... I'm trying to figure out why that's not funny..

Lens N Light wrote:
Tog - that's Brit for photographer, I think...?

I have never heard that abbreviation in Britain,
or anywhere

but It helps to see them before meeting - I agree

Fluffytek wrote:
Like Children. . . .
we have history and culture, you do not. You are children.

Hmmm Internationally? Very dangerous, armed, paranoid, hate filled children ... who do it recognise that, care mostly about themselves to the exclusion of all others, and are not interested learning to improve - at times...

angel midnight wrote:
i find it quite frustrating that i dont know who wants to shoot with me...

i dont have a problem with what the tog looks like at all but i think that a lot of people would wanna know what the tog looks like.

anyone else agree???

angel

x

We don't want to scare you!

kiana's place wrote:

How about you fucking Limeys stop being so demanding from American forums.  I wouldn't go over to England and start demanding you do stuff the American way but apparently you have no problem coming here and demanding Americans bend to the desires of some "queens subject".

Ah, I see you've been to the John Bolton school of diplomacy.

She didn't demand anything of us.  She didn't ask you or anyone else to bend to anything... go back and read the OP. She asked a question and used a term that is accepted where she lives.  Where's the problem?

Please... you'll ruin our reputation for being laid back in California 

angel midnight wrote:
i find it quite frustrating that i dont know who wants to shoot with me...

i dont have a problem with what the tog looks like at all but i think that a lot of people would wanna know what the tog looks like.

anyone else agree???

angel

x

Well, I haven't never seen any point to put MY photo into somewhere... I am here (or there) to show my WORK, not myself. Then I noticed that in here ModelMayhem quite many photographers have one photo of themselves in their portfolio. And yep, when I was drunk enough and didn't have anything to do... I shared the narcism and posted my own photo into my portfolio. There it is still, and yet still I don't know why it is in there... maybe I haven't been sober ever since?

Ok, now I know... the good thing though is, that I have made some good friends in here, with whom we change emails quite often. It is nice to see how we look or at least our faces. Ehrmm... or in my case... well hell, I take it back! It is not nice to see after all, when I think about it!

angel midnight wrote:
i find it quite frustrating that i dont know who wants to shoot with me...

i dont have a problem with what the tog looks like at all but i think that a lot of people would wanna know what the tog looks like.

anyone else agree???

angel

x

No, I don't agree at all.  It is my personal opinion that knowing what I look like...

:::how can I put this delicately?:::

...doesn't make a bit of damn difference.




The photos you need to see are of the one's I've shot.  Not ones of myself.  Do you want to see all the mechanics in a auto shop before you take your car in?  Does that make you feel more comfortable about having your car there?  Personally, I could care less what that mechanics look like, I care only for the reputation of the shop.  Do you feel the inclination to see the cook who prepares your food when you go out to dinner?  Is there some incessant desire to see a professor before signing up for a class?

Knowing what a photographer looks like doesn't help in any way at all when it comes to actually shooting.  The only practical application is seconds before the very first meeting, at which point it helps you do what... find the photographer instead of the photographer finding you?  I have to tell you, the satisfaction derived from that is far over-rated.

I've never posted a photo of myself on my website.  And can't see any reason to do so.  If it prevents a model from working with me... well, I wouldn't want to work with a model that cared more about seeing me first than what I shoot, now would I?



Excuse the rant, I haven't had my dosage of lemonade this afternoon...

Markus Richter wrote:
...don't you Americans and Britains speak the same language?

Just about as similar as the German that is spoken by you, and the german speakers in namibia.