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In my book there is a line to be drawn between what is an acceptable comment and what isn't. Whilst some comments may well be harmless and/or the person themselves harmless, I feel there should still be a standard of behavior that people should adhere to. An unprofessional comment such as 'nice tits' or 'me next' could easily be translated to 'this image captures your figure perfectly' or 'great shot, I'm looking forward to working with you'. How long does it take to think of and write a sentence like that? When inappropriate comments are posted I think they should be deleted. Accepting and leaving unprofessional remarks in place sends a message to the next person to view that image. It says that you are willing to accept lazy or unprofessional behavior. On some occassions I have rejected models because they have left such comments on their ports Isn't it strange how photographers never get those sort of comments on identical images? The person making those remarks is taking into account your gender and pre-conceived ideas about your worth as a human being and they therefore drop their standard of decency. As a photographer I protect my work (and the models who helped create it) by deleting those entries immediately. If I didn't, future models would be reluctant to work with me because they would think I shared the views expressed by those tacky viewers. What do you think. Terry Nov 28 06 04:55 pm Link I think you're up against a mighty tough crowd. There is a large portion of the members on this site (and many many others) that are the "lazy" type as you put it (so kindly!). Professional doesn't matter to them, for the most part. To some it does, and their market includes the "laziness." They are successful in their own right, and thats really all they care about. You can do what you choose to do. However, I'd caution you against turning away a model because she leaves such comments up. Isn't that judging her by the comments, not on her merrit alone? I honestly don't care what kind of comments someone was getting. I care what their images look like. Nov 28 06 05:04 pm Link Frisson wrote: I think that the photograph that attracts such comments should be deleted along with those comments. Nov 28 06 05:08 pm Link I wouldn't use it as my only criteria but I still think it says something about the attitude or pride they have for their work. Nov 28 06 05:08 pm Link Madcitychel wrote: So if I upload a beautiful art-nude and someone says 'nice tits' I should delete it? Nov 28 06 05:10 pm Link Frisson (I hope I spelled that right) I think what the other commenter is trying to say is that the style and quality of the image helps to dictate the kind of responses that people make. You can check my port, I pretty much have all high art quality images. And there are VERY few (I can think of one off the top of my head) "nice tits" type comments. And honestly, if I got one, it would really make me laugh. The quality of the image has a lot to do with the quality of comments it recieves. Nov 28 06 05:12 pm Link Frisson wrote: IF those were the only comments from different people, that I were getting on the photo - I would. Nov 28 06 05:14 pm Link NC17 wrote: You should be a teacher with your patience, I wish I could speak out as clearly as you do. For some reason nothing but sarcasm comes out of my mouth most of the time. Nov 28 06 05:16 pm Link Madcitychel wrote: If they were the only comments I'd have to re-appraise my work I agree. Nov 28 06 05:18 pm Link Madcitychel: You did fine, I understood your point completely  Thanks for the complements. I don't have the patience to teach children... horses and adults though are something that I routinely work on. And horses are in some ways worse than children, they can't even speek a verbal language! Thank you. Nov 28 06 05:20 pm Link NC17 wrote: Surely that goes without saying. My point is not about commenting 'nice butt' on an obvious booty shot, but with comments that are inappropriate to the image. Nov 28 06 05:21 pm Link Frisson wrote: I would delete the comment though - why leave it if it bothers you? You should mold your port to fit you. I erase a lot of tags and photo comments. I have get tons of comments that I don't feel are complementary, even though they may have been meant to be. Comments like "nice tits / ass" etc. usually get erased, as do comments by people who make value judgments about my work. I get a lot of comments on my fashion and glamour work along the lines of "you should stop doing that nasty porn stuff and do more of this," or "you look like a nice girl why do you do nudie pix?" (those are real ones) and those go right to the trash. Nov 28 06 05:22 pm Link Frisson wrote: I suppose that you assume it goes without saying. However, this has never been a problem to me. As I said, there is maybe one "inappropriate" comment in my port right now. And the only reason I deem it inappropriate is because the person couldn't bother to spell out words and abbreviated with singular letters instead. To me that is a serious lack of professionalism. Nov 28 06 05:30 pm Link I say, focus on your own body of work and do what you feel is best to help represent your work. If others don't mind or if they have some sort of point to be made, let them. For me, I delete all rude comments. Nov 28 06 05:33 pm Link NC17 wrote: Well it works for me Nov 28 06 05:37 pm Link Thank you for the wonderful comlement, Terry! Nov 28 06 05:56 pm Link |
