Pathetic..

pvincent — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:38:44 +0000

Now we see that The Mistress has decided to create a “HDR” category. Relenting to the savant and also the fact that she herself does it now, PhotoSig has “progressed” to this. Tell me where I’m wrong but, HDR serves to only cover up the fact that the photograph would otherwise be another boring shot. People that don’t like HDR and see it as I do are shouted down and ridiculed. The savant sees it as “another art form” presumably like holding a match to one’s flatulence I suppose. That’s right folks. Run your shots of doors and windows through Photomatix and you are now lauded as an “artist” at PhotoSig. Yet another reason to feel thankful I was booted off the site.

Sigbuster is back!

pvincent — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:04:14 +0000

Been away. Been away from photosig for some time too. But, the past few days I decided to check up on it. See if anything has changed. Brother! What a clique that site has become. There are obviously only a few that seem to suck all the oxygen out of it. I’m wondering if the site should be called sheenasig or savantsig (an obvious play on the name). To watch the forums, it’s the same ol same ol. Forum posts get down, sheena plucks a new (usually a double entendre type of subject so as to lure in the usual responders) subject to elicit the most replies. It’s like watching a soap opera where the same people are trapped in groundhog day. The savant that does the HDR stuff tries to portray himself as “it’s not about the points” but, take them away from him and you can hear the cries from afar. Others that do HDR are simply ignored by the self-proclaimed deluded guru. They do not get a critique from him. It’s his formula: critique only the lousy photos. Give them a red thumb or, at the most, one green. Get the resulting helpfuls that seem to soothe your non-ego. Main page photos? These are never commented on. Oh, and the forums….people request a critique and like Nancy Drew, he scours the “ratio” of critiques to submissions. See, he fancies himself as The One other siggers should emulate. If it’s “not about the points” as he has spouted ad-nauseam then delete all the photos of doors and houses you have run through Photomatix! Put up or shut up. HDR does one thing well. It takes your eyes off those pesky fundamentals like composition, lighting and adding something to the photo to make it interesting. Any such points made to The One are quickly met with a “art is art” harumph of hot air. As if Leonardo himself were being questioned.

Oh, it’s so predictable. The soap opera analogy is more than correct. After not visiting the site for months, it’s easy to pick up where you left off. Same cast. Same drama.

So, hey, do I have better things to do? Oh yeah. Plenty. But, if this little blog that took all of 5 minutes to do gnaws at the offenders then it’s worth it. sig used to be better. Now it’s a “woman behind the curtain” type of site where one person has become too big for their pajamas and drunk with ego.

sigbuster

Pathetic..

Sigbuster is back!