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It's one of the few pictures in my profile without a comment. I think it's really cute though, and I want it to stay! LOL. What do you think? Should I keep it or get rid of it? https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pic … 7612e4940f Jul 13 05 10:15 am Link Keep it! I don't have comments on all of the pics in my MM portfolio either, but that doesn't mean that nobody likes them. I love that pic, and left a comment, lol. Good luck! Jul 13 05 10:24 am Link Thank you, Angie.  Jul 13 05 11:44 am Link Keep the images you like, after all you are trying to represent yourself not win a popularity contest?? I personally like the selection and mix of images. Jul 13 05 11:54 am Link The blurry leaves in the foreground are a bit of a distraction even though the girl is holding a leaf in her hand. Also, the way the leaves obsure her head is a bit distracting. It has the look of a photo taken by a parent of their child. There is a lot of emotion in the child's face that we can all relate to. To keep it in your port, you'll have to decide that either it is an image you are proud of, or it is one that will generate work for you. Jul 13 05 12:02 pm Link Thanks for the replies. And I purposely moved the leaves in the foreground into the shot. Jul 13 05 01:11 pm Link Posted by Tony Sharp: Did you want them to be out of focus? Just curious... Jul 13 05 01:26 pm Link Posted by XtremeArtists: Posted by Tony Sharp: Did you want them to be out of focus? Just curious... Yes I did. Jul 13 05 03:05 pm Link Posted by Tony Sharp: Posted by XtremeArtists: Posted by Tony Sharp: Did you want them to be out of focus? Just curious... Yes I did. Can I ask why? Jul 13 05 03:09 pm Link Posted by XtremeArtists: Posted by Tony Sharp: Posted by XtremeArtists: Posted by Tony Sharp: Did you want them to be out of focus? Just curious... Yes I did. Can I ask why? Because that's the way I wanted it. Jul 13 05 03:10 pm Link Posted by Tony Sharp: Posted by XtremeArtists: Posted by Tony Sharp: Posted by XtremeArtists: Posted by Tony Sharp: Did you want them to be out of focus? Just curious... Yes I did. Can I ask why? Because that's the way I wanted it. I see. Jul 13 05 03:27 pm Link Posted by XtremeArtists: Posted by Tony Sharp: Posted by XtremeArtists: Posted by Tony Sharp: Posted by XtremeArtists: Posted by Tony Sharp: Did you want them to be out of focus? Just curious... Yes I did. Can I ask why? Because that's the way I wanted it. I see. Are you trying to be funny now? Jul 13 05 03:28 pm Link Posted by Tony Sharp: Posted by XtremeArtists: Posted by Tony Sharp: Posted by XtremeArtists: Posted by Tony Sharp: Posted by XtremeArtists: Posted by Tony Sharp: Did you want them to be out of focus? Just curious... Yes I did. Can I ask why? Because that's the way I wanted it. I see. Are you trying to be funny now? No. Jul 13 05 03:32 pm Link It's hard to read tone through text and I thought you were trying to be a smartass. I like the way the picture looks and that is why it looks the way it does, and why it is in my portfolio. I didn't want to discuss the photo. I just wanted to know what people thought about it, and if people thought I should keep it or not. Jul 13 05 03:38 pm Link I think if you can't justify breaking the rules of photography, you shouldn't break them. Perhaps that is the reason for the lack of comments. I'm being 100% serious, and trying to be helpful by making you think about your work. When I do post a request for critique, I hope people do the same for me. Jul 13 05 03:40 pm Link There are rules in photography? Tell me more. Jul 13 05 03:49 pm Link Posted by photog2b: First rule: You have to know the rules before you break them. Jul 13 05 03:56 pm Link I'm just wondering, since someone has now "commented" on the picture.... how the hell we suppose to know which one it is? Jul 13 05 03:59 pm Link Posted by photog2b: lol. I do have a link sitting in the middle of my first thread. Jul 13 05 04:21 pm Link Posted by Tony Sharp: Posted by photog2b: lol. I do have a link sitting in the middle of my first thread. You have a URL. This is a link Jul 13 05 04:24 pm Link Posted by XtremeArtists: Posted by Tony Sharp: Posted by photog2b: lol. I do have a link sitting in the middle of my first thread. You have a URL. This is a link Thank you for the link. Jul 13 05 04:26 pm Link Posted by Tony Sharp: I think it's cute. The little girl has a nifty little smile going on too. So, let the image have it's run for awhile until you need room for new material. Jul 13 05 04:31 pm Link I think it's annoying. So where does this put us now? How about....... " I know it when I see it." Is that a rule somewhere? Jul 13 05 04:38 pm Link Thank you for the comments, Joe. To everyone else, I don't mean to sound rude. The truth of the matter is I do know what I want and don't want my pictures to be. I am open to advice, but I am not open to normalizing my style. Jul 13 05 04:41 pm Link Posted by Tony Sharp: If you know what you want, then why the thread? Jul 13 05 04:43 pm Link Tony... I wasn't being deragatory. My point is just because I don't like it... someone else obviously does. So for the photographer, it's a " I know it when I see it" style. Jul 13 05 04:45 pm Link Posted by XtremeArtists: Posted by Tony Sharp: If you know what you want, then why the thread? "What do you think? Should I keep it or get rid of it?" Jul 13 05 04:49 pm Link It really shouldn't matter if everyone else likes it or not. What do you like? Is it one of your best? Jul 13 05 04:53 pm Link Posted by photog2b: What would be the point of having a portfolio full of pictures that no one liked? I love that picture, but others have to like it to. Jul 13 05 04:55 pm Link So ................ um.................. go with the flow? Show only what's commercially appealing or what you like? Both? Jul 13 05 04:59 pm Link Posted by Tony Sharp: Posted by XtremeArtists: Posted by Tony Sharp: If you know what you want, then why the thread? "What do you think? Should I keep it or get rid of it?" The number of views and comments is usually a good way to gauge this. Jul 13 05 05:06 pm Link Well put. I couldn't have said it better myself. ... even though I tried. Jul 13 05 05:11 pm Link I wonder what Picasso would say? Jul 13 05 05:15 pm Link Posted by photog2b: "All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." Jul 13 05 05:22 pm Link I believe it was how to draw as a child when you become old. Jul 13 05 05:24 pm Link Posted by Tony Sharp: Tony, there's little room for both of these statements to be true. Keeping a photo because others like it is the difinition of normalizing your style. Jul 13 05 06:53 pm Link HOW CUTE!!! keep it. If it pleases you creatively, Who cares what people think. heck, i'm 5'6" and checked "runway" and have a 29" waist and checked "high fashion" lol... Best wishes -Sheika Jul 13 05 10:14 pm Link HOW CUTE!!! keep it. If it pleases you creatively, Who cares what people think. heck, i'm 5'6" and checked "runway" and have a 29" waist and checked "high fashion" lol... Best wishes -Sheika Jul 13 05 10:16 pm Link It's model mayhem, I don't think it matters. Unless you are sending potential clients here to look at your portfolio (and thats probably not a good idea) nobody that matters much to your business is going to see it. Jul 13 05 10:27 pm Link It's poorly composed and an obvious non-model. Unless you plan on using MM as you would a port on any other picture hosting site, I'd get rid of it. Ditto for the one that you discarded the color except for the outfit. 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