For quite a while I've been thinking about trying a new thing on my blog. I was going to call it "Masochistic Monday" or "Massacre Monday" - My wife hated both those names - Then just today I thought of the name "Monday Morning Quarterbacking" - I didn't ask her what she thought of this one.
You probably know that a "Monday Morning Quarterback" is the guy sitting at home in his Lazy Boy recliner telling the quarterback and everybody else what he should have done to win that game yesterday. That's real easy when you're not in the heat of the battle. You've done it yourself in one way or another, maybe even to yourself. After you leave the boss's office you say "Boy, I should have said. . ."
Here is what Monday Morning Quarterbacking is all about on my blog. Some Mondays (I'm not committing myself to every week.) I'm going to take a photo of my own that I have posted, or that I took hoping for something special and got a flop, or that my wife tells me just didn't come out all that great, and I'm going to critique the crap out of it. (I truly do appreciate that my wife is pretty honest about my photos - that way when she says they are beautiful I can believe her. The way I know that the photo is really good is when she says "That's beautiful. . .Who took it?")
One of the best ways to learn - and one of the hardest things to do - is to step back and give a photo an honest critique, especially your own.
Another element to Monday Morning Quarterbacking is that I encourage you to add to my critique. Sometimes it's just too hard to say the really tough things about your own photo or you're so emotionally involved you don't see it, so I welcome your honest critique - I appreciate it!
And there is still one more element to Monday Morning Quarterbacking - If you have a photo you would like seriously critiqued from one man's photographic/artistic viewpoint you may either put a link to it in your comment, email me a link or simply email me the photo. You'll find an email link just below or in my profile. You must promise not to be mad at me if I tell you something you didn't want to hear. You do not have to agree with me - photography and art are very subjective.
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i almost did not read this because my husband is a monday morning quaterback, tennis pro, race car driver and i thought who cares, i live with one.
i might try this, the thing is, i am my own worst critic. i over critique mine. i have to think about this one.
Fun idea - I've looked back over my site and have wondered on more than several occasions - why oh why did I post this????
this is a good idea, i really prefer people telling me the truth about my photos. constructive criticism is important to guys like me who just started photography, for me it is one way of improving my technique and having a good foundation early on.
btw, ...the wife thing! its the same here.
Good idea - I like to get a bit of constructive criticism. You do get emotionally involved with your own photos and its hard sometimes to see what's really good and what's not. I tend to agree with what you said. Its really hard to judge the scale of the cave in the first pic - the addition of the people clears that up nicely.
Great idea!!! I'm in...I just need to remember to post all my good stuff on Mondays :) just joking. I like this, that's actually why I started my blog, because I wanted constructive feedback.
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