Allen Herbert Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 "Nice shot. I don't know if I'd have the guts to wear that. Maybe in England" Of course you would in England.. We have folks dressed as Hobbits ,Rupert the Bear, Gandalf the Grey, and anything you care to imagining. Maybe we have a troubled, imagination, which folks from afar have forgotten and lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAndMrsIzzy Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 The Man, The Boy, and The Donkey: Pardon my ignorance, but. Is there a story there and if yes, what is it? Izzy From Brooklyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAndMrsIzzy Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Pardon my ignorance, but. Is there a story there and if yes, what is it? Never mind. I just did a Google search. Izzy From Brooklyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) "Pardon my ignorance, but. Is there a story there and if yes, what is it?" I suppose you need to read the story. If you are struggling, ask your mum, I'm sure she would be more than happy to read you this bedtime story. Perhaps, Sherlock Holmes would help. I doubt, too busy solving the case of the missing clipboard. Edited January 28, 2022 by Allen Herbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Maybe we have a troubled, imagination, which folks from afar have forgotten and lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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robert_bowring Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 “Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.” Walker Evans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAndMrsIzzy Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I suppose you need to read the story. If you are struggling, ask your mum, I'm sure she would be more than happy to read you this bedtime story.. There's no such thing as stupid questions. Only stupid answers. 2 Izzy From Brooklyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q.g._de_bakker Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 There's no such thing as stupid questions. Only stupid answers. Yes, there indeed are stupid questions too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmac Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Yes, there indeed are stupid questions too. Not so Izzy's question. A search was require to find the full story ... Link, https://www.solve360.com/blogs/late-night-reading/the-man-the-boy-and-the-donkey/ It seems the moral of the story is “PLEASE ALL, AND YOU WILL PLEASE NONE.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q.g._de_bakker Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 I merely corrected the "there are no stupid questions" thingy. Was not saying that anyone's question was an example that proved the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 "Yes, there indeed are stupid questions too" q.g You remind me, of times long ago ,of a teacher called Mr. Fox, a Mathematics teacher. He used ask the pupils if they understood his teaching, if not put their hand up; the pupils who put their hand, up was subjected to a nasty flicked ear...the redness lasted for days.....he was a master of the flicked ear. Obviously, nobody put their hand up...who wants to appear stupid, and have a nasty flicked ear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inoneeye Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) silly, naive, confused, annoying... sure but. dishonest questions aside a sincere question is not stupid. Stupid answer(er)s to honest questions are often just arrogance. Edited February 1, 2022 by inoneeye 1 i n o n e e y e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q.g._de_bakker Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 And even sincere questions can be stupid. But that's another thread. For now, just remind yourself of the fact that it is allowed to be stupid. Despite people saying things like "who wants to appear stupid. And not only that: there is no person, dead or alive, who hasn't been and will be stupid again at one time or another. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inoneeye Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 There will always be many smarter than you so where do you draw the line for stupid? semantics aside, asking a genuine question you do not know the answer to does not make a stupid question, it is wise and worthy of respect. not your arbitrary line, label. 1 i n o n e e y e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q.g._de_bakker Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 The thing with stupidity, however, is that it mostly expresses itself as confident assertions, and not in the form of questions. But yes, there are stupid questions. Asking about something you do not know is not stupid, no. Who said it would be, Inoneeye? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Maybe some smart alec could pen a Guidelines for Stupidity. Then it could accompany Guidelines for Photography as a prerequisite for participation in PN forums ... 1 "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inoneeye Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) Was that a rhetorical question q.g... no one said it would be. Lack of comprehension often leads to wrong or misleading questions. Sometimes intentional. If asking a stupid question then what makes it so? What often gets labeled as a stupid question is often just the wrong question to fill a genuine lack of knowledge. Wrong question means that the way you ask the question often determines the answer you get. Edited February 1, 2022 by inoneeye 1 i n o n e e y e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemorrell Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 Most of us here at PN already have some (or a whole lot of) experience in amateur or professional photography. So my OP asked for suggestions for beginners that aren't perhaps covered in the common 'Top x tips to improve your photos' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inoneeye Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Sorry Mike we drifted. 3 i n o n e e y e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAndMrsIzzy Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Sorry Mike we drifted. Amen! Izzy From Brooklyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAndMrsIzzy Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 The thing with stupidity, however, is that it mostly expresses itself as confident assertions, Amen to that too! 1 Izzy From Brooklyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 "The thing with stupidity, however, is that it mostly expresses itself as confident assertions" Q, G. Oh wow. A massive assertion, that those who are asking questions, are expressing themselves with confident assertions. The reality is folk are very wary of asking questions, as they don't want to appear stupid. I'm always happy for Q.G to answer any question....I might think, maybe, it is a expression of confident stupidity, but I would still like to hear it. Ask any teacher, what they think about stupid questions; and if there is such a thing, as a stupid question asked in a genuine way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q.g._de_bakker Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 (edited) And that, Allen, might qualify as an example. The reality is that noone said that asking questions was stupid, nor that the questions that were asked were stupid, and also not that the questions asked were assertions. "Oh wow". And again a good example, your assertion that any teacher would confirm that any genuine question cannot be stupid. "Oh wow". Edited February 2, 2022 by q.g._de_bakker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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