public photos for view Good Bye Photo.net.....

...I am parting ways with all internet forums that have to do with photography. The reason for this is that my career is still going well, I am more excited about what I am doing in it than ever before and I just get really frustrated at nearly all aspects of playing a part in online discussions and also having my work lifted from this site which has happened a lot.

The digital age has brought a lot of attitude, garbage photography and worst of all, photoshop fantasy to the world of amateur photography. And what often makes it unbearable is the hypocrisy of so called photographers saying that they only do it for themselves and yet, claim to sound like they are experts in all aspects of the craft including technical, business and art history. So when it comes to industry experts with actual talent who would give a voice of reason, these people get shot down, the amateurs don't want to hear it....I can understand why as it seems to be easy for them to bury their heads in these forums and think that is all there is to photography. 

But people like me and the vast majority of successful professionals who will never post here know better. We keep living it, our work just gets better and the line of demarcation between what a pro does and an amateur does just keeps getting bigger and bigger. So there is nothing left for me here, I do not stand to benefit in any way from "sharing" my work or my knowledge with the majority of who now come to this forum. If you want to learn from me, look at my work as published all over the world, look at my book project at www.Kodachromeproject.com, keep googling me as my work and name move up in the photo world, not down. And maybe come out to Colorado in a couple years where I live and take a real workshop involving real photography in a real darkroom. 

As for the photo above, it was shot less than 24 hours ago while I was on assignment for a magazine. It was straight out of camera, not a thing done to it, from a controversial camera called a Fuji X100. It is my visual good bye to you, enjoy it. 

To Josh Root, a big thank you for standing by me, being a great person to hang out with in Rochester and for putting up with my rants. I have tried my friend, but I have my health, my talent, my in person friends and my wife to spend time with. I have a lifetime of a career ahead of me and all I ever do by participating on any photo forum is suck the life out of the soul that drove me to see the world the way I do in the first place....it is just not good for me anymore.

Good bye folks, keep it real too, someone has to, otherwise photography is simply going to die like mom and pop businesses have in being sucked up by Walmart. 

something similar happened to me 4 years ago ...

well, just wanted to say goodbye, to thank you for sharing your work and talent (not only here in pn).

Big hug from Argentina !

I don't blame you for not posting to the internet. I am glad to see that you still come by from time to time.

--Lannie

Great portrait, why don't try a monochrome one?