Comments on: The Cypress Model http://blog.melchersystem.com/2009/12/30/photography-30/ Another Photo Industry blog Tue, 22 May 2012 19:17:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: ellen boughn http://blog.melchersystem.com/2009/12/30/photography-30/#comment-4382 ellen boughn Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:02:12 +0000 http://blog.melchersystem.com/2009/12/30/photography-30/#comment-4382 No I missed explaining my point. And that is that the crowd isn't better than the worse photo editors. How many "awesome photo" comments are there on bad photos on Flickr. however i do like what i can easily find on flickr so I gather we are in agreement in a confused manner just like always! No I missed explaining my point. And that is that the crowd isn’t better than the worse photo editors. How many “awesome photo” comments are there on bad photos on Flickr. however i do like what i can easily find on flickr so I gather we are in agreement in a confused manner just like always!

]]> By: pmelcher http://blog.melchersystem.com/2009/12/30/photography-30/#comment-4381 pmelcher Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:10:00 +0000 http://blog.melchersystem.com/2009/12/30/photography-30/#comment-4381 <p>Ellen,</p> <p>sorry to hear about your neighbors. However, I have seen worse work done by pro photo editors. Tell, however, why it is acceptable that photography is crowdsourced but not the editing ? After all, the crowd is the consumer of the image, not the photo editor. Finally, my post was not really about getting rid of photo editors but about the connectivity of photography and what role it can play in the new economy. Guess I missed explaining my point. ah well...</p> Ellen,

sorry to hear about your neighbors. However, I have seen worse work done by pro photo editors. Tell, however, why it is acceptable that photography is crowdsourced but not the editing ? After all, the crowd is the consumer of the image, not the photo editor. Finally, my post was not really about getting rid of photo editors but about the connectivity of photography and what role it can play in the new economy. Guess I missed explaining my point. ah well…

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