sadly you are correct, i am indeed new here in steemit but i do find the photography pretty average, or at least i see many shots that are simply not good and it takes me long time to score a great shot and a strong photography portfolio, yes i know this is not a photography driven platform like 500px, Ig, behance, flickr, thumblr, vero and so on but it would be nice to see in the future more high caliber shoots or tutorials and lessons to do better in photography or even samples of how to identify and create a powerful piece of visuals.
i wonder if it's up to us the professionals (i don't see myself as a photographer, i do like to shoot and i did went to school for it, i would call myself a man with a camera) to do that, should we be more strict and start 'thumbs down' on bad shots? or would it be offensive? many people don't like being criticised or find it personally hurting, i never know where to draw the line. I was gutted many times by others and it did hurt but i did learn and slowly moved to a better shooting places, how will we learn if we are not ready to take notes and try better.
i guess you are right about opening new channels and admin them and give proper view and criticism so you can build and over look a better growing community of epic shots.
thank you for these words !
"a man with a camera" - exactly how i say about me, even i always have two - one the regular mkii and one small film camera (i forget about smartphone camera) - and every camera has its own purpose in use and in results i would like to get.
Yes this platform is not about photography but tag #photography is about.
i think to use this tag less and really would like to find some more relevant and useful like #filmphotography for example - it's still clean and surprising.
also #photofeed and curated by me and very new #dailyinspiration :-)