A photograph is a picture and no more true or false than any other depiction; why is that so hard to comprehend?

Advice to artists: always take the opportunity to shut up.

A photograph is a picture and no more true or false than any other depiction; why is that so hard to comprehend?

Asked for your opinion on the prints, you have two choices: truth or tact. I ask for the bathroom.

I agree, intellectualism in photography is overrated. I just wish it could be replaced by common sense.

Be gentle and tolerant. Intimacy will grow, but will take time and cannot be rushed. If all goes well, soon you will become more familiar with each other, and handling will forge awkward fumbling and fondling into more satisfying and productive caresses and eventually into a comfortable working partnership. At this stage you will be ready to accompany your new camera into the world.

Words of wisdom for every photographer: 'Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking'. So said Goethe.