Give some Priase where Praise is Due

April 3, 2011 • Tim Parkin

I’ve read a couple of blog posts recently that asked photographers to give a bit of praise and I thought I’d pass this request on. Next time you see a website or a photograph that moves you, spend a few moments to send the photographer an email or use the contact form on their website. Most photographers don’t make much money out of their work an the boost that the praise from another photographer can give is so much more than the effort to give it.

So – I’ve going to spend the next couple of weeks keeping this in mind and I hope you do to!

In Free

14 Responses

  1. Monty Trent

    Yes and GBL is due some praise, too! It is certainly the best landscape photography magazine I have seen, beautifully designed and a pleasure to read. Thank you Tim and Joe for producing this gem.

    On April 3, 2011 at 6:42 am • Reply
  2. jools-in-france

    Can we just praise the mag in general too?

    I’ve been reading it since the first issue but unfortunately due to being a struggling photographer I’m not able to subscribe.

    However, GBL is a nice refreshing change to the regular stuff and has the potential to overtake the old stalwart Outdoor Photography as “the” outdoor photography magazine.

    The thing that GBL has over said publication is that it is interactive, fresh and if you subscribe you have access to listen and spend some time watching Joe talk through images.

    Keep up the good work and don’t let things get stale!

    On April 3, 2011 at 8:16 am • Reply
  3. FilipL

    I agree with previous posters. Me too unfortunately can’t afford the subscription, but I do enjoy the free content you guys put up.
    So, keep up the good work!

    On April 3, 2011 at 8:03 pm • Reply
  4. turnerperkins

    I find myself eagerly anticipating the next issue and worrying a bit if it’s late, We have nothing like it (that I’m aware of) over here in the colonies. I haven’t been to the UK in seven years, and reading this magazine has made me jealous of all of you who have easy access to the network of public footpaths and to the many ruins scattered about. And the Lake District is hardly a day’s travel for any of you – what I wouldn’t give for that! But the main thing about the magazine is that Tim and others can think, and describe your thought processes with regard to photography in a most refreshingly honest fashion. Please persist in this.

    On April 3, 2011 at 9:42 pm • Reply
  5. LensView

    Well said, Tim!
    And I want to praise GBL too. I subscribed immediately after discovering it (around issue 7 or 8). It’s well worth it, especially the videos where images are discussed. I already learned more about composition in the short time with GBL than in the 10 years before. Keep it up!

    On April 4, 2011 at 11:08 am • Reply
  6. Mike Green

    Another ‘great magazine’ comment.

    This is turning into not only a very interesting read (and watch & listen) every couple of weeks, but collectively a really excellent asset, in that much of the content each issue will certainly become reference material.

    On April 4, 2011 at 10:35 pm • Reply
  7. CCullen

    Thoroughly enjoy the content. Don’t find myself in the position of affording paid-for content just yet (still paying off the loan for the camera!!). The detailed critiques of your own an other’s photos is valuable. I hope the ‘Critique of Others’ slot might become free again? I have noticed quite a few typos (e.g. Priase) and questionable grammar (less/fewer, I/me) that brings out the schoolteacher in me! Please don’t let this minor point detract from the fact that you are producing an excellent magazine.

    On April 5, 2011 at 2:45 pm • Reply
  8. vxisme

    Have eventually subscribed to GBL… and passing the word on to my tog mates… well worth it indeed. great job, keep it up.

    On April 5, 2011 at 5:40 pm • Reply
  9. adamp

    An excellent magazine indeed and I wish I had more time to read each issue as it comes out. Instead, what I do is download the articles to read at leisure as and when time permits but then of course you lose the immediacy of inter-activity. I often feel I could comment on the articles etc but by then it is near the next issue so I feel I would be too late. Do others have this same problem? Or am I wrong and shouldn’t hesitate to comment a week or two after publication? I am sorry that some find it difficult to subscribe, but the cost is not so high and far better value for money than hard copy mags in newsagents. And you get the dulcet tones of Tim and Joe discussing images in the videos – these really are excellent.
    Yours taking advantage of a hurried lunchtime! Adam

    On April 6, 2011 at 12:33 pm • Reply
  10. Mike Green

    Personally I| think several of the discussions in the comments have been useful, and part of the benefit of an on-line magazine is the potential for debate on articles, so I can’t see why anyone should resist commenting ‘late’. There’s an axiom which goes something along the lines of ‘all feedback is good feedback’…

    As to cost, I rarely buy any hardcopy magazines as I almost invariably feel that they’re not worth the cost, whereas GBL’s price seems to be very good value. Less than one drink in a pub, to put it in perspective!

    On April 6, 2011 at 2:59 pm • Reply
  11. jools-in-france

    I agree that the subscription is not a lot of money. However, when your income is £0.00 or in my case 0,00€ then it is a lot of money. For the moment, I am content with reading the free stuff and when I get some cash I’m going to get a subscription.

    On April 7, 2011 at 4:22 pm • Reply
  12. Bob-G

    I’m finding GBL to be the best photography publication around right now. It offers far better content than any of the popular magazines on the High Street. I’m just hoping you can maintain the ambitious twice monthly publication schedule and still keep the content refreshing. So far – so good and well worth the subscription price for me.

    On April 17, 2011 at 6:55 pm • Reply
  13. Tim Parkin

    Thanks very much everybody – I’m trying hard to keep the once every two weeks going and have only slipped twice so far (once at christmas and this issues is getting a bit late). When I have slipped issues I’ve tried to make sure the content in the next one is excellent though. I have created a rod for my own back though as the first issue only had six articles in it and that was the plan for every issue. The average is now about 8 or 9 though so you could say I’m consistently over delivering.. does this mean I get let off being a bit late a few times a year? I hope so!

    On April 17, 2011 at 6:58 pm • Reply
  14. Pete Hyde

    Sorry to be late Tim, I have only just got round to opening this issue…. still its never too late to add a bit of ‘praise where praise is due’! I can only repeat the above sentiments that the magazine is both very interesting and entertaining. I heartily congratulate you ( and also your regular contributors) for your sterling efforts to get stuff out on time, although I do tend to resist opening issues immediately in an attempt to ‘always have something to look forward to’.

    On April 23, 2011 at 10:55 am • Reply

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