Comments on: If They Say You Don’t Belong, Most Likely You Do!

By: Fluefsmextult

Fluefsmextult — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:51:53 +0000

There are 5 houses in five different colors
In each house lives a different nationality.
These 5 owners drink a certain beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar and keep a certain pet.
No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage.

The CLUES:

The Brit lives in the Red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane Drinks tea.
The Green House is on the left of the White House.
The Green House’s owner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man in the center house drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats
The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the Blue House.
The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.
The QUESTION:

Who owns the fish?

By: Alissa

Alissa — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:21:17 +0000

I hope you don’t mind… I just printed this blog entry to hang at my computer to remind me if (when) the rough spots hit. Thanks!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:39:18 +0000

Me Ra,
I love your blog and the inspriation that you give to women to be the best photographers they can be. I love ya, and I use Nikon. That is just my preference, and that is all that you were doing – was giving your preference on what works for you.

Keep up all that you do, I appreicate it!
You are a blessing.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:02:55 +0000

Thanks for this inspiration post!

By: Kaitlin

Kaitlin — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:08:06 +0000

Me Ra,

Thank you so much for your continuing inspiration. I truly wish I could attend one of your seminars next year! I saw your post this morning about all of this, and headed over to get an update – I love following your blog. I think your opinion is shared by others in the photography community, as I know I have seen some posts debating the use of a 5D for weddings, particularly for women since it’s a pretty large camera. It’s controversial, sure, but only because people take it so personally. There shouldn’t be anything close to a personal attack in any of it.

Thanks for your positive attitude, and best of luck going forward (I know you guys don’t need it )

By: Guillaume

Guillaume — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:56:45 +0000

Hello MeRa,
I think you misunderstood the posts on that forum. Nobody has any problems with you doing photography at a professional level. Nobody has any problems with you doing weddings. Quite the contrary, some of them even mention how nice this website is and what a nice portfolio you have. There are enough women on dpreview that are very highly respected.

The only problem it seems that they are having, is that you are strongly advising people to stay away from the 5D if you’re going to do weddings. A quote from that forum:”Her suggestion to other people, enhanced by writing the word ‘not’ in capitals, to NOT use the 5D for weddings is just too hard of a statement to justify.” and “But the thing is: she recommends people to NOT use a 5D for weddings.”

And that’s what’s causing the stir. I think it’s not clear to them that it is your own personal preference, which is understandable, because you are addressing other people with the sentence you wrote and you capitalized NOT in that same sentence.

To some people, that 5D camera would be a better choice for weddings. Strongly advising those people to stay away from it, without you knowing their workflow, is quite controversial. (as you might have already noticed ).

So I hope this clears things up for you, since I don’t believe there is an anti-women atmosphere at dpreview. Cheers,
Guillaume.

By: Paul Eaton

Paul Eaton — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:16:48 +0000

Me Ra, I’ve used that site for one thing… reviews. Anything else is just someones opinion and should be taken with a grain of salt. But you know that already. You guys are great and Laura and I love what you do for the community.

By: Todd Kim

Todd Kim — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:28:58 +0000

Hey Mera,
I used to go to that forum to read about the 5D before I bought mine and I cant believe all the ignorance and stupidity that was being posted on that forum. At least some of them showed some reason. I’m glad I know you in person cuz you and Brian are some of the coolest people I know!

By: Me Ra

Me Ra — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:17:47 +0000

Hey ladies,

Thanks so much for the encouraging words! It means a lot! I feel a bit misunderstood by the people who posted on the forum, but I’m also learning from the experience. In the midst of it all, it means the world to have your kind words posted!

By: Janelle

Janelle — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:10:05 +0000

This is a great and aspiring post for up and coming women photographers. I can’t tell you how many times I have been told that wedding photography is too competitive and I’m not ready to be a “professional.” You are such an inspiration â€“ Thank you!