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One hope would be to incorporate communities involved in 1.0 sites such as photographr.info, as well as those from more traditional photography "message board" sites. – Jaydles Jun 1 '10 at 18:51

I would include photoqna.com in that as well. – adrianbanks Jun 1 '10 at 22:57

@Adam, I think the votes can speak to the wishes of the community. StackOverflow has not suffered from a mix of professional and newbie questions. There are situations (such as photojournalism) where somewhat straight-on flash is unavoidable. I'd be quite happy as a photographer of 10 years to see a succinct answer to the red-eye question, merely to complete one's knowledge on the topic. – Rog Jun 3 '10 at 22:51

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Answers need supporting reasons. – Arlen Beiler Jun 1 '10 at 20:35

I would say on-topic. – Arlen Beiler Jun 1 '10 at 20:37

Can you make a question on-topic, just by adding the words, "and why" to it? area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1265/… – Robert Harvey Jun 1 '10 at 20:40

off topic since different branches of photography have different needs. What's the nest photo editing software for (defined purpose) would be OK. – efikim Jun 2 '10 at 0:33

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	BTW ... I need to figure out what is chromatic aberration :) – hitec Jun 3 '10 at 7:32
	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_Abberation – Jonathon Watney Jun 5 '10 at 3:05

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I think this would be topical and appropriate if it were a tad less pejorative in tone: "Is there an easy way to make a subject look thinner using Photoshop?" One of Scott Kelby's books actually has a chapter on exactly this for when you catch someone at an unflattering angle. – Jaydles Jun 1 '10 at 21:50

It's possibly offensive and needs editing, but it's still on-topic. Fits in with all the other "how to edit to do X" questions. I would word as "how to use Photoshop to make people appear thinner?" (which includes answering straight-out rather than just giving tutorials). – Roger Pate Jun 2 '10 at 13:07

Don't forget that privileged users will still be able to edit the question to fit to the tone of the site. – herzmeister Jun 3 '10 at 10:15

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closed as off topic by nanda, Eoin Campbell, delete, Fredrik Mörk, dstrom Jun 6 '10 at 0:35

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

subjective. too localized – Good Person Jun 1 '10 at 19:03

The definitive answer to this question is, "Yes, anyone can recommend a good photographer, except, perhaps, in countries that do not support free speech." – Adam Davis Jun 3 '10 at 2:40

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Why not? This seems to be an interesting question a professional photog would know about or need to know. A suitable answer might even be, "You don't. You use a fast shutter, a lot of light, and you get them to laugh and smile while timing your shutter just right." – Adam Davis Jun 2 '10 at 2:38

I agree with @Adam - question could be phrased a little better, but this seems to be right in the wheelhouse of many professional photographers. – Jaydles Jun 2 '10 at 12:47

I worked as a professional photographer for several years doing family photographs. (It was much more than a booth at another store, but it wasn't high-end/fashion/"expensive". I only spent 6k USD on initial camera/lenses/lights/backgrounds/props/etc. my first year, if that gives you an idea.) This is definitely relevant and on-topic. – Roger Pate Jun 2 '10 at 13:03

Asking about the subject seems just as valid as say, asking about the equipment. – pelms Jun 2 '10 at 13:38

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I look forward to the answer for this question. – glasnt Jun 3 '10 at 1:16

@Tomato - I've used the demo of Autostitch ( cvlab.epfl.ch/~brown/autostitch/autostitch.html ) to great success before, it was completely free at one point. You might be able to find an older archive of it somewhere. There are other free software packages that also do this, and it's a lot of fun. This ought to get you started, at least until the real site gets going. – Adam Davis Jun 3 '10 at 2:38

@Adam you are a star! Thanks for that ^_^ – glasnt Jun 3 '10 at 2:54

@Tomato: Also Hugin is a good open source/free one. – Simon P Stevens Jun 3 '10 at 8:57

@Simon THANK YOU! I knew there was a sourceforge resource for this, but I couldn't find it. – glasnt Jun 3 '10 at 23:04

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