pretty much the same - the thing with family and friends is that they most probably dont know anything about the technical side of photography and thus couldn't give any constructive feedback - just "i like it" or "i dont like it".  That or if they do know a bit about photography they dont want to be too critical because they want to seem to be encouraging.  My girlfriend is getting better at knowing why she does or doesnt like something, but she is more exposed to my photography than anyone else really (being my model/assistant when she is around ;)) so knows how to put things like that into words.

I do try to be critical on here because nothing is worse than just saying "wow i love it, everything is perfect" to everything you see, because that cant possibly be the truth.  If i do see something which i cant fault i normally say so and say why i like it.  I hope i have offered constructive criticism to you in the past and everyone here - and would like to take the opportunity to tell everyone here, that i would like everyone to do the same to me. :)

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In every stone sleeps a crystal.
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Man is the dream of the Dolphin"

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