Posted by Chanti: 
Ive had photographers tell me that Im the most beautiful thing they've seen and others tell me that my images are very trashy and 'white trash looking.'  Whats the Line to cross at making images look trashy?  Is there even a real line or just a persons taste?  Id like to know what people think about this.

First, let me say that I see nothing wrong with your images.  Your pictures are much better than many I've seen.

Second, I underlined the words im and my images above because I think the differnce might be an important point. You are not your images - and I think that means you shouldn't take criticism of your images as criticism of you - that is, don't take what other people say about your pictures personally.

My experience with critiques like that suggests there are a lot of people out there who are willing to express an opinion - even if their opinion is a crock. (Sometimes even my opinions don't hold water.) Sometimes unkind words have their origins in jealousy. Sometimes people say mean things when they feel threatened. And there are some people who seem to think they're building themselves up when they are tearing someone else down.

Rather than feeling hurt, better to feel a little pity for the poor things.

There's an old saying in fractured Latin, "Illigetimentes non corborumdum". It translates to something like, "Don't let the Bast%^$# grind you down."