Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/20

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Subject: [Leica] Easy decisions for M9 or not
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:48:23 -0400
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Steve Barbour wrote:
>
> of course true, idiocy or not...
>
> but what kind of game are they playing?
>
> this, to bring it back toward my world ...is like saying, to win a 
> Nobel prize in science you must use a certain size test tube;  or to 
> do an acceptable surgical procedure you must use a certain size blade...
>
> Steve
>
Stock photography is not about art or good photographs.  It's about what 
the customer needs to sell their widget or illustrate their point in an 
editorial article.  The same photograph that takes first place in a 
photography contest would not do well at all as stock.  If you read Rohn 
Engh's book on Sell and Resell Your photos, he classes them as type A 
and type B photos.  Type A photos are beautiful but don't sell as 
stock.  Type B photos may look like they are nothing impressive, but 
they illustrate the point the customer wants to make.  His book is the 
best resource for anybody wanting to sell stock.

Tina
www.tinamanley.com
Replies: Reply from chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich) ([Leica] Easy decisions for M9 or not)
Reply from steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Easy decisions for M9 or not)