Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dr. Ted Grant wrote: > > Lawrence Zeitlin offered: >>Tina, I fully agree with your position but you are not describing the >>world as it is. It is harder to make a decent living as an independent >>professional photographer than it is as an actor or even a poet. >>Considering >>the number of professional quality cameras out there, only the tiniest >>fraction deliver pictures that are ever published. Given the quality >>standards imposed by stock agencies, vanishingly few P&S pictures will ever >>make the grade regardless of merit unless of a particularly newsworthy >>event. > > >Hi Larry, >My reaction to people who give their photos away just for a credit line? >(Sorry I can't do that as my use of the language would be unbearable!) >Trust >me! Ted you took the words right out of my mouth ;) However I see no end to the supply of people who are so hungry for 15 seconds of fame that they'll do it for free. I doubt there's much I can do to hold back this tide but I'm sure not going to participate in it; the profit margin in giving photos away is so small that not even infinite volume will make up for the loss. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com