[Leica] Making a living as a photographer LUCKIEST! :-)

[lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)]

Hi Ted, mon ami

I just want say you once more, congratulations for your career, be  
lucky is a part of the succes, the personnal value makes the  
succes..., I think more than luck. Let me clarifythat succes don't  
mind for me be reach, it minds for me achieve the personnal targets on  
the life, as person, proffesional, family, health ... if all this work  
and you have additionnally some money and some one name you DR., this  
is really be happy and lucky too.

cheers
Lluis


El 06/12/2010, a las 16:09, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca>  
escribi?:

> Marc Dufour offered:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Making a living as a photographer
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>>>> Hi Ted,
> I've no doubt about your love to photography, and it's a pleasure to  
> verify
> the fact you still enjoy with it, with so many years of practice  
> behind you.
> But, mon ami, how many Dr. Ted do you know?
> And how many hundreds of photographers, bored with weddings or social
> events?
> You're a privileged, Ted, and I'm glad for you.
> I'm too, in my activity as graphic designer (which I try it never  
> becomes a
> job), and as amateur photographer. But I'm very conscious I'm very  
> lucky.<<<<<
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> Hi Marc,
> Oh my gosh I have to be the luckiest photographer in the world! :-)  
> In so many cases I just happened to be in the right place at just  
> the right time! Rarely was there ever any planning that went into my  
> career evolving as it did and has. It just happened in many cases  
> simply because I'd receive a phone call offering me an assignment.  
> These usually came because the caller had seen some of my published  
> photography or another satisfied client recommended my photography  
> and person.
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> Example:
> The film promotion assignment for the movie "URBAN COWBOY" came  
> because the Paramount Studio people saw my book about cowboys, "Men  
> of the Saddle! Working Cowboys of Canada."  And asked me to shoot  
> the film promotion photography simply because of what they saw in  
> the book.
>
> Similarly so, a major assignment for promotion of a pharmaceutical  
> corporation... The ad agency folks saw my photography in the first  
> medical book, "This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler."  
> Called and asked if I were available? As it turned out, it was  
> financially the best assignment of my career. Quite amazing really!  
> Just got lucky, they called me.
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> As bad as I am technically, I'm worse as a business man! Even today  
> after all these years knowing this, I still quietly stumble along  
> not promoting, but relying on past published efforts quietly  
> receiving calls and smaller assignments without asking.
>
> I most humbly acknowledge I am a very lucky human being, certainly  
> photographer! I've probably offered more details about my career to  
> this group than at any other time in my life. Many Canadian's, also  
> photographers, do not know of me, but they know my published  
> photographs, but not that I shot them! :-) Usually interesting when  
> folks say.. "Hey are you the guy that took that picture?" I humbly  
> respond.. "That's what they tell me." smile pleasantly with a nice  
> inner glow of recognition. :-)
>
> But that comes from going quietly about assignments enjoying what  
> has been an incredible career.  Simply because I got lucky and was  
> in the right place at the right time.
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> And the Great Spirit had His hand on my shoulder!
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> cheers,
> ted
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