Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Carl Socolow wrote: > > And then when they hire me they want to know why I charge as much as I > do. Or they say they can hire a photog. from Philly (or wherever) and > get a hundred photos for what I charge to make 8 interiors pix in a day. > Argh!!! reminding me of an incident i witnessed yesterday of a woman at a rental facility inquiring about renting a 4X5, lights, etc, so that she could take photos of artwork. she said she had hired a photographer but wanted to explore DIYing the job because he wasn't getting results she approved of. after determining that it would cost her about $70 per day to rent the gear she inquired whether there was a book available to help her learn to use it and how many days of use did the rental folks think it would take her to get to the point where she could take competent photos.... mark