Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beauty as well as quality is in the Eye of the Beholder. There is more to this business than , click, click , click. Some folks think the grass is always greener---------. Anyway there is more to this than the cost of the film and paper and chemicals/ink. Cheers Wilber Can we please not start bashing the working pro's of the world. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "MEBerube" <MEB@goodphotos.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 3:29 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] print pricing > At 02:03 PM 1/3/01 -0500, Jim Shulman wrote: > >Sounds pretty clear to me: > >You make a living at it, you charge art market rates for your work. > >You treat it as a hobby, you charge junior high bake sale rates for your work. > > > >If you're a hobbyist, don't expect professionals to sell their work at > >junior high bake-sale prices. > > The flip side of this is if one is a 'working professional' one shouldn't > play into the fallacy that only someone charging "Art market rates" is able > to produce quality work. I understand that it is seen as a threat to a > working professional's livelihood. But monetary worth has nothing to do > with quality. Too many working pro's (not anyone that I know of on LUG, but > many who I know in my region) try their best to tie what they charge to the > quality of what they produce. In looking at some of their portfolios, such > a claim often becomes laughable. > > Carpe Luminem, > Michael E. Berube >