Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Emanuel Lowi wrote: >>I was a long-time subscriber to National Geographic but cancelled my >>subscription this past year for two reasons. First, I feel that the >>quality of the pictures in the magazine has declined dramatically over >>the past number of years. I can't put my finger on when it happened, but >>over the past decade there has been a definite deterioration. > > > Dramatically reduced time allowed for the photographers to shoot the stories -- in > many cases about 25% of what used to be permitted. Far less $ spent on each > assignment too (used to tally up to $100K per story for photos alone). Something's > gotta give. Right. And in my case, what gave was my willingness to put up with what has become mediocre quality at best. It is important for people to speak with their dollars or management will draw the conclusion that it can cut the story budget by 75% and nobody will notice. The writing, IMHO, was always terrible but one put up with it for the quality of the photography. Now they are equally bad. If you saw the rows and rows of offices in the National Geo building filled with people doing essentially nothing, you would be even more outraged. Rolfe - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html