Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, That is how businesses evolve. Tell me, weren't you charging much less, in real terms (i.e. inflation adjusted), for a photograph than the generation before you? In my business, stockbroking, we used to charge fees of 1-2% of the value of the trade when I started in 1990. Now 20 years later we charge 0.1-0.25% - but we still survive pretty well. There is no point cribbing about this - we just have to change with the flow - or get out of the business! Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > There are also MWC's - Moms with Cameras - who have taken over the > children, dog and family portrait business. They often have no idea > what to charge and end up giving the photos to their friends in order > to get more business which never comes. > > Tina > > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 3:37 PM, kyle cassidy on the LUG > <leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote: > > Bikini model holding a Leica is totally in the realm of GWC. > > > > > > > > "GWC -Guy With Camera > > > > Commonly used in the modeling/photographer biz, 'GWC' is any poser/creep > with a digital camera pretending to be a pro/semi-pro photographer. With > the > introduction of digital cameras, GWC's have appeared like an explosion in a > toy store. > > > > GWC's typically steal the work of others and don't have any references. > > "Some GWC asked me to 'test' for him, what a creep." > > > > "What's with all the GWC's on OneModelPlace.com, lately?" > > > > "Damn GWC's are ruining it for the rest of us." - Pro Photographers > > > > Provided by: www.urbandictionary.com" > > > > > > > > On Oct 25, 2010, at 3:27 PM, Phil wrote: > > > >> Then there's that large number of Leicas and assorted Leica/Leitz > >> paraphernalia sitting in bank vaults depreciating in value and causing > >> the goods out on the market to increase in value. > >> There are a few Leicas out there that serve no purpose but to make > >> models look hotter to use cameraphiles too... > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >