Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What we're really talking about here is not Pro vs. amateur. Few people want to make their money that way its beside the point. The point is doing serious work vs. just farting around. Walking in with thousands of dollars worth of premium gear and then not having a clue. I call that a darned shame. A lot of people do catch on when someone gives them a quality picture taking instrument for their birthday they delve into it a bit and find out how to do it right. On 3/21/15 7:05 PM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > It's REALLY tough to be a professional photographer nowadays, especially > from stock. I wish you well. > > I find that I am most happy out photographing and, gasp, even processing > (developing chemically and post using my computer), but there is no way my > photographs will make more than pennies. > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well, I have learned over the past few days that the LUG family is just as >> dysfunctional as any real family. >> >> I really appreciate the off-list, on-list and phone messages of support. >> I >> would not still be a participant here without them. >> >> I will not be posting daily photos for review. I will be posting them on >> pBase with an update to the LUG whenever I fill a page of photos. You can >> look or not. You can comment or not. I will edit by myself or hire >> somebody eventually. >> >> More than one of you commented that my style of photography has changed >> since the days of B&W and Noctilux and families in Honduras. I can no >> longer travel to Honduras and stay with families for a week at a time. I >> can no longer focus the Noctilux. I am old. I am still in business as a >> professional photographer because it's too expensive to be a hobby for me. >> Color sells. B&W doesn't. If I could make a living with B&W, that is >> what >> I would shoot. >> >> Thank you to those who understand. >> >> Tina >> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley >> www.tinamanley.com >> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com >> >> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/T >> ina+Manley.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/