[Leica] LUG Family

[richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)]

I am referring to the pressure to produce vastly different :-)
On Mar 21, 2015 4:20 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>
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