Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: >What if you earned a Minor part of your total living in Photographer?. >When someone tries to hire you should you give them fair warning? Should >it say so in your Yellow Pages add? >I can see my yellow pages add 15 years ago: >"And now after five years struggling as a hospital orderly on weekends >to support my photostudio on the weekdays I now (as a result of a single >job I did for Georgia Pacific) make more shooting than I do pushing >wheelchairs. I am now a real Professional photograher! So hire me for *&%&()*^%$." >No, I think its a question of commitment and somebody gives you a dollar >for a print at one point. > So are you telling us that a highly committed photographer who earns $12 selling 12 prints in 1998 (and who also collects more than that from social security) is called a professional? What in your view constitutes a fair warning for clients? Dan K.