Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Look at the fact that there are so many photogs out there and that a lot of them are doing this just for the fun of it, or they are just starting out. They want the warm fuzzies that come from seeing their work in print. They feel that it won't hurt to give it away. They've not established self worth as a photographer let alone any business sense that they need. They don't realize that they are really devaluing their work when they give it away. Some do this cause it makes them look like the good guy, some do it cause no one will buy the work at this point in their career. Then face the fact that some of this is really good work and why shouldn't the publisher take a freebee when they can. Makes their bottom line look better. Makes me just as mad as the rest of you but what to do about it. As long as there are cameras and fingers to push button the problem will always be there. Cheers Wilber - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Johnston" <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 8:09 AM Subject: [Leica] Payment for photos > > > > basically, nobody ever has any money to pay photographers. We should all be > > happy happy happy to be getting a complimentary cappuccino for our work. > > > At _PHOTO Techniques_ I found that I could generally get covers and > portfolios for free, because many photographers were willing to dispense > with payment in return for getting their work featured so prominently in a > photography magazine. But what kind of message does it send to photographers > when a photography magazine won't pay for good photography? So we always, > always paid, period. The same, unfortunately, cannot be said for some other > photography magazines. > > --Mike >