Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:40 PM 4/4/2007, you wrote: >Unfortunately the second rate bean counters and art director photo editors >know this, but they don't care because.... "Charlie the super whiz on the >PhotoShop machine can do wonders with anything and make it look great!" > >And that folks along with the every body digi shooter so called photographer >combined with dumb ass editor art directors is why we're in this situation! > >Put all that aside.....and I'd rather be a photojournalist doing what I love >with a passion, "documenting a situation!" >ted You are absolutely right, Ted, but I feel sorry for the photojournalists coming along today who can't afford to feed a family on what they earn. The News Photographer Magazine of NPPA is full of stories of photographers being laid off and fired as the bean counters find free photos that are "good enough". The whole profession is suffering from a lack of expectation of quality. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA http://www.tinamanley.com