Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sure - and have - some years ago a book was published on a major production and installation of a gate at Villa Terrace (Hasselblad and 8x10). <http://www.bighornforge.com/portfolio/fence/gate_03.html> (however the layout and reproduction was terrible) The challenges (for all of us) how do I best use my time? and who is the market for my productions? Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Dec 15, 2009, at 12:06 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > George, > Can you not publish something like this from the assignment? > > http://www.brooksjensenarts.com/made_of_steel/mos.htm > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:59 AM, George Lottermoser > <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: > >> Also (hopefully) true Doug. >> And I've already responded how my efforts with the blacksmiths have >> developed positively. >> >> Yet, I see the trend moving towards "good enough" >> and away from "we need the best." >> >> The examples in the article: stock photos and footage for a couple >> dollars, >> voice overs for ten or thirty dollars. >> Back in the day - voice overs, photos, and footage meant royalties >> for the >> talent for the life the spot. >> >> Part of this is because the current technology does deliver "decent" >> results with far less skill and effort. >> Drawing a fine line of a specific width with a rapidograph pen >> required >> skill; >> as did reading light and color temperature meters and actually >> focusing a >> camera and knowing the DOF. >> Auto white point, and auto focus in a decent P&S camera or drawing >> a line >> in Illustrator - not so much. >> >> There will always be those who know and care about truly professional >> results. >> But I think that they're a smaller group than they once were. >> Four of my (once major) clients have moved design, copy writing and >> photography "in house;" >> where for previous decades that was all ad agency and free lance >> work. >> There are also many more people going after the work in every market. >> >> Again - no complaints - just the way it is (or appears to me). >> >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> On Dec 14, 2009, at 10:51 PM, Doug Herr wrote: >> >> George I believe that in time this will be part of the up side. >> Along >>> with teaching in-house skills you can illustrate how much it work >>> takes to >>> produce top-quality results. Not all in-house staff (I bet very >>> few) will >>> be willing to put that much work into the photos. You can show >>> them that >>> superior results are possible and that you can deliver those >>> results. Some >>> day they will need your superior photos. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information