Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I've used and owned Canons and Nikons too. Have you ever LOOKED at an A900, or are you just dismissing it because it's not a Canon or a Nikon? Jim Laird On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Tina, > That is how businesses evolve. Tell me, weren't you charging much less, in > real terms (i.e. inflation adjusted), for a photograph than the generation > before you? In my business, stockbroking, we used to charge fees of 1-2% of > the value of the trade when I started in 1990. Now 20 years later we charge > 0.1-0.25% - but we still survive pretty well. There is no point cribbing > about this - we just have to change with the flow - or get out of the > business! > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > wrote: > >> There are also MWC's - Moms with Cameras - ?who have taken over the >> children, dog and family portrait business. ?They often have no idea >> what to charge and end up giving the photos to their friends in order >> to get more business which never comes. >> >> Tina >> >> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 3:37 PM, kyle cassidy on the LUG >> <leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote: >> > Bikini model holding a Leica is totally in the realm of GWC. >> > >> > >> > >> > "GWC -Guy With Camera >> > >> > Commonly used in the modeling/photographer biz, 'GWC' is any poser/creep >> with a digital camera pretending to be a pro/semi-pro photographer. With >> the >> introduction of digital cameras, GWC's have appeared like an explosion in >> a >> toy store. >> > >> > GWC's typically steal the work of others and don't have any references. >> > "Some GWC asked me to 'test' for him, what a creep." >> > >> > "What's with all the GWC's on OneModelPlace.com, lately?" >> > >> > "Damn GWC's are ruining it for the rest of us." - Pro Photographers >> > >> > Provided by: www.urbandictionary.com" >> > >> > >> > >> > On Oct 25, 2010, at 3:27 PM, Phil wrote: >> > >> >> Then there's that large number of Leicas and assorted Leica/Leitz >> >> paraphernalia sitting in bank vaults depreciating in value and causing >> >> the goods out on the market to increase in value. >> >> There are a few Leicas out there that serve no purpose but to make >> >> models look hotter to use cameraphiles too... >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >