Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina,Gerry, That surely applies to any profession? If I dispensed free investment advice, am I denying fees to other advisers? In fact, I have never charged for investment advise in my whole career, the payback used to come in the form of fees as grateful clients transacted business through my firm. Again, if a doctor treats patients for free, is he guilty of robbing other doctors of their livelihood? The examples can go on and on. In my opinion, anyone has a right to do what he deems fit with what he owns. He is not asking you to give yours away for free, is he? I will tell you, it has worked wonders for him - he is almost 100% occupied with four long term (2-3 years) BBC/NatGeo projects right now, surely amongst the best places to work for a Wildlife Photographer. Remember this is a young man, my son's age, (he is now 32) who chucked up a lucrative career with Yahoo to do what he wanted to do. In other words, I disagree with your views totally. In my view, most photographers are just not savvy enough to keep abreast of a market that is changing rapidly, stoked by the internet and social media, similar to the churn the music or the film industry is undergoing at present. If their business parameters do not evolve with the times, it is going to leave them stranded, looking like dinosaurs, clutching at business models that are in tatters. Some, of course, will manage the change and do very well indeed... Cheers Jayanand On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > He doesn't mention how many photographers lost money because they used his > photos for free instead of buying theirs. > > Tina > > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:56 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > A talk by a close friend on giving photographs away for free: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mLf58wZEhQ4 > > > > Cheers > > jayanand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >