Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Tina, There is an even bigger story for so many photographers to learn from in your story and use of photos.. In your case you took photos one year and returned the next and in doing so "won the trust of a new subject." That quite probably endeared you to many other women/people of the village and area also. So many photographers say.... "Yeah I'll/ we'll send you some prints... AND THEY NEVER DO!" Why? Well I'm not going to touch that simply because I would probably be banned for the use of some. What we might say very uncomplimentary language! If a photographer says he or she will send a photo and they don't! They blacken all of us by not doing so! You promise someone a picture and you don't send it. Then ten years later you meet the same person and the first thing they are going to say is... "WHERE THE HELL IS MY PICTURE YOU PROMISED?" And any hope of cooperation with them again is gone forever as they wont trust you! Promise a picture? Make sure you send it! If not it will come back to haunt you some day at the most unsuspecting and embarrassing moment! Trust me I learned my lesson 60 years ago and I don't believe I've ever missed sending one after telling the subject that I would since. EASY TRICK? Give them your business card! So if you haven't sent one... they write to you as a reminder and within 24-48 hours a photo is on the way. Just do it while you're knocking off your required prints for client or whatever use required. Bing-Bang in an envelope and gone and yer ass is saved! Actully far more important than yer butt? Your, "REPUTATION AS A GOOD HUMAN BEING AND PHOTOGRAPHER!" Life can be so simple when you promise a photo and actually send it. Or as in Tina's case, it was of great advantage in gaining some beautiful photos! It can work for anyone on the list! cheers, Dr. ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Series > Thanks, George! ;-) > > Tina > > On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 3:23 PM, George Lottermoser > <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: > >> >> On Jun 30, 2012, at 9:28 AM, Tina Manley wrote: >> >> > At first Maria didn't want to have anything to do with the strange >> > female >> > photographer in her village: >> > >> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/144403766 >> > >> > But the other women showed her the 8x10 photos I had brought back from >> the >> > previous year: >> > >> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/144411028 >> > >> > She was happy to have her photo made then! >> > >> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/144401085 >> > >> > C&C greatly appreciated. >> >> Great story. >> >> S U P E R B ! portrait >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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