Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It was L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 12/10/16, 8:53 PM, "LUG on behalf of Douglas Barry" <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of imra at iol.ie> wrote: >I get those betimes too, Peter, but so far not from the organ of a sex >abusing swami. The awful thing is he's using gullible photographers' >images >in his rag to lure further devotees who he then probably takes advantage >of. >Who was it said, "If you want to get rich, you start a religion." > >Douglas > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Peter Klein" <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com> >To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 9:00 PM >Subject: [Leica] Be enlightened: Work for free! > > >> LUG: I just received the following "flickrmail" request to publish one >>of >> my photographs in a calendar. >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/5265537626/ >> For free, of course. Here's the note I received" >> >> "We have seen your touching photograph shown in the link below, and >> would love to include it in our Prayer & Meditation Calendar 2018, >> which can be seen here: PrayerMeditationCalendar.org. Due to budget >> constraints, our nonprofit universal spiritual organization >> publishes this calendar each year largely through the kindness of >> photographers who donate their images. All of us serve as unpaid >> volunteers to further the cause of love and unity among all beings. >> >> "We offer to send a calendar to the photographers and provide the >> credit lines they prefer. Would an arrangement like this be >> agreeable to you? If so we will need the image highest res & 300 ppi >> on the shortest side, your preferred credit line and your mailing >> address." >> >> The signer has a one year-old flickr account with no photographs. This >>is >> the organization involved: >> http://truthconsciousness.org/about/truth-consciousness-organization/ >> And I found this: >> http://www.westword.com/news/hide-the-swami-5055176 >> >> Anyway, it made me feel pretty low. If my work is only of value to scam >> artists and bottom-feeders, and only if I give it away, why bother? >> >> --Peter >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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