Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I once photographed an Indian wedding in Charlotte that lasted 3 days!! It was a lot of fun but I did it for a documentary project and was paid nothing ;-) http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/85337753 I have to make enough on my stock photography to pay for my documentary work which is why I photograph in the first place! It's worth it, though. I wouldn't change a thing (except that the Indian wedding was photographed during the one year I used Canons instead of Leicas!!) Tina On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 10:58 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > $1500 converted to Indian Rupees is three months average expenses here for > a comfortable middle class urban life. > > Four friends of mine have formed a group who photograph weddings, covering > both stills and videos. They charge around US$3000 for a week's work as > Indian weddings go on forever, and are incredibly complex to photograph. > They are considered high priced. > > Just to put things in some perspective.... > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 8:17 AM, chris williams via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > On average I make $1500 per day on a photography job. That?s almost > always > > shooting,downloading,editing and delivery of images by end of day. Throw > in > > a few direct from camera social media images as well. > > > > Last week I sold 5 images through Getty and I made $5.75. > > > > Currently I don?t have a ?job? until Friday. > > > > I only buy Leicas used. > > > > Chris Williams > > www.dcdocumentaryphotographers.com > > www.zoeicaimages.net > > 504-231-6261 > > > > > > > On Sep 4, 2018, at 6:17 PM, Ted Grant via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi Tina, > > > Well all I can say about "money earning photography today?" It > > absolutely sucks compared to "being an in depend business 20 years ago? > > Maybe even 10 years ago? > > > Let me put it in a monetary fashion compared today to the > > yesteryears....... When I would receive a day rate of $500 per day, plus > > $250.oo for down days of no shooting. Plus purchase cost of every roll of > > film shot! Plus all processing and a contact sheet for every roll! Some > > documentary > > > month long assignments. Sometimes several months in a row and quite > > possible 9 or 10 months in a year! Quite often for a variation of > clients. > > > Stock material sold through an agency some years would be close to > > $40,000 a year on a good year. And I didn't really work at stock as my > time > > was nearly always assigned work! > > > LEICA's were a piece of cake to buy. TODAY? NOT ON YOUR LIFE! Why? > > > Well the number one reason as far as I'm concerned????? > > > Those telephone cameras that everybody and their mothers own and use > > them quite often? Quite well for publications. > > > Their photography is quite well done for the pictures required these > > days. Plus the "seller?" :-( quite often give their pictures away for > > merely a "credit line" under the photo. In turn cut publication rates to > > almost nickels & dimes. OR NOTHING! > > > Photo books of how to do it being published are almost null & void! > Why? > > Because you can learn so much off the TV screen down loading lectures and > > lessons for almost give away prices. > > > Even photographer hired positions are far and few between. Do I have an > > answer to correct this new life style??? NOPE! :-( > > > I suppose one could be factious and say " Just stay an amateur and have > > fun!! > > > cheers. Dr. Ted Grant O.C. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > > Behalf Of Tina Manley via LUG > > > Sent: September-01-18 7:09 AM > > > To: Leica Users Group > > > Cc: Tina Manley; Lawrence Zeitlin > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] RE Cost of pictures > > > > > > That wouldn't work for me!! I currently have 10,000 images with my > > largest > > > stock agency. I'm lucky if they sell 10 a month! Prices for stock > have > > > gone from an average of $500 per sale to $20 per sale. If I didn't > have > > > digital and had to pay for film, I would never be able to afford my > > Leicas!! > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 12:20 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin via LUG < > > > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > > > > >> As a point of interest, the latest issue of Science magazine, the > > journal > > >> of the AAAS, reports on the annual number of photographs taken. ?In > the > > >> early 1800s, the first ever photograph was taken, an unassuming > picture > > >> that required days of exposure to obtain a very grainy image. Over one > > >> million photos were taken during the US Civil war of which 100,000 > > survive. > > >> In the late 1800s, photography was used for the first time to see the > > >> movement of a running horse that was too fast for the human eye. In > the > > >> following years photography played a pivotal role in human history, > > ranging > > >> from creation of the national parks in the USA all the way to > > documenting > > >> NASA?s first moon mission In the 1900s, roughly 10 billion > photographs > > >> were taken per year. Facilitated by the explosion of the internet, we > > will > > >> approach 2 trillion images this year - roughly about 1000 images per > > year > > >> for every person on the planet.? > > >> > > >> As a frequent reviewer of art and photo shows in the TriState area I > > have > > >> noticed several results of this plethora of images. First, figurative > > >> images are almost impossible to sell. Unless directly ordered by the > > >> recipient (i.e. a portrait or picture at ones children or a prized > > >> possession) the chance of selling any image approaches zero. Second, > we > > >> have run out of wall space to exhibit images. It is virtually > > impossible to > > >> book a display space unless reserved far in advance. Modern houses > have > > too > > >> many windows and too little blank wall space. > > >> > > >> I can conceive on only one simple fix for too many images. Raise the > > cost > > >> to at least one USD per exposure. Use film instead of digital. > > Currently it > > >> costs only pennies to take and print a picture. At current rates a > > year?s > > >> worth of photos requires only a few dollars of expense. The price of a > > new > > >> Leica kit is thousands of times more expensive. Does anyone have a > more > > >> sensible solution? > > >> > > >> Larry Z > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Tina Manley > > > www.tinamanley.com > > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley > > > <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- > > 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html>