[Leica] A first for me

[Mark Rabiner]

I read once and got heavy into the mindset that we should wrap our heads around the concept that when someone else is not paying for our shoot it is not a “free shoot”. The client of the shoot is us ourselves. Me myself and I. The client for us walking down the street grabbing shots is us. It’s a self-something photoshoot. So, I had a category in my computer for that and everything. The point which may not be obvious is that when you are not getting paid you are not working “for free”. It’s still in some sense “a job” and you yourself are the client. Money is certainly being spent and its coming out of our own pockets. Despite the going mindset I think its money which keeps us honest. Working for love very much does not keep us honest. It makes things murky. Money keeps things clean. I bet that’s not just me on this.
I’m writing all this because I think doing a job like this as an effect on all our shooting down the road. Gets us focused.  And I’m all for things being in focus.

And whats that up in the road?
A head!
 
Mark Focus

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Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

On 6/6/17, 10:41 AM, "LUG on behalf of Jim Shulman" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote:

    Thank you!
    On Jun 6, 2017 10:38 AM, "George Lottermoser" <george.imagist at icloud.com>
    wrote:
    
    >
    > > On Jun 5, 2017, at 8:02 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com>
    > wrote:
    > >
    > > I went from slut to whore: I accepted a paying photo assignment.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > A longtime admirer of my work asked me to take photographs of their
    > > executive staff—executives in action, not static headshots—for
    > promotional
    > > purposes.  I told my admirer that I wasn’t a pro, only shot in black and
    > > white, and used film exclusively.  The admirer insisted; I gave a
    > > “shut-up-and-get-out-of-my-face” price, which was accepted on the spot.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > So, eight rolls of Neopan 400 later, and about fifty usable images
    > posted,
    > > I accepted my coin.
    >
    > Kudos! Jim!
    >
    > Especially on quoting a
    > “shut-up-and-get-out-of-my-face” price
    > and GETTING IT!
    >
    > fond regards,
    >
    > George
    >
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    >
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