[Leica] URL: USA freelance rates

[Bill Pearce]

Tin,

I said years ago that the ubiquity of cell phone with cameras cameras would 
lead to the painful death of photography. It seems to me that our society 
has been on an ever downward trip to below mediocrity. Photos that are good 
enough on a tiny screen on a phone are "good enough" for the average viewer 
and for reproduction in a newspaper or magazine. 140 character tweets are 
highly regarded over extensive well researched articles in newspapers, 
magazines and radio TV news.

As this process continues, we will have a more and more ignorant populace 
and will be like fresh meat for political crackpots.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tina Manley
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2017 9:29 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] URL: USA freelance rates

Almost all of the professional photographers I know have had to take
another job to make ends meet.  I would never advise anybody to go into
photography as a career these days.  Unfortunately, the best newspaper
journalists I know have also had to find new careers.   The Charlotte
Observer used to have wonderful photographers and journalists.  They've let
them all go.  The paper really suffers as a result.  Nobody proofreads
anything and the photos are made by reporters with cell phones.

Tina

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Leo Wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> Those rates are fairly accurate but the problem is that there are so many
> really good photogs out there freelancing due to news outlets laying off
> folks that gigs at those rates are hard to get.
>
> The other problem is that usually you have to assign all rights to the
> people who hire you so if you do get that once in a lifetime image, you
> will see no additional money from licensing it. You might even have to pay
> to use the image in your self promotion.
>
> All the top level freelance pj photogs that I know struggle to make a
> living.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Leo Wesson
> Leowesson.com
> 817-733-9157
>
> > On May 3, 2017, at 06:13, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
> >
> > https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/freelance-photographers-pitch.php
> >
> > john
> >
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