Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/25

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Photos on the Web, TED!! help?
From: Greg Locke <locke@straylight.ca>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 21:48:34 -03-30

At 06:07 PM 25/03/00 -0500, you wrote:

>A very liberal point of view.

No, a very BUSINESS point of view. Politics is something different and I 
never mix the two.
Politics (and the labels there of) is a game for the idle rich. I deal in 
surviving the evils of politics and running a business that ensures a long, 
secure and prosperous future for my family. That requires protecting, 
controlling and benefiting from the fruits of my labour beyond the 
immediate recompense of a "day rate"

Even beyond your personal views about professional business practice 
(that's your problem) what amazes me most, I think, is that so far you a 
have compared your work to:

- - building a fence
- - running a sub shop.
- - landscape architecture
- - engineering
.... and common trades work.

This, in itself, tells us volumes about how much value you place on your 
work and professional photography in general. So it should come as no 
surprise to the rest of those on the list that you conduct business in the 
manner that you do.

It is obvious we are not going to change your attitude on this matter, but 
it is truly unfortunate that a professional photographer does not place a 
higher value on his work and talent then that of a fence or sub sandwich.

It is truly bizarre.


Greg Locke                         St. John's, Newfoundland
locke@straylight.ca              http://www.straylight.ca/locke
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