Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/20

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Subject: [Leica] Gee bloody whiz
From: Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 07:07:11 -0500
 
> Have I gone to sleep and woke up in cloud cuckoo land?  Are there
> really photographers turning down thousands and thousands of dollars
> for a days indoor work.  Surrounded by happy people, good food and free
> booze?
> 
> Gee bloody whiz.
> 
> Knock knock let me in.



A few. Bruce Weber used to (may still, I don't know) charge $25,000 as his
base day rate and would turn down offers of $45,000 day rates to work on
Saturday, because he wanted to have some time to spend with his family.

As the old saw goes, "Nice work if you can get it."

- --Mike