Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doing it for free was your greatest mistake. People do not appreciate things if they do not pay the price. Don R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "bourgeois and biblical" <bwdaly@bigfatpipe.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 7:18 PM Subject: [Leica] why i can't be a professional photographer > because i would strangle my customers--same reason i couldn't be a > waiter. i did some PRO BONO photography for the preschool at my > church--something i was glad to do--and one of the mothers is driving me > nuts because the aspect ratio on her 8x10s isn't the same as on her 4x6 > proofs. i've tried to explain the relationship between 2:3 and 4:5, but > i might as well be speaking urdu. she seems to think i can change MATH > to suit her needs. i also can't seem to get her to realize it's a good > portrait, even if it doesn't include the kid's feet. it includes the > kid's personality, which is what's important. > > i should have told them they could have only 4x6s and 8x12s, but i was > trying to be nice and offer them lots of sizes. > > i'm going to get business cards that say "i shoot and print full-frame. > if you don't like it, get someone else." > > -- > brad daly > bwdaly@bigfatpipe.net > http://www.bigfatpipe.net/~bwdaly > http://www.bigfatpipe.net/~bwdaly/paw.html > > "America sells everything with sex and then recoils when presented with > the realities of natural process." > --Jock Sturges > > "War, what is it good for? It's good for business." > --Billy Bragg > > "Rap is a continuation of the Sex Pistols; it's quite obvious." > --John(nny Rotten) Lydon > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html