Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll probably annoy a few working pros in here, but Kyle is entitled to sell his photographs for whatever he feels it is worth or what he will accept for it. That is free enterprise (not to be confused with specious terms like "free trade" and "tariffs", etc.). I find it interesting to observe the Fugazi argument. They control their own product and marketing. They sell CDs for $11 and concert tickets for $6. Oddly, for the decade of the 90s, they made more money doing it *their* way than if they'd been on a "real" major record label and sold 5x as many records and concert tickets. They made sacrifices, cutting out all-consuming middlemen and the fantasy of ever owning 50,000sq-ft mansions in Beverley Hills. It's simple grass-roots economics of reputation and direct selling. There's plenty of good sage advice and wisdom out there for beginners to heed, but the mantra of refusing anything less than scale isn't valuable at all if it means starving, declaring bankruptcy, selling your cameras, giving up your dream and looking for a new job. Okham's razor. Independents have to stop listening to the protectionist status quo and figure out what works for them. Magazines and ad agencies aren't knocking down my door, but I have a regular clientele that pays money, less than scale, but that means belt-tightening until I'm in a position to refuse work, at which point I'll charge much higher rates. My $0.02. Out. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html