Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Feli, One of the major issues facing the working photographer is that newly minted photographers are willing to work for a byline only. As there are literally thousands of photographers coming out of various schools every year who think that cutting their price is a good way to get their foot in the door, there is very little pricing power that a union or guild can bring to bear. Another factor is the declining standards for published work. Go to a magazine stand and really look at the photographs. The really major firms still have good solid images, but the second tier images are typically poorly done. Even the gray lady tries to make images better by over, and I mean really over USMing. An established name can name a price and tool, but the normal working photographer has a truly tough time making a living. 0.02 Don dorysrus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Feli di Giorgio Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 3:39 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] 50mm F1.4 redux, or on the need for speed. On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 18:09, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > It's kind of hard to retire on slave or form W2 wages. > S. Dimitrov Ok, I really have no idea how all of this works, but I have been reading about how the wages for photographers have fallen through the floor and how the current contract are fairly draconian etc. If this is such a huge problem, why don't the shooters form a guild or union or something? Am I barking up the wrong tree? Here in Hollywood everyone is in a guild or union or something. Just a question. Feli _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information