Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh, and it wasn't possible to get a film camera for next to nothing before the advent of digital? Please. And there weren't people in the age of film who bought cameras and set off for war zones knowing next to nothing, but went looking for adventure and their Big Break? Can you say Sean Flynn and Dana Stone, both of whom arrived in Saigon not knowing a camera from a camel, to become hot shot combat photographers until they disappeared in Cambodia? None of this is new. Period. What is new is the level of greed we are seeing on the part of corporations who are buying the photographs. But let's not forget that Corbis started to wreck havoc before the real advent of digital. Digital, smidgital - this is greed driven, not technology driven. On 5/8/06 3:38 PM, "Dennis Thong" <dennisphoto@singnet.com.sg> wrote: > With the advancement of today's digital camera, as long that you have > the money you can get yourself a good semi pro digital camera system. > And sad to say, there are many who started to call themselves > photographers. > > It not just affect the status of today PhotoJournalists, but even > many professional photographers in the commercial fields are > affected. There are even beginners who just took up photography for > hobbies, willing to take on shooting assignments for PRs, weddings, > etc. They are willing to do it for free or at very low charges, so as > to get exposures, experiences, bylines, or getting the glamourous > opportunities to photographing some special events or having to > shooting some special VIPs... > > And for the freelance photographers, they will lower their > professional charges to compete among themselves to win over clients. > I met some of these "cheap photographers", and they told me: "If i > don't lower my pricing, someone will do that and get those jobs..!" > > In my country, Singapore, there is a Professional Photographers > Association, but it's not doing any work to up keep the standard and > pricing of photography here. Sad.... > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information