Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/04

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Subject: [Leica] A good while ago
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Wed Apr 4 05:49:46 2007
References: <C7F2156D-CF9F-4971-8739-866E8805FD12@mac.com> <DC4B73A4105FCE4FAE0CEF799BF84B36013F1DEF@case-email>

At 08:45 AM 4/4/2007, you wrote:
>The digital photography phenomenon has had a lot of fall out. I've
>heard Tina talk about current "rates" as well. Royalty free CD's full
>of stock images are part of this equation. Auto focus and an SLR in
>every soccer mom's front seat is part of this equation. Parents with
>decent digital cameras are having a serious effect on what used to be
>called "school" photography. What year did the sporting event
>photographers become that absurd gallery of motorized bs? And since
>the digital era - it gets more crazy and crowded every season.
>They're all getting the same shot. So what's that shot worth?

An interesting article on CNN Money today about "crowdsourcing" and 
microstock:


<http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/04/01/8403372/index.htm?postversion=2007040405>


Tina

Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA
http://www.tinamanley.com 



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