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Subject: [Leica] Easy decisions for M9 or not
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:13:24 -0700
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On Oct 20, 2009, at 8:02 AM, Chris Saganich wrote:

> More like, to win a Nobel Prize your research must support our  
> ideology.

to avoid the political connotations of this, and keep it on track, you  
must publish at least 50 megabytes to win the Nobel prize...


ie.   gourmet garbage, sold by the pound...



Steve




>  Remember that nearly all PR and journalism exists to support the  
> totalitarian structure of corporations.
>
>
> At 06:48 AM 10/20/2009, you wrote:
>> Steve Barbour wrote:
>>>
>>> of course true, idiocy or not...
>>>
>>> but what kind of game are they playing?
>>>
>>> this, to bring it back toward my world ...is like saying, to win a  
>>> Nobel prize in science you must use a certain size test tube;  or  
>>> to do an acceptable surgical procedure you must use a certain size  
>>> blade...
>>>
>>> Steve
>> Stock photography is not about art or good photographs.  It's about  
>> what the customer needs to sell their widget or illustrate their  
>> point in an editorial article.  The same photograph that takes  
>> first place in a photography contest would not do well at all as  
>> stock.  If you read Rohn Engh's book on Sell and Resell Your  
>> photos, he classes them as type A and type B photos.  Type A photos  
>> are beautiful but don't sell as stock.  Type B photos may look like  
>> they are nothing impressive, but they illustrate the point the  
>> customer wants to make.  His book is the best resource for anybody  
>> wanting to sell stock.
>>
>> Tina
>> www.tinamanley.com
>>
>>
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