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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 09:16:40 -0700
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On Oct 20, 2009, at 3:48 AM, Tina Manley 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.

fascinating, but it makes sense,

thanks Tina...

Steve




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