Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have to say, asides from the occasional gems, I agree that the quality of NG's photos are not what it used to be... One way to look at it is to my eyes, there are now occasional "wow" single photos, whereas the old days, it was a series of way excellent photos throughout. On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 9:26 PM, EPL <manolito at videotron.ca> wrote: > ... > > At that time, a photographer might be paid about $40,000 for a story but > the > standard of quality expected for that fee was very high indeed. Very long > hours, risk and danger were very much part of it all. Total cost of > photography per story was $100,000, all expenses included. At that time, > there was feeling at the top that the costs were too high and I expect > there > have been significant reductions. In my opinion, quality too has declined > somewhat. > > Emanuel Lowi > Montreal > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // portfolio: <http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia > blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963