Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/17

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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: Letting go of "back in the day".
From: jshulman at judgecrater.com (Jim Shulman)
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:48:03 -0400
References: <0D852B3E-24C1-40A0-BF00-AA296E2D5BD1@mac.com> <0A57473C-4052-4375-B786-A64B5905276E@frozenlight.eu> <5E2FF530-BC44-4C2A-8C55-B2080EBC9B50@mac.com> <CAN4TZQ6PJ020g07kDW=LkOL-thcjDU8NNwPqg21=D5hGFM6WLQ@mail.gmail.com> <E6604F3B-4619-422F-AA29-F71AF89D63AA@mac.com> <9FEE4DE2-ABAF-4847-9274-3FDE0F9E6607@archiphoto.com> <F0FFC01C-C7A5-4E14-B2EA-57A7ADDB2B82@mac.com>

Ten or fifteen years ago a reasonably nice professional brochure, complete
with design, color printing, and photography would have set me (or my
clients) back about two grand.  This is for nothing particularly
grand--just workmanlike brochures, created to acceptable professional
standards.  It also would have been at least of month of back-and-forth,
reshoots, at least a week or two for basic design, two weeks for color
printing, etc.

Today the same project is about $400.  The design is $99 (!!!!). It is
turned around in one day.  The digital printing of about 250 copies is
$200 or so.  The images are fifty bucks total from iStock.  They are
purchased instantly.  Original photography is just head shots.  Beginning
to end, from delivery of text and purchased images to printed materials,
is a week or less.

Most of the world is perfectly happy with mediocre stuff--it gets the job
done.  In this case, technology has dramatically changed things.

Jim Shulman
Wynnewood, PA


-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
George Lottermoser
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 7:28 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGs: Letting go of "back in the day".


On Oct 14, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Henning Wulff wrote:

> With the drastic changes in technologies over the last 20 years, I'm
sure every one of us over 40 has similar things to deal with at some
point.
>
> Very well shown, George.

Today I blogged (further) on one of the most striking realizations
reached as I discarded the old "work"

Let's face it. We threw the jobs out with the adoption of new technology

<http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=5764>

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist






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