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Subject: [Leica] The State of Professional Photography Today
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:46:17 -0500
References: <CA+yJO1C6jeU9s6iDMV-r7dhxaQQy8C+Jf+WEBU7BWm-pw=fEMA@mail.gmail.com> <3946E820-7749-4726-A020-688F721F56C2@frozenlight.eu>

No kidding.  If investors actually read the annual report or prospectus,
especially the f/ss footnotes and SEC filings, and could decipher them,
their hair would stand on end.  Happy stock photos are indeed the need.  

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Nathan
Wajsman
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 3:29 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] The State of Professional Photography Today

I am sorry to sound cynical, but this web site is just bla bla. The reality
is that technology and customer demand has changed radically during the past
15 years in photography and other forms of intellectual property such as
music and film, and soon physical objects with the advent of low-cost 3D
scanning and printing. It is part of my job as an economist with an IP
agency to follow these trends. So for one I can opine on something I know
something about.

The reality is that "charging enough to cover" this and that is totally
irrelevant. When our communications department is putting together the
annual report or some other document meant for external distribution, they
would not dream of hiring a photographer who "charges to cover". The go on
iStockphoto and buy whatever images they need. For an annual report, you do
not need great art. You need photographs that are good enough, and those can
be had for a couple of bucks. No amount of whining will change that.

Similar changes have occurred in the music business, are occurring in the
movie business, and with the advent of 3D scanning and printing, are about
to hit the manufacturing business.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/

YNWA









On Apr 11, 2013, at 3:39 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

> PESO:
> 
> Too true!
> 
> http://www.fotoseeds.com/create-sustainably/
> 
> Tina
> 
> -- 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
> 
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