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Originally Posted by Floyd_Davidson
That is an absolutely excellent article. I tried to give you a "rep", but got that old stuff about spreading it around...
I'm a "professional photographer". I sell pictures now and then, but don't care much for being a salesman. My brother is a retired "professional salesman", he got little out of taking pictures other than it gave him something to sell! My brother thoroughly enjoys parting people from their money; I enjoy exploding people's emotions.
I just finished up three small projects. Each amounted to about half a dozen prints. In two cases it's all color 8.5x11's, the third is half color and half BW and half was printed at 11x14.
One project is for a young woman, another is a middle aged man, and one was a set of baby pictures for a young couple. How could money be equated to the emotions that half a dozen very special photographs can generate, not just for the individual but for their families!
None of these people could or would have been able to afford hiring me to do those photographs. I didn't ask them to buy pictures, I asked them if I could have the honor of photographing them. The "pay" isn't something money can buy.
And I can't imagine putting any of these images on the Internet. They weren't done to brag about my photography, and invading their privacy would be the opposite of what the images were designed to accomplish.
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Thank you, Floyd...it is much appreciated
And I feel exactly the same way - "the 'pay' isn't something money can buy." I have met a few photographers who are so bloody aggressive about their 'sales' and for what? Honestly, the accolades do not mean squat if the price to obtain them are so ridiculously high. Bleh.
I am not much for using people as subjects, but if a person asks or if they are part of a scene I am transfixed on, I will do it - sometimes only taking a fee if they insist - but always utilizing that release form. The joy of capturing a moment outranks the supposed joy of stuffing my wallet
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05-08-2008, 11:25 AM
That is rather humourous though, thank you for posting.
Slow news day!
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