Tanya wrote: > ... imagine what he would've said had I shown him my "new improved, > fairygirl charging for what she is apparently worth" list?!!? Just > goes to show that I am not "worth" as much as you all seem to think... No - it only proves that people in general will be as tight with their own money as possible and what someone else does is considered inferior to whatever they do for their sustanence. Human nature is very self-centered - we really are greedy selfish creatures when the cards are down.
Though we here on PDML are quite photography-oriented, the vast range of folks have considered photography as a low cost commodity for quite some time now. Most no longer even have any experience of much more than snapshots and trying to get them to see any difference between a well executed photograph using quality equipment and a dimestore 4x6 from a disposable P&S is becoming an exercise in futility. Hang in there - just because these folks have shown their true colors doesn't mean that everyone out there is of the same mindset - though they are gaining ground ;^( Bill --------------------------------------------------------- Bill D. Casselberry ; Photography on the Oregon Coast http://www.orednet.org/~bcasselb [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------