Working at it day in day out, is far different from doing it as a hobby. If you have an off day, you still have to deliver the product to your customer. As much as you may regret that it is not better, the only thing that really counts is that the customer is happy. Folks don't want to believe it, but photography for hire is WORK.
Please excuse the four letter word. -- Paul Stenquist wrote: > Working in the ad biz, I've seen the full results of shoots from top > pros. Believe me, they include plenty of clunkers. Very little > editing is done before the goods are delivered. Why? It's part and > parcel of getting your money's worth. When you pay 50 grand for a > two day shoot, you want to see the whole program. No one is perfect. > Every photographer produces some bad shots. > Paul > On May 9, 2007, at 7:26 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: > >>> Depends a lot on your purpose. >> True. I believe we were talking about pro photogs not camera club >> members. >> >>> A commercial photographer can over edit and lose sales because >>> someone may >>> have liked those photos. >> True, but I would then contend that he hasn't got a good enough >> feel for his >> potential clients needs. >> >> Kenneth Waller >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Looking at Pictures >> >> >>> Depends a lot on your purpose. A commercial photographer can over >>> edit >>> and lose sales because someone may have liked those photos. A fine >>> art >>> photographer needs to be more selective. A camera club member >>> needs to >>> make sure his photos look like everyone else's in the club. This >>> list is >>> more like a camera club than not, but is a bit more open minded. >>> >>> -graywolf >>> >>> >>> Tom C wrote: >>>>>> They've learned to largely relegate their emotions, prejudices, >>>>>> and >>>>>> personal attachments to the back >seat when deciding which >>>>>> images are >>>>>> worthy of display and may enjoy potential success. >>>>> I call that critical editing, IMO one of the best ways to >>>>> improve my >>>>> photography. >>>>> >>>>> Kenneth Waller >>>>> >>>> That's my feelings. One never becomes perfect at this but I find it >>>> coming >>>> full circle now. I can look throught the viewfinder and think, >>>> "No that's >>>> not it", or "Yes, maybe this it". >>>> >>>> To tell the truth, for almost any image I see displayed on this >>>> or any >>>> other >>>> list that is widely panned, it's the fact that it did not receive >>>> critical >>>> editting by the photographer, or if an attempt was made, it still >>>> slipped >>>> through. >>>> >>>> In short it's very often the ability to say, "I took this picture >>>> and it >>>> sucks", instead of "This picture is good because I took it". >>>> >>>> Tom C. >>>> >>>> Tom C. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
