Hear hear, I couldn't agree more, Steve. In an ideal world, clients would appreciate the time, investment, creativity and knowledge base of true professionals. All too often there is the tiresome business of educating them about quality. Okay, this is understandable when faced with people not used to buying photography, but more than vexing when designers and marketing "communications" people have no idea either. As every man and his dog buys a consumer digi-cam, that battle becomes harder.
I am reminded of a recent thread, where someone from the client side joined this list to ask "How to" questions, several people offered help, and that's the last we heard from her! In fact she's just unsubscribed! Quote of the week "Oh, can't you just put on your sunny day filters?" John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Climpson" > > Yep, Thats a super idea. Lets all do this and watch the pool of potentially > available work get smaller. > Alternately we could sell higher standards to potential clients, sell them > ideas & skill that they do not have & then keep gently reminding them that > they don't have the requisite ideas / skills, etc. > If they still want to go ahead and DIY the job, thats fine but for > christsake don't assist them! > > Kind Regards > > Steve > > > > =============================================================== > GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
