Hi Tony, Thanks for the offer of using the .jge, I plan on putting it to use. Got a client in mind as we speak. :)
I agree with the points you made about my earlier post, but I also strongly agree with Richard's reply to Lodge's post with the possible exception of needing a private list............just not sure.....YET. I'm afraid that I have not done a good job in expressing my dismay at what is happening to "quality" photography. Of course we all have different budgets for cars, etc and we cannot always afford the best, but hopefully we can recognize quality even if we cannot afford it. Like Richard, what I am seeing and hearing from graphic/service bureau contacts is how their clients are buying digital cameras and delivering crap and expecting them to "make it work" like those overpriced pro's. Like Richard again, I also have a friend who is in the "quality" lab business. He commented two years ago that he felt because of his attention to detail and quality, his business would not only survive, but would do well. He followed that statement with the lament of how he never expected mediocrity to come into the photography business so quickly. He has lost some of his best accounts to Wall Mart and home printers. When he contacted those clients to see why they had quit using his lab, they both told him that while his work was much better that what they were doing now, their customers were satisfied with "good enough" because of a lower price............20 cents less per print. While it is true, not all can afford a Rolls, but there are still many quality autos that people own. With the exception of some commercial photographs, most images I sell are a luxury and I realize that. It is some what disappointing to be photographing a commercial job in a multi-million dollar home and see just "good enough" portraits on their walls. Should they or do they know better or just don't care........... Best, John > I have for some time now been toying around with a file extension of my > own invention - .jge - which has nothing to do with the file format but > is strictly an indication that the said file is considered 'just good > enough' for the purpose for which it is intended.> Tony Riley (surrey) =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
