That's an interesting comment since I would think that architectural and
aerial photography would be parts of the photography business least
affected by competition with rank amateurs and cheap cameras. On the
other hand they may be two areas most affected by the downturn in the
economy. I suspect his specialties may see some revival as the economy
picks up. Other areas may only continue on down.
Chuck Norcutt
On 6/16/2012 10:45 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
> Well, that's certainly part of it! He's an architectural/aerial
> photographer who was going bankrupt until he turned his business around by
> slashing his fees 20% and giving all rights to his clients. He emphasized
> that it's a new world and we have to think of photography more in terms of
> what the photo will be used for than in what we think it is worth. He also
> said he posts 3 photos a day on Facebook, Linked-In, and Google+ and
> doesn't worry at all if someone steals them. I just hate to see the value
> of photography reduced to what microstock agencies are getting for their
> photos!! It's a new, cruel world :-(
>
> Tina
>
> PS: I agree with everything you said about CNN, etc!
>
> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 9:43 AM, John Hudson<OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I wonder if it was a depressing message about the future of the photography
>> business on account of digital becoming available to virtually everyone
>> resulting in a dumbing down of the quality of output akin to CNN having
>> dumbed down news journalism with its 15 sound bites and total lack of
>> depth,
>> frivolous news and commentary blogs putting amateur contributors on a
>> pedestle while dedicated, experienced and professional journalists fade
>> away
>> since an ever declining number of people are attracted to quality in-depth
>> writing.
>>
>> jh
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tina Manley"<images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 7:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Silence of the lambs
>>
>>
>>> I've been attending an ASMP meeting in Columbia all day. Since I'm on
>> the
>>> board, I have to attend. Today's seminar was by Jim Cavanaugh, former
>>> president of ASMP. It was very, very depressing about the future of the
>>> photography business.
>>>
>>> I'll be in a funk for a few days debating what to do, but I'll be back.
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Ken Norton<ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Man, I hope we're not scaring off our new friends already! Honestly,
>>>> we've tried behaving ourselves.
>>>>
>>>> Well, mostly.
>>>>
>>>>
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