I know its Monday but its my blog and I can add to my Sunday commentary. The topic was about not giving it away. Mark Loundy is quickly becoming one of my favorite photographers and I haven't seen anything he's shot. I've been reading a lot of Loundy's stuff here and here. This guy knows what he's talking about when to comes to the need for independent photographers to be good business people as well as good shooters. He's a good writer, too, and tells it like it is, and how it ought to be.
And then there's this gem from the St. Louis version of craigslist. The bride is looking for a wedding shooter -- a newbie or student okay -- to shoot all day at three location and in return turn over a CD of the images and all rights for a "price to be determined." I emailed this bride and ask her how many photographers jumped at this opportunity. Even if I never hear back from her I fear this uninformed bride will find an uninformed photographer who will actually be dumb enough to take on this job on her terms. Again, if you're good enough to shoot the kind of shots she specifically describes in her ad then you're good enough to charge a fair price for them. And she should be willing to pay for quality work.
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