At 9:34 AM -0500 11/11/02, Craig D. Heinz wrote: >This is the same tactic used by many organizations >to acquire free stock photography. I would think that the organizers >of this would be embarrassed by their lack of concern to the >devaluation of photography. You'd think that, wouldn't you? Well, think again. This is the primary way they acquire the photography that they use all year. Just another spot where quality is the best of whatever comes along and anything free is better than having to pay for it, no matter how crappy. Why, I know a commercial lifestyle publication that does exactly the same thing. In fact their spin on it is that it connects them to the community they're aimed at. Sure does save on staff, too. You don't need someone to manage contracts with freelancers, no photographer on staff either. Don't need an Art Director out there supervising the shoot, either. And if you can't tell the difference between crap and good photography you don't even know that your publication looks like crap. Pros have a motto for this situation. It's "Just Say No". -- Emily L. Ferguson elf@cape.com 508-563-6822 New England landscapes, wooden boats and races, press photography Beetle cats on the web at: http://www.vsu.cape.com/~elf http://www.beetlecat.org/store.html#yrbook
