Hope you don't mind me popping in here but I've got to say that 8 years ago when a major client stopped paying $500/slide and started paying $500 for multiple digital shots done in a day, it was obvious things were going down fast. Being entitled, knowing, experienced, seasoned, etc doesn't matter to anyone looking for a photograph. Dancing around with a penny whistle and a camera just might catch some attention though! More for the $$! Palma > I'm completely self-taught so what am I even talking about? > > I bought a penny whistle at the Irish Fest here in Kansas City a couple > weeks ago. I think I'll try to get some gigs playing it at weddings. Ha ha > ha ha! > > Lea > > the most wonderful things in life aren't things > > On Sep 25, 2011, at 11:12 PM, Herschel Mair <herschel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> What I love about professional photographers is their sense of >> entitlement. It would stun a Pharoh. It's hilarious. >> I get a lot of lucky shots and, honestly, my degree isn't worth the >> paper its printed on. My experience is a hit and miss business. I'm on >> the street like a newbie and often the newbie will get the job instead >> of me. They'll have a so-so baseball player pic in the portfolio and the >> client wants a baseball player shot. My beautiful pictures of cricket >> players only serves to illustrate that I can't shoot baseball players. >> >> But I remember being a newbie and getting breaks and the way it made me >> high so I just smile at the memory. The newbie will do the job without >> an assistant and without $20 000.00 lighting. But he might have the >> necessity and spunk to think of a new way to do it and come up with a >> new and fresh image. >> >> The profession's dying. The need for it is dying. Maybe it was never of >> any value in the first place. "Professional".... hahahaaaa.... what are >> we, brain surgeons? >> > >
