Re: photos needed (and the value of photography)

**C* U* <c*@gmail.com>**

One other aspect of the problem is that fact that there are employers  
who need to be educated about what a good photograph is. Some of them  
believe that with the advent of digital cameras "everyone is a  
photographer." And that's a quote.

Carolyn Ulrich
On Jun 13, 2013, at 2:15 PM, KTCopsey@aol.com wrote:

> I have to say that I thought it was rather refreshing for someone to  
> be
> honest about what their art work is worth and what is not worth. So  
> often,
> particularly in GWA, it is frowned upon to discuss fees and it  
> leaves those
> who  are maybe starting out not having a clue what to charge.
>
> What is also apparent is that we are all professional and along with  
> many
> other artistic fields, the amount we charge, or get paid,for things  
> runs
> from  just above free to a few thousand.
>
> It would be nice is the GWA so many of us are member of, often posts
> writing gigs for low paying places such as the one currently on  
> there where
> someone has a blog that needs entries :  'looking for unique content  
> on a
> variety of garden and landscape topics' for all of $15!  Why are we  
> not  vetting
> these people and letting them know that we are worth more than $15  
> an if
> they want to post a job it needs to have a realistic fee structure.
>
> Kate
>
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> In a message dated 6/13/2013 1:17:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> rsbirdy@comcast.net writes:
>
> It is a  sore point for me too..to hear that $50 is too low to  
> bother. In
> my world it  is not. I suspect others understand my world...
>
> I only have trouble  that the comment was posted to the list. Others  
> that
> believe $50 is  fair...will get involved...if it is too low for
> some...fine...they won't  reply. I just don't need to hear how low  
> it  is.
>
>
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