--- Bruce Rubenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are forums that only pros participate in > (http://www.photonews.com/forums/forums.html). You > can go there and draw > your only conclusion about what they really think > about digital. Very, > very few pros are given equipment or sponsored by > camera companies. >
Commercial photography is a very competitive business. Unless you carved out a niche for your own, most photographers are your usual working people who work to put food on the table and pay their mortgages. It's really nothing glamorous about being a professional photographer at all.. In fact, I admit to seeing some very very good work done by amateur photographers who can blow the gun barrels of the many so called pro-photographers. Really, the difference between an amateur and a pro is that, you make a transition from being a hobby to a money making profession. But it's a cut-throat business and you've got to have good salesmanship to survive in this business. I had personally seen too many great talented photographers who had a gift of art but not a gift in business. So what do this have to do with digital photography? Well, it is a new medium where no famous names have been carved in stone yet. We know Ansel Adams and we know of Anne Geddes, but these are film legends and not digital. Digital is a wide open frontier, so like a camera maker who wants to be first and grand in the digital market, any photographer also wants that same name recognition. Name recognition carries a very high price tag, and in the end, it's really all about making a buck or errr a new legend. Pros don't usually get sponsored only by getting free equipment. I mean, how many cameras do you need to make a good picture? Just one.. What they want to get is some free publicity and that sells their name and hence their reputation. And I think they are getting it, thanks to us. Rick... __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
