Hi Peter, Is there no governing body or organisation for pro's in your country? Around here you have to join the PPSA (Professional Photographers of Southern Africa) to get that status. To join you have to have a 3 year technikon diploma or have served under a registered pro as an appie. You still have to submit a portfolio of your work as well. You can't just go around telling people you are a pro. Oh and you get to charge "pro" prices as well.
To get dealership on any product is easy. All you do is go to the distributor and sign up as a dealer and they give you that kind of prices. I've bought computers, cameras, cell phones this way and re-sold them. Never heard of anybody giving one away though. Feroze ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 6:59 PM Subject: Re: PMA and Pentax DSLR > Anybody can be a Pro. There's no percentage in giving the average pro an > expensive camera for promotional purposes. You have to be a hi-profile > Pro. > > (Anybody want to count the number of times the three character sequence 'pro' > appears in this post?) > > At 10:36 AM 1/31/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >This of course begs the question: > > > >"How do I get to be a 'pro'?" > >Is there a license that one has to have in other parts of the world that > >allows them to be considered a 'pro' photographer? Is it a referral from > >another 'pro'? > > > >I know a 'pro' makes a living from taking photograhs and selling his/her > >images but at last check, I don't know of any worldwide guild/union. > > > >I'm curious more than anything else because I wonder what's there to stop > >someone from saying "yep, I'm a pro; gimme my discount and gimme a camera" > >from the distributors. > > > >Thanks, > >Dave > > > > > >Original Message: > >----------------- > >From: P�l Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 16:20:00 +0100 > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: PMA and Pentax DSLR > > > > > >Bruce wrote: > > > > > The vast majority of working pros in this country are not "names" and > > > buy there equipment like everyone else. Very often they don't go the > > > cheapest places either, because they want service and personal > > > attention. That's why, in NYC, Ken Hanson is still so popular with pros > > > even though B&H is a 15 minute walk away. > > > > > >Perhaps this is some peculiarity of North America due to very low prices of > >the New York mail order houses. In the rest of the world, the camera > >distributors deal with professional photographers business directly; not > >many pros if any, buy the cameras in a camera store. This is basically what > >pro marketing is about. Pro prices are anything from 30% rebate to free.... > > > >P�l > > > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > >mail2web - Check your email from the web at > >http://mail2web.com/ . > > Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. > Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx > >
