Tanya wrote:
> 8. You guys are a great bunch of people who will give me a good swift kick
> up the bum when I need it...
Hey, I want to be counted as one of that bunch too...
So...a late welcome to the list Tanya, from Stockholm, Sweden, where everybody's
waiting for spring to really burst out.
(Yes, sorry to hear about what happened to your PZ, but, as others already have said,
it was better than hearing you reporting "Yeah, I saved my camera! Pity though about
the kid bumping down hill...")
You also wrote:
>but I feel truly guilty that I am taking up
> so much bandwidth with this
Don't worry, very much of the advice that you are getting will be of interest to many
other members as well. That's one of the great assets of lists like this.
Although I agree with what have been said to you about not selling yourself too cheap
I think I really can relate to what you're saying about the aspects of living/working
in a small town. There simply are some inherent obstacles in being a local without an
established reputation. In Swedish there is also a saying, something like "You'll
never become a prophet in your home town" (if it's of Biblical origin you may have a
version of it.)
Just to add a little: Even if you do choose to do some work for a cheap price, you can
always explain to your clients that your usual or future rates will be higher. Make
sure you only show them the good stuff, never downgrade your own work, no matter how
insecure you may feel about it at times.
And never give away your negatives. All your copyrights are in there, for one thing.
(Well they actually are with you anyway, but without access to the negs they may be a
whole lot more difficult to control.)
You also wrote in another post:
>A bit off topic, but thought you might be interested to know that; a) it is
so hot here that I am wearing a sarong with the air con blaring at me
Now, you
just
stop
right there...
:-)
Lasse, once believed to have joined the Pentax list in order to pick up girls...
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