William Robb typed this message on Mr. Gore's wonderful invention - > Lets carry your example to another part of the business; the portrait > photographer. > Using your logic, he would only shoot one frame of a subject, since > he is only going to sell one picture. > Even the Sears Portrait Studio knows better than that.
Bill, you're absolutely right but I might add that you've added another variable into the equation - the subjectivity of the person buying the portrait. That said tho, the more experienced the portrait photographer, the less likely he/or she will shoot other than what he has success with in the past. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 6:44 PM Subject: Re: Who has an istDS? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kenneth Waller" > Subject: Re: Who has an istDS? > > > > On 12/29, Shel caused the following to appear on my CRT - > >>"No, pros didn't throw away the bad ones. They were saved on > >>contact > > sheets > >> and negatives, and became valuable tools in both the editing > >> process and > >> helping the photographer understand the shooting process." > > > > Not the practice of the several pro outdoor photogs I know. They > > long ago > > stopped shooting things they know wouldn't sell & they have shot > > enough, > > under most conditions, that there are very few situations they > > aren't > > photographically familiar with. > > > > If what you say were true then the current digital pro would most > > likely be > > saving all digital images shot to learn the shooting process. > > Ken, you are talking about a very specific niche of the industry, and > actually making a bit of a strawman argument as well. > It doesn't surprise me that a pro won't do what doesn't make money > for him. To do otherwise is bad business. > The rest of your statement relates to experience, which some people > think they have enough of, and most of us feel we could use more of. > One of my past ventures was an attempt at being a pro landscape > photographer. Never got enough sales to quit my day job, but I have > work hanging all over the world now, for my efforts. > One thing I found was that it was kind of hard to predict sometimes > just what would sell, and what would languish, and as far as shooting > "enough", I always feared (and was often correct) that if i stopped > when I had shot enough, i would come away with one nice image which > would then have a processing mark on it, or a dust mote imbedded at > time of exposure, or some other disaster. > > Lets carry your example to another part of the business; the portrait > photographer. > Using your logic, he would only shoot one frame of a subject, since > he is only going to sell one picture. > Even the Sears Portrait Studio knows better than that. > > William Robb > > >
