That's very true. I would guess that ninety-five percent or more of those who derive all or nearly all of their income from photography barely eek out a living. Any expense has to be carefully considered. Even some big-dollar pros are hurting these days. For example, car shooters are seeing more and more of their work go to computer graphics labs these days. Today's computer tools make it fairly easy for a good CG artist to generate a perfect image of a car using CATIA data from the manufacturer's engineering department. No studio cost, no transportation cost, less support staff, and a result that can be quite impressive. I would guess that up to 40% of the cars you now see in ads and on direct mail are computer generated. Even some of those you see in television commercials are computer generated. This technique is now being used for other product work as well. On Feb 26, 2007, at 1:14 AM, William Robb wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cotty" > Subject: Re: Pentax digital medium format > > > >> Sure, the price point will be important, but to business buyers, >> price is less of an issue. >> > > I keep hearing this, but my experience in the world of professional > photography is that it is wrong. > There are some pro boys out there who don't need to justify equipment > cost, > but they are pretty rare. > Most pros have a harder time justifying equipment purchases than > amateurs. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
