I have a brother who is a free-lance writer. He does a regular column for one magazine and writes articles for others as well. Mostly in specialized, niche publications, like Poker Digest. He was doing an article about a casino in Europe for one of them a while back and the editor said, "Be nice to have some pictures." He said, "No problem."
He has never owned a camera or, to my knowledge, used one. Doesn't know an f-stop from a subway stop. So he bought a disposable camera, shot all the film, got a friend to scan a bunch of images and e-mailed them to the editor. (He was based in Europe, the mag is published in the Western USA.) Several of the photos now have been published. And he continues to shoot photos to accompany articles, using disposable cameras -- although he was speaking wistfully last night about how nice it would be to get a digital camera. So he now is a published photographer. And he is paid, so he is a sort-of pro, too. Or is he? Bob Harris - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
