Coming from the previous post , but this time approacing the business side of this all, I have these observations and questions:
If you check the MANY many times people (photographers) are asking in the forums about how to adapt the change from film to digital to elaborate on their fees( how to calculate capture, how to charge for post-processing,etc,etc) showing in a very dramatic way that almost nobody has a real clue to this very basic aspect of the digital shooting style, and no one has still a real clue as to how it will afect their business in the med-long term, then why in hell are we going to embark into the printer's side of the equation first?? THis is also an emotional aspect of the thing, but this time,cold numbers are involved here. This same discussion is running around the forums in the US( editorial photographers, APAdigital. Photodigital, etc). There is no consistency on the way fees are being handled,and actually many big corporations are taking advantage of this situation, asking for lower pricing, since "digital is cheaper",with no film and processing and Polaroid involved, and at the same time many of us are embarking on how to deal with GCR and UCR and percentages of black ink and angles , and etc,etc,etc. I guess some way to define guidelines to this dreadful situation should be issued by the photographer's organizations, or else, this vision that digital is cheaper will affect our business for good, and our knowledge of UCR and GCR and inks etc, will be rendered useless when and if we close shop. The amazing wave of Work for Hire and BuyOut contracts issued by big corporations like Time Warner( owner of no less than 100 magazines) is just as amazing as the wave of " digital is cheaper" , so those big guys feel more empowered to push for lower fees to be offered to photographers. Should we not worry about this first, well before ink angles?? All the best. Jorge Parra APA/ASMP www.jorgeparra.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
