Brian Yarvin wrote > > I know my market and I see the forces that power it - > believe me, the opinions of technical gurus count for zilch.
While I agree generally with this principle (it is all very well taking a moral stand with clients... but it doesn't get you repeat bookings) I also wonder who it falls to in the grand scheme of things to educate the image users. We can't argue with libraries because they are only passing on the demands of the clients (the image users)... The Libraries don't have to argue with the clients because we (the image makers) will fall over backwards to meet any demands that are set... The clients don't have to modify their behaviour because they are the ones with the cash... they can ask for whatever they want, and there is no pressure for them to even understand what they are doing as they will never take the blame when it goes wrong anyway. How do we motivate clients to listen to the technical gurus, for the benefit of all of us (it will save them money in the long run if they are not dealing with unnecessarily large files, and may increase the range of images that are open to them)? Giles Stokoe photographer/photojournalist. See some images at http://www.stokoe.co.uk =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
