Michael McBlane said:Most good photographers don't want to do the volume needed to pay mall rent. Therefore the mall photographers are usually high volume flog em in and flog em out types without the time or often the desire to do much more than the work that you described.
jdef said:To be honest, the differences between most of the so-called upscale pros' work and that of the mall franchises is mostly superficial, having more to do with the locations and backdrops than the emotional connection with the sitters. Even the lighting is fairly standardized. Volume and quality aren't strictly related.
jdef said:...are you suggesting that the "better" pros choose to leave their homes and families for the big cities?
jdef also said:I don't believe that being a pro or an amateur, living in a big city or a small town, Running a studio out of a mall or a swank downtown studio, doing high volume or low volume, have anything to do with the emotional connection between a photographer and his/her subject.
Shifting sands... now you are comparing different things, and seem quite self-contradictory at this point by pointing small-town storefront operators at one another.jdef said:I would still like to know how you believe things like professional status, studio location, or volume of work affect a photographer's emotional connection to his subjects, and the ultimate quality of his work.
Michael all of the things you wrote about professional portrait photography conspire against the kind of emotional connection I referred to, and explain (to me at least) the disparity between pro/commercial work and amateure/personal work.
Michael A. Smith said:P.S. I know a lot more about his education--where he learne dhis techniques, etc. A lot of that will be in our forthcoming book--there is way too much for anyone to write about it in a forum like this.
Ed Sukach said:I don't know just where this should be - again. I think this has mostly to do with "philosophy" -- why we do what we do, the support we need to keep ourselves going, and our progression "up the ladder" (??? well - so to speak. That "ladder is awfully nebulous).
I read this as part of the opening blurb on Netscape ...
An Advantage for using "Digital":
"Instant feedback of digital means you get better faster. Most digital cameras have LCD screens that allow you to check your photos as you go. Particularly for beginning photographers, being able to quickly learn from your mistakes is a huge advantage."
I wonder ... DOES anyone here think that using digital cameras really will make the beginning photographer get "better" faster?
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