http://blog.melchersystem.com/2008/10/11/the-end-of-the-stocker/ Another Photo Industry blog Tue, 22 May 2012 00:45:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://blog.melchersystem.com/2008/10/11/the-end-of-the-stocker/#comment-2102 pmelcher Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:15:20 +0000 http://blog.melchersystem.com/2008/10/11/the-end-of-the-stocker/#comment-2102 1. You do not shoot for anyone but for anyone. You have no freedom as you only shoot images that you think could sell. You do not even care if you are not published as you never see any or few of your publications. Passionate photographers want to see their images published.Not their sales reports. 2. Accounting gibberish. Not worthy of a real photographer who is passionate about photography. worthy of a number cruncher. exactly my point. Greed motivates you. 3. As if there was no photo editors in the agencies to whom you submit telling you the same thing. And if your experience with photo editors is as you describe it ( Yelling at you), then it just shows that you are not good enough to be hired. 1. You do not shoot for anyone but for anyone. You have no freedom as you only shoot images that you think could sell. You do not even care if you are not published as you never see any or few of your publications. Passionate photographers want to see their images published.Not their sales reports.
2. Accounting gibberish. Not worthy of a real photographer who is passionate about photography. worthy of a number cruncher. exactly my point. Greed motivates you.
3. As if there was no photo editors in the agencies to whom you submit telling you the same thing. And if your experience with photo editors is as you describe it ( Yelling at you), then it just shows that you are not good enough to be hired.

]]> http://blog.melchersystem.com/2008/10/11/the-end-of-the-stocker/#comment-2101 jeffgreenberg Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:39:05 +0000 http://blog.melchersystem.com/2008/10/11/the-end-of-the-stocker/#comment-2101 1.>you tell us what kind of work it is to shoot for no one. 2.>To get up in the morning and shoot some pictures in the hope that one day, somehow, somewhere, they will be licensed 3.>you shoot stock because you have no clients ===== 1. some of us have the passion & love the freedom of shooting for anyone needing our subjects, verified by the diversity of buyers contained in our commission reports 2. some of us average selling X photos (X = 1,2,5,10,20, or whatever) per day, & we logically assume X+1 photos we take today will sell at some point in future 3. some of us shoot stock because we don't need a soccer dad or mom AKA photo editor yelling at us from the sidelines that we are no good -- our commission reports yell "SALE, SALE, SALE" much louder 1.>you tell us what kind of work it is to shoot for no one. 2.>To get up in the morning and shoot some pictures in the hope that one day, somehow, somewhere, they will be licensed
3.>you shoot stock because you have no clients
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1. some of us have the passion & love the freedom of shooting for anyone needing our subjects, verified by the diversity of buyers contained in our commission reports
2. some of us average selling X photos (X = 1,2,5,10,20, or whatever) per day, & we logically assume X+1 photos we take today will sell at some point in future
3. some of us shoot stock because we don’t need a soccer dad or mom AKA photo editor yelling at us from the sidelines that we are no good — our commission reports yell “SALE, SALE, SALE” much louder

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