Comments on: Smoke gets in your eyes http://blog.melchersystem.com/2009/11/23/smoke-gets-in-your-eyes/ Another Photo Industry blog Tue, 22 May 2012 19:04:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: jdubbyah http://blog.melchersystem.com/2009/11/23/smoke-gets-in-your-eyes/#comment-4201 jdubbyah Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:25:59 +0000 http://blog.melchersystem.com/2009/11/23/smoke-gets-in-your-eyes/#comment-4201 <p>With respect, crying into your hands is one reaction - though others of us intent on learning from and being proactive with the Google generation, see this moment as having the potential to empower the photographer as never before. </p> <p>I'm sorry that you feel so bad, but I don't share much, if any of your negativity. And more importantly neither do the generation of image makers coming through now.</p> With respect, crying into your hands is one reaction - though others of us intent on learning from and being proactive with the Google generation, see this moment as having the potential to empower the photographer as never before.

I’m sorry that you feel so bad, but I don’t share much, if any of your negativity. And more importantly neither do the generation of image makers coming through now.

]]> By: Mick Shrimpton http://blog.melchersystem.com/2009/11/23/smoke-gets-in-your-eyes/#comment-4189 Mick Shrimpton Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:12:10 +0000 http://blog.melchersystem.com/2009/11/23/smoke-gets-in-your-eyes/#comment-4189 You're spot on about many of the art directors who have assumed picture editing responsibilities. And if they consider dealing with photographers to be beneath them just imagine the disdain they reserve for those of us calling from picture libraries. On a slightly brighter note, there are still some picture editors (in the UK at least) not only hanging on to their jobs but also prepared to fight for quality photography. By rights we shouldn't still be selling images to several national newspapers and major publishing groups because we charge more than they tell us they're prepared to pay. Why do our pictures still get used? Because the picture editors recognise their quality and are prepared to fight for their inclusion. So far we're winning more battles than we're losing. Do I think we'll win the war? Ask me in another 12 months... You’re spot on about many of the art directors who have assumed picture editing responsibilities. And if they consider dealing with photographers to be beneath them just imagine the disdain they reserve for those of us calling from picture libraries.

On a slightly brighter note, there are still some picture editors (in the UK at least) not only hanging on to their jobs but also prepared to fight for quality photography.

By rights we shouldn’t still be selling images to several national newspapers and major publishing groups because we charge more than they tell us they’re prepared to pay. Why do our pictures still get used? Because the picture editors recognise their quality and are prepared to fight for their inclusion.

So far we’re winning more battles than we’re losing. Do I think we’ll win the war? Ask me in another 12 months…

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