Mal

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Blythman wrote:
Mal wrote:
This question always pops up and it always bugs me !
you have just gave an example why i used this smiley

We live in a age where quite frequently a blurry image taking by a mobile phone and submitted to a agency, is the biggest selling photo of the day .

And what about the artists who never made enough money while alive , but their paintings now sell for hundreds of millions !

I see photographers produce fabulous images , yet never make a penny and yet i see other photographers produce nothing but snap shots making money and every body has seen the fly by night wedding photographers who lift other peoples photos to to put on a website as an example of their own work .....which one is the professional? .....just enjoy your photography is what i say
The professional is the one who gets paid. Simple really. Not necessarily the best.

Don't know why it would bug you that someone would ask . And why asking should impact on my enjoyment of photography
It doesn't bug me that much Alan , its just the amount of times i see the question pop up . like i say how many times have you heard stories about the fly by night wedding photographers , they pick up a DSLR and think they can get enough images out of hundreds taking to please the customer and fail !......there paid for their services so any body can call them selves a pro with just a couple weeks self training.

Comment by Mal posted on Who is a pro photographer? at 03/02/2013 - 17:26

Mal
Like i said before it's all nonsense

Comment by Mal posted on Who is a pro photographer? at 03/02/2013 - 17:18

Mal
Haha why didn't he just give them a signal to stop for a second to get the shot.

Like the way they tried to save the cameras first too

Comment by Mal posted on wedding photographer fail at 03/02/2013 - 17:11

Mal
This question always pops up and it always bugs me !
you have just gave an example why i used this smiley

We live in a age where quite frequently a blurry image taking by a mobile phone and submitted to a agency, is the biggest selling photo of the day .

And what about the artists who never made enough money while alive , but their paintings now sell for hundreds of millions !

I see photographers produce fabulous images , yet never make a penny and yet i see other photographers produce nothing but snap shots making money and every body has seen the fly by night wedding photographers who lift other peoples photos to to put on a website as an example of their own work .....which one is the professional? .....just enjoy your photography is what i say

Comment by Mal posted on Who is a pro photographer? at 03/02/2013 - 17:04

Mal
Looks like a software problem to me .....what you using?

Comment by Mal posted on Is this purple fringing? at 03/02/2013 - 16:43

Mal
A pro photographer is someone who makes a living solely from photography so that rules me out

Comment by Mal posted on Who is a pro photographer? at 03/02/2013 - 11:46

Mal
bforbes wrote:
A screw to far I think Alan.

I'd heard good reports of APM Camera Repairs in Newcastle but was not sure if he only dealt with camera bodies. Spoke to him this morning, he does work on lenses, so I'm taking it in tomorrow.
Yes APM are pretty good and reasonable costs too......if hes got any new pentax fit lenses in make sure you don't look at them! , i can't make there to have look around until the end of the week

Comment by Mal posted on Tamron Infinity Focus at 29/01/2013 - 13:44

Mal
AuraTodd wrote:
Mal wrote:
Get your self a Flickr account , you will find it quite interesting , there is a lot of Pentax groups along with a lot more groups that take your fancy , plus it can be fun getting to know other photographers from around the world .
Apparently I have come to my limit on flickr and have to pay to upgrade. have some photo's on Photobucket.

Thats the limit for the month , you cam post photos again until you reach your limit for the new month and so on ..... think a pro account is around £15 a year

Comment by Mal posted on Thumbnails are smaller, can you explain what went wrong please? at 29/01/2013 - 13:38

Mal
First thing , don't upload photos to Facebook , if your wanting your friends to see your photos , upload them to another site and post a link to that photo .

When sending out take down notices , include the rights of the images have been licensed and your clients left the last company that did not comply with the notice, were left with a very hefty legal bill to pay as well as costs .

If your wanting to search to see if anyone is using any of your images , you could try Google click on the camera icon in search and it will give you the option to upload a image , after the upload it will automatically search for that and similar images.

Comment by Mal posted on Image theft "Facebook" at 29/01/2013 - 01:25

Mal
Get your self a Flickr account , you will find it quite interesting , there is a lot of Pentax groups along with a lot more groups that take your fancy , plus it can be fun getting to know other photographers from around the world .

Comment by Mal posted on Thumbnails are smaller, can you explain what went wrong please? at 29/01/2013 - 01:10

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