Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Would you let "Cousin Louis" shoot your wedding?

From this months Photo District News a couple of great quotes from editor Holly Hughes:

"Some designers , for example, are demanding that photographers hand over unretouched digital image files, in hopes that this will save on photography or postproduction fees. Wedding photographers are having to deal with brides who want to pay a flat fee in return for a cd of unedited, unaltered images (a few short-sighted photographers are giving in to their demands). Luckily many wedding photographers are making headway in educating clients that if they have bothered to hire a photographer whose style they like--as opposed to, say, Cousin Louis who has a digital camera--they would be making a mistake by not letting a professional finish the job"

"What's changed in two years is that art buyers have realized they need the skills of an experienced photographer as much as they ever did to oversee shooting and retouching of believable images"

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