Comments on: Brilliant http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/ Leslie Burns-Dell'Acqua writes on the photo business and marketing Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:28:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris Griffiths http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/comment-page-1/#comment-40210 Chris Griffiths Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:48:16 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/#comment-40210 Anyone been brave enough to show this to a client asking you to work for nothing? Anyone been brave enough to show this to a client asking you to work for nothing?

]]> By: claggere http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/comment-page-1/#comment-39843 claggere Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:15:42 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/#comment-39843 What starts with "C", ends in "NT" and there's a lie in the middle of all of them? CLIENT! What starts with “C”, ends in “NT” and there’s a lie in the middle of all of them?

CLIENT!

]]> By: Rich Green http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/comment-page-1/#comment-39722 Rich Green Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:37:53 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/#comment-39722 Saw this on the EP site. I just get more discouraged when I see this stuff. The Harlan Ellison video is another one. Saw this on the EP site. I just get more discouraged when I see this stuff. The Harlan Ellison video is another one.

]]> By: Howard Worf http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/comment-page-1/#comment-39695 Howard Worf Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:02:42 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/#comment-39695 Covered just about every trick in the book before 'the cheque is in the post'. Applicable to all commerce. Genius. How did the people who made the video get paid? Covered just about every trick in the book before ‘the cheque is in the post’. Applicable to all commerce. Genius. How did the people who made the video get paid?

]]> By: Des Gershon http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/comment-page-1/#comment-39694 Des Gershon Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:50:40 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/#comment-39694 Just brillilant - the very reasons I no longer bother with cr*p clients. Just brillilant – the very reasons I no longer bother with cr*p clients.

]]> By: A Photographer http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/comment-page-1/#comment-39691 A Photographer Sun, 31 May 2009 19:40:27 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/#comment-39691 in response to a fair estimate for a photo shoot, I actually got a long nasty letter from some goofball who thought it silly that a photographer should charge him to take the pictures out of their camera, for the time spent working for him after the actual shoot. perhaps he thinks the camera, the lighting equipment, the software needed to open and process raw images, health insurance, shouldn't be factored into pricing... in response to a fair estimate for a photo shoot, I actually got a long nasty letter from some goofball who thought it silly that a photographer should charge him to take the pictures out of their camera, for the time spent working for him after the actual shoot.

perhaps he thinks the camera, the lighting equipment, the software needed to open and process raw images, health insurance, shouldn’t be factored into pricing…

]]> By: Kristina Krug http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/comment-page-1/#comment-39690 Kristina Krug Sun, 31 May 2009 19:26:18 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/#comment-39690 absolutely brilliant. It's being passed around facebook! absolutely brilliant. It’s being passed around facebook!

]]> By: pete http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/comment-page-1/#comment-39660 pete Fri, 29 May 2009 22:34:29 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/#comment-39660 Like many other photographers, I've often heard the ol', "Can we use your image on our website? We'll credit you." My response? "Oh I'd love to but the last time I was at the grocery store, they refused to let me buy food with a photo credit." Like many other photographers, I’ve often heard the ol’, “Can we use your image on our website? We’ll credit you.”

My response? “Oh I’d love to but the last time I was at the grocery store, they refused to let me buy food with a photo credit.”

]]> By: Luke Copping http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/comment-page-1/#comment-39650 Luke Copping Fri, 29 May 2009 05:55:37 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/#comment-39650 This has happened to me twice in the last week, thankfully, just at quoting. I walked away from both, but the ridiculousness of their thought process was illustrated so perfectly here. This has happened to me twice in the last week, thankfully, just at quoting. I walked away from both, but the ridiculousness of their thought process was illustrated so perfectly here.

]]> By: insomma, mi sta chiedendo di lavorare gratis ? « il fotografo laterale – blog di Paolo Nobile http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/comment-page-1/#comment-39638 insomma, mi sta chiedendo di lavorare gratis ? « il fotografo laterale – blog di Paolo Nobile Thu, 28 May 2009 16:44:53 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/05/27/brilliant-2/#comment-39638 [...] Grazie a Leslie Burns Dell’Acqua [...] [...] Grazie a Leslie Burns Dell’Acqua [...]

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