Editing for dough, or show?

I’ve been pondering editing lately – I’m behind in my editing, there’s a queue of people who are good natured enough not to harass me about it (although if they were paying clients I suspect it would be different!), and I find myself wondering why I can’t seem to get through the backlog! While people have heard me use (Vincent Laforet’s?) “Photoshop is not a verb” quote on many occasions, it turns out it is even in Adobe’s Trademark guidelines document – “The Photoshop trademark must never be used as a common verb or as a noun…”. Well, there you go then, all you photoshoppers!!

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Why wait, go pro NOW!

You know, I really enjoy photography – I’m not a professional (ie commercial), but I behave professionally and I stand by my work. I may not charge for what I do, but I expect the interaction I have with my “clients” to benefit both of us, so I always try for the win-win, even when money doesn’t change hands!

So it was with great amusement that I read this post pointed out to me by another photographer friend!! Give it a read, the opening line alone should be enough to spark you interest:

WE NEED AN AWESOME PHOTOGRAPHER FOR OUR UPSCALE EVENT!!! IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO RUN THIS 6 HOUR EVENT, SO WE DON’T HAVE A BUDGET FOR PHOTOGRAPHER. BUT THIS IS AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY TRUE PROFESSIONAL FOR NETWORKING AND PORTFOLIO, AND YOU CAN ALSO BUY OUR
PRODUCTS.

– Yes, the ALL CAPS is how it was posted….

Without spoiling the detail, I can (with a mostly straight face) advise everyone to look into Browncolour lighting, all the pros use it!! OMG….

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