sounds like professional photography is DEAD:
" I think the only way to make money as a photographger these
days is weddings and porn."
-----Original Message-----
From: KGKIRKLEY@aol.com [mailto:KGKIRKLEY@aol.com]
Sent: May 24, 2002 2:09 PM
To: astro-photo@seds.org
Subject: Re: [APML] S&T's New Publishing Agreement
In a message dated 5/24/02 12:09:45 PM, matt@starmatt.com writes:
<< Kent,
Back in the golden age of the 70's and 80's, big money could be made by the
top astrophotographers (Malin). NASA went to the moon. There were no HST
images in the public domain. There were no royalty-free CDs. There was no
digital image processing. There was a small number of astrophotographers
producing high quality work.
In the new millenium that's all changed. And not just for astrophotographers.
The stock photography agency world has been consolidated and the pie is
smaller overall. I think the only way to make money as a photographger these
days is weddings and porn.
Today the cost of the best quality astrophotography systems (including CCD)
is very high. The people who can afford that do not need the money from
selling pictures, so they give it away. Even the not-so-rich folks want
recognition, so much so, that they give away their work freely or cheaply.
In this environment, we do not have much leg to stand on. Believe me, I am as
sorry as anyone about the current state of affairs.
Just my $0.02.
Matt >>
Matt:
Heard and noted, and you're pretty much correct, but we ( I ) don't have to
go along with it. What you relate is exactly what I was talking about. If we
passively accept the terms they offer, we are part of the problem.
When presented with an agreement like the one we're discussing, cross out any
offensive sections and write in your changes, initial and submitt it back to
the publisher.
Kent Kirkley
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