[brian.austin]

Originally Posted by Rodeoshooter

Looking at your statement about getting paid by the print is funny. I get $1,500 for a transparency or slide. We now have people GIVING away digital files, which are the same as the transparency or slides, for NOTHING. Damned rights I get pissed off. It is ridiculous. Wake up. Just because it costs you $5 to do, doesn't mean you are making a profit at $5.01.

All right already. We get the point. Yelling the same thing 10 times in a row doesn't mean we missed it the first 9 times or that it's 10 times more likely to happen.

Just a note on the $1,500 transparency vs giving away digital files: do you really think someone willing to pay $1,500 for a slide is going to look at the work of a giveway as the same level of photography? I really think you're talking about two different levels of client here. The person looking for a free giveway isn't even in your $1,500/slide market, imo. In other words, that person was never going to be your customer to begin with.