Truphotos
An in-depth article written to explain the reasons why photographers cannot work for free. This is in response to the commonly seen situation where photographers are regularly approached, not for work, but for free images.
Summarised into the following points:
- If images are given out for free, photographers will not be able to make a living.
- The issue of “budget constraints” pleas from clients are hard to fathom. Ever tried asking for discounts on your electricity or utility bills?
- Receiving a “credit” in the form of a link or watermark don’t mean much. “Credits” don’t pay bills.
Here is another insightful but short article on how much it costs to create one image. Easily in the thousands. That is why serious photographers do not give out their images for free as they need to cover costs of running their business.
If photographers are thought to be expensive, think again. Or refer to an earlier post about why wedding photographers are expensive.
According to Nikonrumors, some samples of the to be released D800 can be found on Flickr by Japanese photographer and director Shinji Watanabe. But all I could find was only 1 image taken on 9 Jan 2012, with a size of 7360 x 4912, giving a maximum resolution of 36 megapixels.
The other images seem to have been taken with a Hasselblad H3D-39.
Update: The sample was taken down after that together with a poster of a movie believed to have been shot with the D800. This makes it all the more obvious that the sample could have been an actual sample from the D800. I guess we will find out in 5 days time.
Original source: Nikon Rumors
Have you ever wondered why wedding photographers are so expensive? Aren’t all they do is bring a large and expensive camera to the venue and press some 1000 times on the shutter button? It’s just too easy for them to charge $3000 for a one-day wedding when all they do is hang out there and edit some photos.
The fact that they are making so much money is just absurd.
Sounds familiar? Look no further. The answers to your long-time queries have been answered in this article
I was very privileged and honoured to be selected for a feature on STAMP Magazine Online to showcase some of my favourite works.
Check it out at: http://www.stampmagazineonline.com/2012/01/23/daily-art-inspiration-98-deng-weizhong/
