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Comment on Nostalgia by Ange

Ange — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:06:30 +0000

Comment on Nostalgia by Tammie Nelson

Tammie Nelson — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:30:24 +0000

Awesome post, Dave. I loved having the opportunity to see this side of your Dad. Thank you for sharing.

Comment on custom white balance for IR using LAB by Ki

Ki — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:04:16 +0000

It would be really great if you could update this, also with how you do the false colour in lab.
I have found your method to be one of the best I have tried so far, but I’m still not 100% how to go about getting the WB ‘right’ and then doing the colours…

Comment on You never think it’s going to happen to you… by Robby Slaughter

Robby Slaughter — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:12:03 +0000

@Liz: Your response (a year later!) has sparked my renewed interest in this conversation. You write:

“Why creative people should be treated any differently from accountants or tradespeople baffles me.”

However, this comment highlights the heart of the issue. Accountants, plumbers, painters, teachers, doctors, lawyers and virtually everyone else are paid for working, *not* paid a royalty for the right to use their work product. If we were to compensate plumbers like we do photographers, everyone who used a particular sink would have to pay royalties!

Certainly, artists deserve to be paid. But why can’t we pay artists just like artisans—for the work they do?

Comment on You never think it’s going to happen to you… by Liz Barnard

Liz Barnard — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:39:06 +0000

In my view, this issue of using creative work for free on the grounds that the photographer, or writer, or musician, likes having their ego stroked is completely unjustified. I think what Indy.org has done is appalling. You wouldn’t expect a qualified plumber to come and mend your sink for free because s/he likes being useful to the community. You’d expect to pay them!

Both plumbers and photographers have spent years acquiring their skills and a lot of money equipping themselves and it’s reasonable to expect to be paid for the outcome. Why creative people should be treated any differently from accountants or tradespeople baffles me.

Flickr is a showcase for people’s work. Some may not want to be paid for their images but I bet most of us would! As far as I am concerned Flickr is the equivalent of the Yellow Pages (UK) and a potential marketplace. If my images are up there and you want to use them you pay me for them. Period.

I bet Jeff at Indy is not working for nothing! Not paying creatives for their work is nothing short of scandalous. We need to stick up for our rights – if our work has value for other people they should pay for it. How else are we to make ends meet?

Liz Barnard

Comment on Why I always keep a hood on my lenses by Dave

Dave — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:43:01 +0000

I think winter’s over. We need to go out shooting. I think the last time we were out shooting together was up in Peru.

Comment on I need a new backup strategy by Dave

Dave — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:41:45 +0000

Hey stranger. I can definitely sympathize with getting burned out on doing stuff that computers are supposed to make easier. If you want to hear a real rant, ask us about keeping 4 different iTunes libraries synched with each other.

Comment on I need a new backup strategy by Ange

Ange — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:24:49 +0000

I think this is what burned me out.
Sending this link to Tom. We gotta find the joy again.

Comment on Why I always keep a hood on my lenses by Ange

Ange — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:22:03 +0000

Thanks for the reminder.
It’s been so long since I’ve gone out to shoot, I’m almost afraid to pick the camera up any more.

Comment on I need a new backup strategy by Paul D'Andrea

Paul D'Andrea — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:21:37 +0000

Oh, I don’t know, Dave. I work pretty hard at getting the crap photos out of the way.