Digital BW, The Print

jnhugo wrote:

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>20 years ago assistants were getting 500 for half day- I guess you 
>are a different category of pro
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I didn't say that was ANYWHERE near my rate.  ;-)  But there are lots of 
photogs who think that's a good rate, again part of the problem..

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>the old timers were being driven out 25 years ago- digital has 
>nothing to do with that.
>the most interesting thing about digital is not so much the change 
>of process and the impact on business practices but the "fact" that 
>digital has changed the paradigm of photography..it will never be as 
>it was- 
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In some sense you contradict yourself here.  It is exactly the change in 
the paradigm that is part of what is pushing many out of the business... 
When you change to a "technician" oriented approach, it's axiomatic that 
you'll be perceived as having less value.

 
Keith Krebs

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