What is your worth?
Feb 20, 2021 08:33:28 #
Feb 20, 2021 08:56:51 #
Paul Diamond wrote:
If you measure your worth in 'worldly values', wha... (show quote)
Your answer bespeaks of wisdom. Making the world a better place quietly is the best a man can do. Helping your fellow man is the most noble of projects. Helping him with worldly goods is admirable but helping him with his soul is most noble. When a man's soul is at peace he becomes whole.
Feb 20, 2021 09:01:52 #
srscary
Loc: Cary, NC
CHG_CANON wrote:
The easiest way to make money as a photographer is to sell your equipment.
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Feb 20, 2021 09:06:27 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
The easiest way to make money as a photographer is to sell your equipment.
It only seems so but you actually lose money doing so! And your net worth is going down (of course unless you have other source of income). But it won't prove anything unless you show me your tax return.
Feb 20, 2021 09:13:36 #
cactuspic
Loc: Dallas, TX
What you are talking about is marketing, luck, skill and the interaction between them. Many Hollywood stars toiled in obscurity before they got their break, while some of their equally talented peers never made it. Did the stars deserve their break...probably. Were they the only one who had the skill, the drive, and the ability to market themselves...unlikely. There is always an element of being in the right place at the right time. Peter Lik sets a gold standard when it comes to selling photos but there are other equally talented photographer who would starve if they tried to sell their work at his prices. While those that ascend the financial Everest of their profession usually have the "right stuff", they usually forget the happenstance and opportunity that came their way, that may not have come to others.
As for Gursky, at 73" x 143", the print sure is big...to each their own.
As for Gursky, at 73" x 143", the print sure is big...to each their own.
Feb 20, 2021 09:23:30 #
As a photographer, I'm priceless. No one is going to pay me for the pictures I take, but I get total enjoyment from looking at them. "Priceless" - in both meanings of the word.
Feb 20, 2021 09:40:14 #
jerryc41 wrote:
As a photographer, I'm priceless. No one is going to pay me for the pictures I take, but I get total enjoyment from looking at them. "Priceless" - in both meanings of the word.
Itâs interesting that a fair âpriceâ may reflect what something is âworthâ while
âpricelessâ and âworthlessâ are essentially opposites.
Feb 20, 2021 10:11:27 #
Rongnongno wrote:
As a photographer, what is your worth? br br Folk... (show quote)
Fortunately I don't have to worry what anyone thinks. I try to improve, but photography and custom book binding and now laser etching are my expressive outlets. I do it only for me and I am fortunate in that regard.
Feb 20, 2021 10:29:19 #
BebuLamar wrote:
So Ron what is your worth? Can you give a number?
Today? As I mentioned, peanuts.
It is about being introduced and knowing what you can deliver. I stopped because we moved. Each market is different, introductions are different and what works somewhere does not somewhere else.
Feb 20, 2021 10:43:28 #
Paul Diamond wrote:
If you measure your worth in 'worldly values', wha... (show quote)
Very nice, but waaaaaaay off topic. I have reasonable reading comprehension and have no doubt whatsoever that the question here is money.
If you wanna preach that money isnât the âmeasure of a manâ then start a thread in the chit chat forum. This thread is about money. That is the topic.
Feb 20, 2021 10:46:28 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
The people that seem to worth something (by contributing to others) seem to only get their credit after they die. Too bad we don't say more thanks to them while alive.
Feb 20, 2021 10:49:48 #
quixdraw wrote:
Congrats, you have created a new philosophy - Amoral equivalency.
Not new in the least ... and nothing immoral about the amoral.
Feb 20, 2021 10:53:48 #
Rick from NY
Loc: Sarasota FL
Sounds like psychobabble to me. Iâm a photographer; not interested in becoming a philosopher.
Feb 20, 2021 11:14:17 #
User ID wrote:
Very nice, but waaaaaaay off topic. I have reasonable reading comprehension and have no doubt whatsoever that the question here is money.
If you wanna preach that money isnât the âmeasure of a manâ then start a thread in the chit chat forum. This thread is about money. That is the topic.
If you wanna preach that money isnât the âmeasure of a manâ then start a thread in the chit chat forum. This thread is about money. That is the topic.
This thread is about selecting a market and being able to fulfill the expectation the client has.
This is an integral part of a photography business.
$$$ is always a subject here, what do you think the threads about gear, software are about?
What is your worth is about:
- Being confident as a photographer
- Being appreciated (or in 'favor' - different optic)
- Work being sold (by yourself) at the right price for the right market.
Way too many folks under evaluate their skill worth* and as such under sale their work.
High-end market? Hard work, skills, luck (at first) and sparse as mentioned what works somewhere does not somewhere else.
Professional photographers, like all other professions, are mercenaries not do-gooders.
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* Many over valuate it and sell fertilizer. These are bottom feeders praying on unsuspecting consumers. (Note consumers, not clients).
Feb 20, 2021 11:49:50 #
quixdraw wrote:
No price list, setting your prices based on your customer's wealth - ethical? Just a con game.
Sorry, this is the "real" world for survival (making money) ......you do not have to LIKE it . Otherwise, be poor but happy.
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