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Michelle,

Good points..Two things I would like to see, and one I have experienced and 
appreciated. That was that our completion award at Desert Gold was a picture 
of our choice from the ones hanging on the board that were taken that day. I 
was promised a matt that never arrived, but small issue..no biggee.

The second regarding digital images, I appreciate the right for these 
professional photographers to charge a reasonable fee for the image..they 
were out there, setting up, using typically expensive cameras and lenses, 
etc...so what I would like to see is a reasonable fee for the first shot, 
and maybe a half price fee for any additional. I know I absolutely love the 
few I have purchased!

Ranelle Rubin
R.Rubin Consulting

raneller@xxxxxxx

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> From: "Michelle Aquilino" <michelle.antoinette@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC]   Ride Photographers
> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:07:05 -0400
>
> Hopefully I don't step on any toes with this email :)  but I was kind of
> curious what everyone else's thoughts were.  I love photographs, and though
> I am still "new" to the sport, only having completed two 50's, knowing
> myself, I will always love having photographs from the rides.  I feel as
> though the ride photographers tend to be more on the "professional" side,
> and thus the prices are a bit steep for someone like me who really only
> wants electronic copies so I can have them on my computer and screensaver.
> I never anticipate making any prints of any photographs I buy.  And the 
> ones
> that only come in prints, never see the light of day after being placed on
> my scanner for scanning.  I personally would buy every (decent and unique
> (as in, if two pictures are taken at the same spot, I would only buy one))
> picture of me taken at a ride if they were more moderately priced.
>
> Besides the difficult task of telling my friends I'm out photographing
> rather than helping crew for them, lol, I love photography, and would love
> to photograph at rides just for fun.  And then share them all on a photo
> sharing website, for anyone to take and use as they please.  I really don't
> care about compensation as it doesn't cost anything to use a digital 
> camera,
> and there are plenty of free photo-sharing websites.  Anyway, I was just
> wondering what everyone's thoughts were on this.  Would this "ruin" the 
> ride
> photographers business and screw those of us up who want "professional"
> looking pictures?  or are more of the majority people like me and would
> really apprecaite someone volunteering as a photographer at a ride?
>
> I don't know.  In anticipation of the soon to be posted Foxcatcher pictures
> I was looking around her site, and noticed the prices.  $10 for a 3x5 print
> (+$3 s&h), or $15 for an electronic copy.  These prices aren't so bad I
> guess for one picture, but I know she was taking pictures before the ride
> around camp, and was at several spots on the trail.  These prices will get 
> a
> little crazy after you go beyond one print, I think anyway, especially for
> my purpose, merely memories.  I really appreciate the ride photographers
> coming out, as I LOVE pictures :) but I just think more people would buy
> more pictures if the prices were more reasonable.
>
> Anyway, just my own thoughts :)  I still can't wait for the pictures to get
> posted!!!
> -Michelle
>
> --
> "Don't breed or buy while shelter animals die"



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