Dawn's view

I found out recently that a very busy - oh, I'll call him a "shooter" is "resenting" his popularity. That he considers himself a hobbyist and doesn't want to spend the effort it takes to do the real jobs. Hum, strange that. I always thought he loves shooting. Although, in his early days, when I was training him to shoot, he would always come back complaining that the person he was photographing was not some great beauty. This really riled me. I couldn't understand why he couldn't SEE the person he was photographing. It was after all, his job to take the best editorial portrait of that person! This should have been my first clue. Later, after he learned all he could from me and had moved on , he was always thrilled when I lost a gig or he gained one. Never mind that these were internal clients and neither one of us booked our own time. Recently, I gave him the gift he had been working so hard for. Now he is busier than ever, and I am happier than ev...

Scenario 1 : Your neighbor has a fabulous garden. They keep it weeded, sprayed, and generally perfect. The fruits of their labors are easily seen through the fence. You enjoy it every day! The flowers reach above your fence. You need flowers for a bouquet to give to your mom. So, you reach across and take your pick. Scenario 2: Would you stand in a store and steal something? "oh, look... this is so neat - I have to have it" You can afford it. You are generally a very honest person. But, the item ends up in your pocket anyway. (Kleptomania is not the discussion here.) Ten or so years ago I started doing business graphics for corporate America. The internet was really coming into its own, and the graphics/photographs were there for the taking. Just to give you a time frame: this was around the time of the P2P music sharing. We were an ASCAP shop and so my department knew music was a no-no and had a library full of Royalty free music, but not so much with photographs/graphic...