Re: Wedding Day Intruder

[P3D Peter Davis <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Allan-donesomeweddings-Carrano writes:
> Peter Davis asks:
> 
> >In what way does an amateur "steal money out of his pocket?"  Does he get 
> >paid less because the bride and groom decide to use all amateur photos in 
> >their album?  Not likely.  Does it cost him more to get his shots?
> >I doubt it.
> 
> How about the after wedding sales (a potentially very profitable
> opportunity for the wedding photographer)?  When the amateur
> photographer has a shot as good as the hired pro, because he used the
> same set-up, he saves the relatives money by "giving" them these photos
> so they won't have to buy expensive the photos taken by the wedding
> photographer.

This sounds like the argument the record companies used to use against DAT 
tape, claiming they would "lose" sales if people could easily make high 
quality copies of CDs, etc.  Well, for the sales to be lost, they would have 
to prove that they were theirs to begin with.  Not everyone who copies a CD, 
or an amateur wedding photo, is someone who would necessarily have bought one 
otherwise.

The professional photographer should provide better quality photos at a price 
that is justified by the quality.  If he/she can't do that, it's time to find 
another line of work.

-pd

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