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Re: To the higher end shooters...
TheGE wrote: marti.g3 wrote:
So if you are attractive, have a great personality, everyone likes you, and the \"experience\" that you provide is outstanding, then your photography can take a back seat because your likeability and experience will overshadow any lack of technical expertise ?
Personally, I can say yes to that, because I have a shooter, hispanic, spanish speaking middle age guy, and my clients always love him. They rave about him. But his work is mediocre to bad.
In MY eyes, it\'s crap. But I never get any complaints about him or the photos.
So I guess being Mr. or Ms. Socialite, everyone loves me is more important
than being an excellent photographer.
Perhaps in your eyes his work is mediocre, if only because your eyes are schooled. To the public, his work appears fine.
And the work has to be good quality. Don\'t get me wrong about that.
But yes, \"likability\" smooths over a lot (not \"personality\"). If people don\'t like you, they won\'t forgive you when there\'s a hiccup.
Attractiveness has to do with making a great first impression and keeping it. And a great first impression sets the tone for everything that follows.
But \"Mr. or Ms. Socialite, everyone loves me is more important than being an excellent photographer\" is... what? A vent? Sarcasm? OK, you\'re permitted. But this is the way the world works and you can choose to either complain about it or work with it, true? Complaining isn\'t what changes things so working with it is the productive thing to do.
David Jay had a great series of seminars selling the same thing.
Aug 17, 2012 at 02:12 PM
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