Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Jerome Marot tells me we are at 1.0. Well at first I didn't understand.
Well, other photography web sites are heavily monetized. Luminous Landscape ran a photography education business and each location was filmed and videos sold to generate further income.
Alan Briot established himself with courses in "Mastership" in everything in photography including marketing! His choice of luxury sports cars matches his taste for wonderful iconic Nationsl Park scenes, glyphs and all!
We, that is Nicolas Claris and I decided at the outset that we would not pose as Gurus or tolerate any here on OPF! We don't sell anything teach nor promise anything more than collegial discussion on the way to each person's travel plan, meandering or focused!
We booted out a good photographer who refused to share getting a good yellow from an Epson printer, without spending $1,000 or more for a DVD on printing. "Doing otherwise, the "printing expert" assured me, would be "cheating" those who DID pay the $1,000 for the course or DVD!
We do not sell photographic salvation or Nirvana. We are open to ideas. This way my own photography has consistently improved. I know more than a few OPFrs have been able to go from snapping pictures to running successful portrait, pet, studio, art photography for galleries, boudoir photography and children's photography. All without paying a dime in courses! The only extras were traffic in private messages for hints at who here had the answer to someone's technical needs. It has worked.
At least one person here used our lists to start their own fora. One sells workshops. The other, a self appointed guru, couldn't help insulting the folk collected and it fell to pieces in about a year.
For me the photograph is still magic and I have a simple childish delight seeing what was actually captured! It's as if we manage to defeat transience in a small way! I am not looking for pay or profit. When someone posts an original picture, that thrill and my insights are more than enough compensation for providing this platform.
So we are 1.0, I guess!
I am old fashioned and I guess won't change!
Asher
Well, other photography web sites are heavily monetized. Luminous Landscape ran a photography education business and each location was filmed and videos sold to generate further income.
Alan Briot established himself with courses in "Mastership" in everything in photography including marketing! His choice of luxury sports cars matches his taste for wonderful iconic Nationsl Park scenes, glyphs and all!
We, that is Nicolas Claris and I decided at the outset that we would not pose as Gurus or tolerate any here on OPF! We don't sell anything teach nor promise anything more than collegial discussion on the way to each person's travel plan, meandering or focused!
We booted out a good photographer who refused to share getting a good yellow from an Epson printer, without spending $1,000 or more for a DVD on printing. "Doing otherwise, the "printing expert" assured me, would be "cheating" those who DID pay the $1,000 for the course or DVD!
We do not sell photographic salvation or Nirvana. We are open to ideas. This way my own photography has consistently improved. I know more than a few OPFrs have been able to go from snapping pictures to running successful portrait, pet, studio, art photography for galleries, boudoir photography and children's photography. All without paying a dime in courses! The only extras were traffic in private messages for hints at who here had the answer to someone's technical needs. It has worked.
At least one person here used our lists to start their own fora. One sells workshops. The other, a self appointed guru, couldn't help insulting the folk collected and it fell to pieces in about a year.
For me the photograph is still magic and I have a simple childish delight seeing what was actually captured! It's as if we manage to defeat transience in a small way! I am not looking for pay or profit. When someone posts an original picture, that thrill and my insights are more than enough compensation for providing this platform.
So we are 1.0, I guess!
I am old fashioned and I guess won't change!
Asher
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