Friday, 16 July 2010



Still-life on " a modern theme ".

Thursday, 15 July 2010

I have recollected one history in one design firm. Some photographer has come to this firm and began to suggest to make photos at the price of in some times below average.Director of this firm who then also has told to me this history, has asked this "photographer": Why at it such low prices?That "photographer" has answered, that it is its way of a competition.Then director of that firm has asked this person - how many years he was trained and got experience in a photo? That "photographer" has told,that more than ten years. And then director has asked its following: " you more than ten years have spent for training in a photo now to come and work for small money? In it there was your purpose to become the photographer? "And director of that firm has asked to not come any more this person to its firm.During our conversation when this director to me told this history,he has told to me (though we with it often argued because of the price for photos - he wished to buy more cheaply, I wished to sell more expensively): "the Person who does not appreciate the work is any more not the person, it animal"...
Training of the photographer - demands a lot of time ... The good equipment costs decent money... I studied photobanks, as one of ways of additional extraction of profit from so-called "doubles" - photos which, as a rule are not used. Basically the similar structure also should be based on this " raw material ". Roughly - has placed what to remove it is not a pity. By this principle I placed photos. This real applicability of photobanks...
My studying of photobanks has enough promoted. In particular I have received indirect acknowledgement of that on what read on the Internet - that banks do artificial by create a situation of a favorable mode for those who works with them as with exclusive bank and do artificial limiting those who does not sign for bank "exclusive." Remains actual and a theme of that experts on studying images in photobanks actively take part in contributions and use the position in reduction of a competition. Differently photobanks are not development of the photomarket as propagandize photobanks. These are systems of capture of the photomarket and through quantity and the low price - dictatorship of conditions... Usual monopolization between several players... The difference only in that, in difference from technological monopolies, that on production inevitably conducts a low price level to decrease in a level of idea and execution - it means decrease in the general level of a photo, design, etc. Such " technology of China " for a photo and design. Basically it was interesting to me to study it. And the conclusion is simple - photobanks can be used for " dump of raw material " which practically is not necessary and to develop independently sale of the creative works, photos... The reality is those, that full monopolization of the photomarket is not possible... Always quality () will cost normal () money, and " the cheap consumer goods " has the capacity and similarly to " the Chinese consumer goods " has demand only at for the certain period...