Recent content by ellery

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    Freelance Photographer Needed For Business Portraits

    Nick, Just what level of work are you looking at ? Remember a well written resume may well stumble if the client looks bad in the attached photo. Passport photo - most places that print will shoot one for you - about $10 to $20 . If you are talking mid grade commercial business portraits -...
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    [Discussion] Photography service wanted to cover Baby shower event

    Brother I suggest there is not need to spend any money take the $100 buy another trigger so you can remotely fire the camera - that way you can do it yourself for the family part. shoot wider and crop in post. See how you can save money and tell your friends and family you number one photographer.
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    INSURANCE?!?!

    Try insurance broker - no it will not be online sale option. Travel insurance is fine for point and shoot - if you are traveling with serious amounts of gear, well ask yourself how much are you willing to pay. Insurance companies and bookies have many similar tendencies, collect as high as...
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    Pricing a Digital Image File to be used as a Large Scale Mural in a personal home

    You realized that the retouching for a 8 x 12 file is going to a ball breaker ? The sale of the file is an issue of trust. Do you have to capacity to check if this is not reused some where else ? If additional prints are made, and sold and no one uploads picture of their new mural wall you will...
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    Looking for videographers and photographers ONLY (no bridal or outsource studio)

    I take it this is not a free service then it also good to tell them upfront what you are charging.
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    Hi guys, just want to share my experience here.

    Dude I dunno how to say this..... if people book you collect deposit but at that kinda price do you really want to do it ? If you want experience I suppose you could bugger your circle of friend and offer to be a 2nd unpaid video guy... that how some of us started not with paid gigs. When you...
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    Legal landscape of street photography in Singapore

    Bro may be he just want cheaper advice like one cup coffee can for 200 questions.
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    Prepayment

    Out of morbid curiosity - how much prepayment did you ask here and what was the ball park figures i.e. in hundred in thousands. She can make idle talk like this all day long. Our dear Singapore Police not so free to that this sort of report - do believe go to make a report like this. On line...
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    Client avoid payment after 4 months

    Bro not that I am saying any negative to you. Have you tried the going the Small Claims Court route before. If not lets not bring an organization that is chasing up to the level of use that CASE has scaled up to. He needs to go negotiate with his client, talk to his contact there. figure out...
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    Digital image print on black and white paper...

    Nightwolf75 - been there done that you can not get the kind of dot density that silver halide film has - its literally more like line art. May be if you outputted a digital file as CMYK separation, assembled the 4 sheets together and contact print the resultant but its a stone bitch and well...
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    What will change photography forever?

    When people lose interest because everyone takes zillion of photos and just as liberally spews these out sharing AND no one gives a dam about some one else picture only wanting other to praise theirs. Its like how easy access to porn is actually killing the industry because its inherently...
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    Client avoid payment after 4 months

    Dude let get this straight - a contract or a paper trail is great. But when people do not want to pay you well its like toilet paper that the news from real life not regurgitating stuff you read on the internet. A skill that few every talk about (okay no one will teach you this) is how to...
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    Client avoid payment after 4 months

    Benjamin, last time small claims court helps out. Now its all about mediation which mean you discount some, client will pay some (from I no pay you fxxxxxxx spiders). How much ahhh that one you two decide, small claims courts not going to decided anything. In the end if client still say no - I...
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    looking for 4 x 8 polyfoam

    Hardware shop that supply to construction industry have this item but a 4 x8 is a huge beast you need to buy min 20mm thick best in 25mm thick. Buy thinner then to get you several pieces in a short time.
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    what has happen to clubsnap

    Offstone had one strong point and one flaw - its lead or front man founder who tolerate no other bright light but himself. Wonder where he is now ?