rogue_designer
Reciprocity Failure
And speaking as at least a part time pro. If I cannot show my clients my value above what they can get for free or next to nothing, then I need to evaluate my business...
if the client is happy with a $1 image from iStock, then I doubt that I'd be able to convince them to use even $400 liscensed stock, never mind a custom shoot... that client is clearly no longer someone I should be spending any time to target.
I don't see a threat from cheap stock photography. Sure it's annoying, but I understand how and why it came to be. You can't put the genie back in the bottle. But you can adapt.
if the client is happy with a $1 image from iStock, then I doubt that I'd be able to convince them to use even $400 liscensed stock, never mind a custom shoot... that client is clearly no longer someone I should be spending any time to target.
I don't see a threat from cheap stock photography. Sure it's annoying, but I understand how and why it came to be. You can't put the genie back in the bottle. But you can adapt.