How To Make Free Worth Something by Lou Lesko.

 
Location Scouts / Location Managers or… pretty much anyone running a business of just about any sort could probly take some pointers here?
 

The vexing conundrum of how to deal with friends to whom I extend photographic favors has been on my mind a lot lately. Recently, I had to go through years of old notebooks and slide pages. This surfaced the memories of the significant number of free shoots I have done. I regret none of them. From an existentialist perspective; they are in part responsible for making me who I am today. However, in all these years, I have rarely felt that the recipients of the free work appreciated what they got. Most people think that photographic talent is a part of the genetic makeup of the photographer much like arresting beauty is part of the genetic makeup a model. “Oh just point your camera sweetie darling, it’s what you do.

 
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Last week, I posted a Q&A with Allegra Wilde on her efforts to establish a Universal Bid Form for the photo industry. She mentioned that she was working on the project with Lou Lesko of BlinkBid, “who agreed to put together a template example for us, and has also agreed to give up a proprietary position, vis a vis his competition, by making any eventual form available to anyone in our industry for free, (including his competitors) and available as an open-source document.”

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