"Fireworking" is my on the fly term for using Fireworks instead of
Photoshop. It is a great program that provides a sort of "Photoshop for
the
web". It has some nice tools as well as good web development capability
but
I'm finding out it's nowhere near as good as Photoshop for photo editing.
For example, it has a blur tool and a clone tool ("called the rubber stamp
tool") but it has no healing brush. It takes you two or three times as
long and a lot more skill when using Fireworks. I'm slowly making the
switch for file touchups.
"www.kevinkienlein.com" <krash@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Jim,
> no kidding on the expensive... since September, I have bought a 300D,
30D,
> wacom 6x11 tablet, CS3, 6 lens, 4 photo bags, flash, remote shutter
> releases, 5-2gig CF cards, 4 batteries, $200 in books, and on it goes,
my
> next "investment" is a 19" wide (Samsung?) monitor and eventually a
> printer, but there is a guy locally that is doing my greeting cards with
a
> lazer color on acid free stock and his printing has a special polymer
> coating, supposed to last 150 years... fer $1 page (8.5x11) .... and
wally
> mart does my 4x6 prints fer 20 cents... cant beat that...
>
> I would suggest if you are doing THAT much work for THAT MANY pix, you
> better get a good buck... start watching your time, and I would say at
> least 10-20$hr fro the editing, plus the shooting fee.. what is
> fireworking?? never heard that term before...
>
> I am heavily involved in a toastmasters conference this upcoming
weekend,
> after that I just need to spend more time shooting, sorting, editing and
> selling my pix... kk
>
> "JimO" <joneill517XXX@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:%vwZh.2479$296.969@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>I never thought about releases. I would be doing (formatting,
>>Fireworking, Photoshopping) all the files myself. Each band would get
>>between 20 and 30 files both formatted for web and filesizes 8x12 or
>>larger on a CD. The promoter would also get a master copy. I've only
>>went from point and shoot with a D50 a year ago November. It's getting
to
>>be a very expensive hobby (addiction). ;-)
>>
>>
>> "www.kevinkienlein.com" <krash@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:1177921974.974465@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> do you have to edit them at all, or just send him the un-edited files?
I
>>> am new at this game too, but I have done a couple shoots for some
local
>>> bands, and I charged $100 for the one (about 1.5 hours), and I am
going
>>> to charge $125 shooting fee + so much per print/use of pix on sites...
>>>
>>> one thing I have been watching for, and has come up other places is
>>> model releases... I would get ALL the band members to sign one, and if
>>> you get some good "artistic" shots they might be nice for your
>>> ****tfolio... kk
>>>
>>> ps: I am working on a 'simply" worded model release... let me know if
>>> this might be of use..
>>>
>>>
>>> "JimO" <joneill517XXX@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:SM3Zh.6517$j63.3351@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> There is a small concert promoter who is doing battle of the bands
>>>> concerts throughout the US with finals in Denver. I walked into one
of
>>>> his shows just to get some pictures and, after sending him some at
his
>>>> request, he liked them and wants to hire me for another Texas show.
It
>>>> is for two nights from 7PM to 1AM. I estimate around 3000 to 4000
>>>> exposures all together. Each band will get about 25 exposures or so
on
>>>> a CD. There are 16 bands all together. I just walked in there to get
>>>> some pictures for my local photograpy club contests and never
expected
>>>> to get hired. I have no earthly idea what to charge. This guy is
>>>> probably not going to pay professional rates (or maybe he does... I
>>>> don't know - just my hunch). What would be a fair price to charge him
>>>> that he won't blow me off?
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>> Jiim
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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