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Suffering Major G.A.S withdraw
- Thread starter Guy Mancuso
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Guy Mancuso
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I might have it in my hands next week to test.
Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
I have one Brad but your roller has my interest for my lights. I will know later this week if I need it. But sell it if you can
I am unemployeed as of Jan. 1 2009. :wtf:
First time since I was 14 years old (except for school). My ad agency is shutting down after our biggest account decided to downsize their ad partners and only use a global wide agency. Nice timing huh?
Am going full time photography (PM from Guy with any advice most welcome.
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To celebrate, I've secured a Sony A900 and bag full of Zeiss AF optics
Restructuring my studio and ramping up marketing: Will keep some Nikon stuff for low light and will be unloading a bunch of most excellent gear in the near future. :thumbs:
Stay tuned to a DPI F/S site near you!!!!
First time since I was 14 years old (except for school). My ad agency is shutting down after our biggest account decided to downsize their ad partners and only use a global wide agency. Nice timing huh?
Am going full time photography (PM from Guy with any advice most welcome.
)To celebrate, I've secured a Sony A900 and bag full of Zeiss AF optics
Restructuring my studio and ramping up marketing: Will keep some Nikon stuff for low light and will be unloading a bunch of most excellent gear in the near future. :thumbs:
Stay tuned to a DPI F/S site near you!!!!
Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
Ah man this is bad news. It REALLY is getting rough out here folks. I am hearing layoffs in every industry, clients are just saying no work. Start booking the weddings Marc, you certainly have the talent and is a little bit recession proof. But still tough, my heart out to you and your family my friend. I know the agency was one of your great passions.
Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
I love the global wide agency talk, so who the hell are they. Don't answer i know some ad agency in NY raping there clients with triple our day rates and we only get 1/3 of it and they make the money. Ah don't get me started, my biggest bitch we look like we are charging huge amounts of money but goes in someone else's pocket , so we are the bad guys to the end client.
Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
I think a new thread on this is in order.
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asabet
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. Thanks Helen, the Ikon is due for delivery today. I've added a 90 Elmar-C to the other two, and I'm looking forward to being able to use them!
Holy ****! That is not good news Marc, sorry to hear it. Good news is you are a stellar photographer and should have no trouble making it as a full-time pro.I am unemployeed as of Jan. 1 2009. :wtf:
First time since I was 14 years old (except for school). My ad agency is shutting down after our biggest account decided to downsize their ad partners and only use a global wide agency. Nice timing huh?
Am going full time photography (PM from Guy with any advice most welcome.
To celebrate, I've secured a Sony A900 and bag full of Zeiss AF optics
Restructuring my studio and ramping up marketing: Will keep some Nikon stuff for low light and will be unloading a bunch of most excellent gear in the near future. :thumbs:
Stay tuned to a DPI F/S site near you!!!!
Best wishes,
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asabet
Guest
Yikes, I completely missed Marc's post. Marc, sorry to hear that news. I hope you will look back on this as a positive turning point for your own business!
Yeah Jack, just what I needed before Christmas ... as I watch my retirement fund also go south.
But with some restructuring, and more determined marketing efforts, we'll see what develops. Fortunately, once I sell off a few things to cover the new Sony, I'll own everything in my studio free and clear. :thumbs:
Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
Sometimes crap turns to gold. I got laid off about 7 years ago as the chief photog for a Fortune 100 company and it is nice not answering to the man. But it is tough out here and i hate marketing myself. But I would not want it any other way. What i really need is a new website and sales rep. to sell me because i HATE doing it.
Like Marc i do own everything and my overhead is low but business right now needs a major B-12 shot in it.
Yeah Guy, that's what I meant about the rotten timing.
But, hey, I have something else I love and am equipped to do ... where there are a ton of folks out there that don't.
I'm in the process of starting up a kind of high end pet photography company called "Pampered Pet Photography" and the website should be on-line fairly soon. Plus, I've ramped up the wedding marketing with a premo listing on The Wedding Wire/Martha Steward Weddings.
Now I'm looking hard at how to market direct to corporate clients ... I've done a ton of stuff for American Axel and some for Meiden.
Those big Pano shots of Labs and Tech Centers get rave reviews ... and I love doing them ... so I'm going for that type stuff also.
Now if I could just land a nice table top account ...
Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
Exactly right Marc you are in the position that has the gear already so no need to tap the 401 k like i had to do and the bottom line is you got talent , so in the end you win. That and your drive is all we have brother and we all can't beat that with a stick. Timing does stink but hopefully 6 months from now you will laugh at it and trust me there is a ton of pleasure laughing at it later.
