Special Issue
Siarhei Plytkevich (Belarus)
and drives a car you don’t need a taxi cab
or that taxi drivers do not or will not exist… What matters is that, if you need
to reach a destination and you do not
have a car available, you need to hire a
professional taxi driver. You may drive
the car even better than him (or her!),
but he’s got a license and knows the way.
If you think that you are a professional
and can make better images, or more artistic, and try to convince a client about
that, either you are a Formula One pilot,
or you will not get too far. It is better
to convince that your ability is worthy,
organized and able to give the client at
a good fair price exactly what the client
wants. Artistic value comes from talent
(and by the way it is still appreciated,
there is a growing demand for good fine
art images), a monetary value comes
from your technique, organization and
seriousness.
– Do you have a platform where
photographers who joined FEP could
communicate with each other and
share experience?
– Yes, we have a kind of monthly
newsletter, the FEP website, and an interactive account and an open group
on Facebook. We also organize directly
or in cooperation with the member association’s events like “Inspirational
camps”, apart from our QEP sessions,
and biannual FEP International Photo
days. Please visit our website or go
to our Facebook account to discover
what’s going on.
– One can often hear people saying: In practice a graduate’s diploma is
just