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Copyright 17-Feb-2005 At 8:35:31 PM Onsight

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On 11/02/2005 M8iswhereitsat wrote:
>As a backyard enthusiast, I really enjoy seeing photographs of climbs/ers
>and even the low quality family-snap type stuff, if I know the people /
>places involved.
>If I ever wanted to get something published (assuming it makes the grade),
>it would mostly be for the buzz of actually achieving that end.
>I guess I'd share the payment (profit ? if any??) with the mates involved
>in the exercise; as after all they were deemed (roped)-partners in the
>experience. At the least it would contribute towards petrol costs of the
>next shared experience!
In that situation I’d say that’s a good idea and fair enough. Just in case you were wondering though, I’d say that if all you do is get a photo in Rock there certainly isn’t going to be any profit, so I kinda think that given the amount of time, effort, investment and resources, that often go into a decent shoot, it might be as much as anything an insult to just offer your mates a few bucks petrol money… which isn’t to say there aren’t some small things you can do to acknowledge their time efforts and contribution… and I believe I do. And I also believe that by running a sustainable business for 11 years I’ve being able to help out some individual climbers more than I could have otherwise.