I'm working in musicland again this week. Yayyyy! This makes me happy. We have some band interviews scheduled and I've been doing a lot of prep so I hope I get to interview on camera, that'd be cool. I'm missing my the old life a fair bit. Anyone wanna pay me for my craft? That'd be lovely. For a pessimist, I'm pretty optimistic. Thanks Paramore!
Anyway, I just wondered what people thought of Rigel's latest set... there seems to be a bit of controversy around why it got bought. Some people are saying that it's front page only because Ms Rigel is a staff member.
Check it out: Rigel's iPhone Set
Personally, I think it's really creative. AND HONEST.
People are always criticising SG for not showing enough real / unphotoshopped images of women - and this is what Rigel has done. The only photoshop is on the logo. (I admit the lighting is pretty stark - but that's what you get when you don't have photoshop people...)
I really don't get what all the fuss is about! Sure, it's "candid" and I know a lot of hopeful's post "candid" sets in member review that don't get bought but is that all the bitterness is about?
Because if a hopeful had shot the set in the same way as Rigel, and had come up with that idea and implemented it in the same way, they'd too have had their set purchased.
I totally think it deserves front page. What do you guys think?
There's so many creative sets on SG right now, and they've all been so beautifully shot. I was looking through some really old sets the other day, and most of them just don't compare. The bar has definitely been raised, the sets getting bought these days are far superior (technically) than they ever used to be.
Not sure that's entirely a good thing... well, it certainly means less hopefuls have the opportunities of getting their sets bought, as they're going to have to use their cunning to reel in a shit hot photographer to shoot it. and/or be out of pocket to pay for quality photography. Something I've been weighing up recently, anyways.
Y'know what with being shit poor and fed up of working for free, that is.
Ah well, onwards and upwards. Life's too short to waste it away complaining. I've done more than enough of that already.
xxx
Anyway, I just wondered what people thought of Rigel's latest set... there seems to be a bit of controversy around why it got bought. Some people are saying that it's front page only because Ms Rigel is a staff member.
Check it out: Rigel's iPhone Set
Personally, I think it's really creative. AND HONEST.
People are always criticising SG for not showing enough real / unphotoshopped images of women - and this is what Rigel has done. The only photoshop is on the logo. (I admit the lighting is pretty stark - but that's what you get when you don't have photoshop people...)
I really don't get what all the fuss is about! Sure, it's "candid" and I know a lot of hopeful's post "candid" sets in member review that don't get bought but is that all the bitterness is about?
Because if a hopeful had shot the set in the same way as Rigel, and had come up with that idea and implemented it in the same way, they'd too have had their set purchased.
I totally think it deserves front page. What do you guys think?
There's so many creative sets on SG right now, and they've all been so beautifully shot. I was looking through some really old sets the other day, and most of them just don't compare. The bar has definitely been raised, the sets getting bought these days are far superior (technically) than they ever used to be.
Not sure that's entirely a good thing... well, it certainly means less hopefuls have the opportunities of getting their sets bought, as they're going to have to use their cunning to reel in a shit hot photographer to shoot it. and/or be out of pocket to pay for quality photography. Something I've been weighing up recently, anyways.
Y'know what with being shit poor and fed up of working for free, that is.
Ah well, onwards and upwards. Life's too short to waste it away complaining. I've done more than enough of that already.
xxx
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I feel you about being sick of working for free, though!