it's been a long time coming. creeping slowly...insidious. Once Upon A Time - you dragged your ass to the lab, plopped down your film, crossed your fingers, hoped the kid processing it getting paid $8.50 an hour was paying attention and used DEVELOPER rather than FIXER, and that the lights were kept off. Then it was prints or a contact sheet which had to be mailed, which meant properly sized envelopes, cardboard and a trip back to the post-ofice to have it weighed.
all that has changed, but is it for the best?
It is a good thing when you shoot a wedding on a Saturday and then in SUNDAY you have relatives emailing you for passwords...wondering where on earth the photos are. How could you delay things so outrageously? Don't you know how important each and every image is that they need to see it the next day? ...matter of fact - how about you make them appear even before you shoot the fuckers?
I mean-- come on people; I know you're excited but give us a break. I recently received an email suggesting that perhaps there was something wrong with the images from a family shoot---because 3 days passed without their seeing anything!!!!! Really? 3 days - 2 of which were the weekend.
I simply don't know what else to do to make people happy....
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