yellow slippers, fur coat

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    1. MikaelleS 41 months ago | reply

      amazing colors!

    2. Michelle Rick 41 months ago | reply

      thanks- can you believe those canary yellow shoes?!

    3. Tim Schreier 41 months ago | reply

      You are famous again!

    4. Michelle Rick 41 months ago | reply

      watchoo talkin bout willis?

    5. Tim Schreier 41 months ago | reply

      Gothamist used this picture in an email tease yesterday...

    6. Michelle Rick 41 months ago | reply

      I didn't even know and I get their e-mails. Do you think they'll ever start paying us for this stuff? Sheesh

    7. Tim Schreier 41 months ago | reply

      Nope. Why would they? They offer exposure and we get it. But I feel badly about it in a way. Professional photographers who make their living from taking professional photos are getting squeezed by the popularity and relative simplicity that technology acheivements in amateur photography brings. This is my lament. I enjoy photography, it makes me think of the world in a different way and makes me notice things I have never noticed before, makes me more observant of my surroundings (which helps me in my writing) but Flickr and the groups or web sites I submit to are getting the content for free, but they probably would not buy my stuff, as I am not a professional and just one look at my stuff will prove that. I somehow feel culpable for giving stuff away that others, more talented people, make money from. It is a cunundrum.

    8. Michelle Rick 41 months ago | reply

      It IS a conundrum- yet, you are better than an amateur. I just googled you- not to freak you out- and saw that Gothamist has published your photos a LOT. Often enough that it's not an overstatement to call your shots a staple of the site. And they are very distinctive and very good (and I'm not blowing sunshine). That said, this has been my lament as a writer too. When I was starting I published short stories in any literary magazine that would take them- I rationalized- it's exposure, publishing credits, blah, blah, blah. But you can't live on bylines and that's what these zines, academic journals, literary websites trade on. And it squeezes the people who actually intend to spend their lives doing this. So at some point I just stopped sending work in. Why is a byline acceptable payment? Why is simple publication viewed as a favor? I don't get it. And you're right. By submitting pictures for free to Gothamist, etc... I'm part of the problem too. I'm doing just what I did when I started writing out of college and sending short stories out for free. But I've got to agree- I'm so grateful to have found photography- I'm so much more alert to my surroundings since I started taking pictures. I wrote a little blog post for the Times that hopefully will come out in the next couple of days- I'll send you the link when it does- but I go into all this more. Are you on Facebook?

    9. Tim Schreier 41 months ago | reply

      You are very kind to say. Sadly, I am on the book of face...

    10. Michelle Rick 41 months ago | reply

      Find me- I look like the mannequin in the picture to the left. I am not kidding. brown bob. I do not know which Tim Schreier you are. The one surrounded by blondes?

    11. Tim Schreier 41 months ago | reply

      Not me with the blondes... Not that I have anything against blondes... I have the "More Jane Jacobs" logo

    12. Michelle Rick 41 months ago | reply

      I don't suppose that logo is a big smiley face?

    13. lempkin 40 months ago | reply

      In a somewhat peculiar way, she seems perfectly color coordinated :) Wonderful street scene!

    14. Annelids 37 months ago | reply

      This is good work!!!!!!
