I love spending time browsing through websites of photographers and often hit the link at the bottom of the emails when an event photographer emails Getty. Normally their work is much better than anything I have ever done commercially and they are much better at making money with photo than I probably ever will be. They seem to be able to catch better moments and use the depth of field and angled shots that add to groups of basic images. Then sometimes they add another portfolio called “Fine Art.” It nearly always comes at the end of the list of all other portfolios (eg. Event, Weddings, Portraits, Fine Art), as though it is something to be ashamed of (or maybe proud of but they know it won’t make them money). A great example of this is this guy Mike Larson (not from Getty, I just found him) whose wedding work looks really good/very sellable and makes all the brides and all the grooms look great. Then their Fine Art section has images like this one below, and I begin to wonder about peoples perception of what Fine Art Photography is, and whether I really needed an MFA.
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