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Usually when you have a professional photographer around, they'll aggressively try to stop other people from taking pictures of the event. To make matters worse, they won't give the people what they want pictures of. So in effect they try to own ALL the visual memories from that event. I went to a wedding for a friend that I knew for 20 years, and when I went to take pictures of them, the photographer told me that I can't take pictures of my friend. I invited him to go fuck himself but he didn't take me up on the offer. He just sulked when he saw me for the rest of the night. My point is that there's a big difference between controlling your own work and oppressing other people. A professional photographer should make his money like any other professional- by delivering a higher quality product than your competitors, not by strongarming people. If the buying public doesn't think your product is worth $x, then it's not worth $x. I would have gladly bought a CD with higher res shots of my car, but I'm not going to spend a dime on what amounts to glorified thumbnails. The CD's pics are just not worth it.
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