making good photographers
Mikesphoto
for 10 years and use the top, in my opinion, lab in the country. However with
age comes some problems.
In that light we are looking to give my photography staff a good kick in the
ass to improve the work we are putting out. Any tips to motivate them or
requirements that anyone has to keep the "EDGE" for good work? I AM looking to
give them a raise this coming New Year but with the work at the level that it
is I wonder if that is such a good idea.
Seems that the group shots along with the individual shots are slacking off and
even though the images are sellable they lack the "snap" they had before. I
have the problem of too much sky in the individuals and not framing properly
for the groups. The too much sky is caused by the photographer NOT getting off
their ass and using a level camera view. The groups are caused by moving the
camera and/or groups around and not being consistent in framing.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Mike Babcock
Mike's Photo
Bob Hickey
Bob Hickey
AllenF
>give them a raise this coming New Year but with the work at the level that it
>is I wonder if that is such a good idea.
How are they paid? Salary, hourly, commission, spiff + commission, hourly +
percentage of sales over a certain volume? I think you need to look at the pay
structure instead of a straight raise.
Allen
Mikesphoto
(AllenF) writes:
>How are they paid? Salary, hourly
Hourly
ifg...@my-deja.com
photographer). Camera operators need different motivation than
photographers.
In article <19991029121140...@ngol01.aol.com>,
mikes...@aol.com (Mikesphoto) wrote:
> We are in the high Volume youth Sports Portraits game. We've been in
business
> for 10 years and use the top, in my opinion, lab in the country.
However with
> age comes some problems.
>
> In that light we are looking to give my photography staff a good kick
in the
> ass to improve the work we are putting out. Any tips to motivate
them or
> requirements that anyone has to keep the "EDGE" for good work? I AM
looking to
> give them a raise this coming New Year but with the work at the level
that it
> is I wonder if that is such a good idea.
>
> Seems that the group shots along with the individual shots are
slacking off and
> even though the images are sellable they lack the "snap" they had
before. I
> have the problem of too much sky in the individuals and not framing
properly
> for the groups. The too much sky is caused by the photographer NOT
getting off
> their ass and using a level camera view. The groups are caused by
moving the
> camera and/or groups around and not being consistent in framing.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Mike Babcock
> Mike's Photo
>
>
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Before you buy.
zeitgeist
The worked sucked as there wasn't any creative output, it
was minor problem solving of dealing with wlefare and
working class"less" personalities, and compositional
problems of various size people, sorta like stacking various
size boxes all day. I never saw the results of my efforts.
Until I struck out on my own. When it was me showing the
images to the parents hoping to earn a larger sale, that's
when I noticed the kids slumping, arms dangling, mom's
dubbled chin, sleaves and colars awry.
I would pay them to do it the right way. However, you must
be able to quantify the proper way, agree to an acceptable
error rate.
Though, many studies have shown that while the average
employee says they want a raise or bonus, praise and
intangeble rewards are highly regarded, subconsciencely
required. Your post suggests that things were being properly
done, but then quality slacked off, sounds to me like a
moral problem, either there was no feedback when things were
going great, or worse, there was a lot of picky things
complained about constantly and now you have a crew that
just doesn't give a damn cause they know they can never ever
do it right no matter what they do, even when they did put
out the effort to try to please you.
HOLLIS6475
Mike,
Poor leadership(theory X management style) always blames the subordinate for
the problems.........
I would suggest a excellent book, "In Search of Excellent" by Tom Peters.
IMHO and experience there are tons of great workers/employess and only a very
few good managers/owners.
In the few business that I have owned, I have had great employess, the best!!,
etc. Besides I had the greatest customers. The owner might have been a little
weird...
Often the biggest obsticle in success is the owner.
Hollis
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