May 30th, 2006

Craigslist ad

This made me laugh. Does he really think there are photographers out there with this gear who are willing to work for 12 hours at this rate?
That's a little better than 20 bucks an hour... yeah, right. AND you've got to work the crowd and supply online proofing???


http://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/evg/166247476.html

Sports Photographer

Reply to: mike@obephoto.com
Date: 2006-05-30, 5:49PM EDT


Sports photographer needed to shoot Little League Baseball action in Plainview.

Qualifications:
- Be available Saturday June 3 from 9am - 9pm (6 games)
- Must have Digital SLR (prefer Canon 1d or Mark II)
- 70-200mm 2.8 lens or 300mm 2.8
- 4-6 gigs of memory cards.
- Well organized
- Reliable car
- Professional and friendly.
- Feel comfortable handing business cards out to parents in between and during games.
- Supply on-line portfolio or samples (e-mail to mike@obephoto.com)

Pay $275.00 for the day,
If interested please send samples and tell a little about yourself.

Thank You

this is in or around Plainview, LI
no -- it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
Compensation: $275.00 plus travel expenses