Comments on: My good news is Strobists Dilemma http://dslrblog.com/my-good-news-is-strobists-dilemma/ the stories behind the images Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:30:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christian http://dslrblog.com/my-good-news-is-strobists-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-6423 Christian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-6423 Hi Chris, a very good point that you have mentioned. Your comparison of photography and websites has a point but has to be brought up a little closer. When building a website it has some goals: design, functionality, consistance, conformity, usability... Some of them are standarized like with guidelines of human usability, standards conformity and so on. But how is it with photography? Isn't it more up on ones point of view? Photography contains more an artistic component than building website (except webdesign which is also some kind of art). I think it is a problem with customers who can not appreciate the artistic value of a photograph. But it is to blame to the photographers that the most are not able to educate their customers in the right direction. Or did you never had the problem to teach a website customer about the value of your work. I never had a customer who was knowing in depth only a bit of what I was going to sell to him. Customer need education to learn about your profession, your knowledge and the value of what you are doing. Hi Chris,

a very good point that you have mentioned. Your comparison of photography and websites has a point but has to be brought up a little closer.

When building a website it has some goals: design, functionality, consistance, conformity, usability… Some of them are standarized like with guidelines of human usability, standards conformity and so on.

But how is it with photography? Isn’t it more up on ones point of view? Photography contains more an artistic component than building website (except webdesign which is also some kind of art).

I think it is a problem with customers who can not appreciate the artistic value of a photograph. But it is to blame to the photographers that the most are not able to educate their customers in the right direction.

Or did you never had the problem to teach a website customer about the value of your work. I never had a customer who was knowing in depth only a bit of what I was going to sell to him. Customer need education to learn about your profession, your knowledge and the value of what you are doing.

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://dslrblog.com/my-good-news-is-strobists-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-6424 Chris Garrett Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-6424 Yes with building websites you do need to educate your customer on the true value. In fact some sales people believe a customer will only pay when they fully and truly feel not just the "need" but the "pain" that your solution will remove. With any sort of service the most effective way to sell a customer is paint a picture of how the customers situation will be different after the service has been provided and how this differs from competitors solutions. Yes with building websites you do need to educate your customer on the true value. In fact some sales people believe a customer will only pay when they fully and truly feel not just the “need” but the “pain” that your solution will remove. With any sort of service the most effective way to sell a customer is paint a picture of how the customers situation will be different after the service has been provided and how this differs from competitors solutions.

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