I'm not upset that I'm not doing photos for a certain convention, because that's not something I typically market specifically. Yes, I do headshots for magicians; so does Faverty, Amyx, etc.. but we don't try to get in on the "convenient headshot" market.
A guy named "Ken Reedy" is doing them for Abra-CORN-dabra. He's not charging much, and that's a good thing. First off, I spent nearly 4 minutes trying to find this guy's website. (For the record, that's WAY too long for someone like me to find something). I found it, and his MySpace, and his LinkedIn and a few others, and in all of them he professes to be a "professional photographer for 12 years and a professional magician for 35 years."
This brings me to a very, very specific point: professional, here in America, has come to mean 'get paid to do it,' not about the quality of your service. Everywhere else in the world, a professional service is qualified, high quality, and masterful.
http://newphotosbyme.com/
Take a look. It's terrible.
So, I'm not upset in any way about not being the photographer there -- I'm upset that people are going to pay for that crap. I've done most of my really good stuff for free.
