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The "Ugly" Business of Photography
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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 16421" data-attributes="member: 1061"><p>I believe that is one of the issues this industry faces. There are several organizations out there (ASMP comes to mind) who have their own criteria for judging quality. Some are fairly stringent, others simply require a membership dues to obtain their "certification". There is little protection for the consumer, and there is no unifying badge of honor. They're all just about equally worthless to the general public.</p><p></p><p>The auto industry was faced with this problem in the late 80's. As you can imagine the number of suppliers to the auto industry is immense, yet there was no standard. Enter ISO 9000. I'll spare everyone the details of ISO (International Standards Organization), but basically this certification is a true, unbiased standard of quality and business practices. Different industries custom tailored this standard to their own applications (the auto industry uses QS 9000). I don't see any reason why photography couldn't do the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 16421, member: 1061"] I believe that is one of the issues this industry faces. There are several organizations out there (ASMP comes to mind) who have their own criteria for judging quality. Some are fairly stringent, others simply require a membership dues to obtain their "certification". There is little protection for the consumer, and there is no unifying badge of honor. They're all just about equally worthless to the general public. The auto industry was faced with this problem in the late 80's. As you can imagine the number of suppliers to the auto industry is immense, yet there was no standard. Enter ISO 9000. I'll spare everyone the details of ISO (International Standards Organization), but basically this certification is a true, unbiased standard of quality and business practices. Different industries custom tailored this standard to their own applications (the auto industry uses QS 9000). I don't see any reason why photography couldn't do the same. [/QUOTE]
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