Browncoat
Senior Member
I have, by now, a well-documented disdain for Kenny. I believe the man is a vampire, preying on the photography community. He's a snake oil salesman, looking only to line his own pockets by peddling donations from hapless newbies who don't know good advice from bad.
And then there's David Jay, who takes all of this to a whole new level.
In case you haven't heard of this guy, he made a name for himself in the wedding photography business in the early 2000's. He was THE guy for high end glam wedding photography in California. And he was damn good. Unlike KR, this guy actually knows how to take a photograph. The problem is, the market boom in Cali crashed, and so did David Jay. He hasn't really picked up a camera since 2007.
What's he been doing since? Selling software to photographers.
First, there was The System. David Jay's program to "make it big" in wedding photography, where of course he tried to sell you even more of his junk. No different than those get-rich-quick in real estate infomercials really. The System is currently unavailable on Jay's site because it is undergoing a revamp after it was picked apart and exposed for what it really was.
Then, there's the PASS System. David Jay thinks photographers should charge by the hour, and basically give prints away for peanuts...using his software of course. You upload your galleries to his system to sell your prints dirt cheap ($1 for a 4x6, $4 for an 8x12), and he generously offers 50% of the profits to you. But then he double charges...out of your 50 cents profit comes a 19 cents charge to actually make the print. So you're not really making 50% are you?
Don't take my word for it. Do your own homework on this guy. There's a recent article about the PASS System over on Petapixel.
Consider yourselves warned.
And then there's David Jay, who takes all of this to a whole new level.
In case you haven't heard of this guy, he made a name for himself in the wedding photography business in the early 2000's. He was THE guy for high end glam wedding photography in California. And he was damn good. Unlike KR, this guy actually knows how to take a photograph. The problem is, the market boom in Cali crashed, and so did David Jay. He hasn't really picked up a camera since 2007.
What's he been doing since? Selling software to photographers.
First, there was The System. David Jay's program to "make it big" in wedding photography, where of course he tried to sell you even more of his junk. No different than those get-rich-quick in real estate infomercials really. The System is currently unavailable on Jay's site because it is undergoing a revamp after it was picked apart and exposed for what it really was.
Then, there's the PASS System. David Jay thinks photographers should charge by the hour, and basically give prints away for peanuts...using his software of course. You upload your galleries to his system to sell your prints dirt cheap ($1 for a 4x6, $4 for an 8x12), and he generously offers 50% of the profits to you. But then he double charges...out of your 50 cents profit comes a 19 cents charge to actually make the print. So you're not really making 50% are you?
Don't take my word for it. Do your own homework on this guy. There's a recent article about the PASS System over on Petapixel.
Consider yourselves warned.
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