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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 1255603" data-attributes="member: 12449">Frequently however, here at least, you do see signs at the end of gardens, etc, of persons selling fruit, invariably at a fraction of the supermarket price. With regard photographs, just as you have right to control the use of your images, so do I with mine. That means, if I took the picture, I have every right to give it away free, to take pleasure in seeing my work reproduced in major magazines, etc, without requesting payment. If my hobby (not profession) is photography and I enjoy sharing my results, that is the end of it, I do not need to be concerned with money matters. Though I might have sympathy for the 'underpaid' professional, it does not mean I should also start charging if I don't wish too.There are many walks of life where so-called professionals are 'undermined' by people doing similar things for free, think of volunteers in the conservation field for example. That's life unfortunately for those that wish to make money from it.</blockquote>