The Thing of the Moment

A Monumental and Majestic Work of Epic Proportions by your lowly and humble photographic servant

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Works:

The Thing of the Moment: Gallery

The Thing of the Moment: Photoblog

The Thing of the Moment: People at Work®

The Thing of the Moment: flickr

The Thing of the Moment: facebook

Other projects by your lowly and humble photographic servant:

The Carnies (2006)

Shutterday: A weekly photo challenge eliciting works from Citizen Photographers/Photobloggers from all over the world.

Pricing

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Sales Policy

All images on The Thing of the Moment, The Thing of the Moment Gallery, and The Thing of the Moment/flickr (Collectively referred to as TTOTM) are generally not available for sale or licensing and any use other than viewing online is usually discouraged.

That being said, IF YOU INSIST FOR SOME REASON:

1. Human subjects appearing in TTOTM may obtain digital images online free of charge provided the following criteria are met: a) I asked to photograph you and you graciously agreed AND/OR b) I snuck your photo and you found out about it when your aunt, neighbor, Parole Officer etc. called to tell you they saw it and you had a reasonable expectation of privacy.

2. Photos of Human Subjects appearing in/on TTOTM are not for sale to third parties, may not be used for commerical or non commercial purposes, and there are no model releases available for any reason.

3. All other photos appearing in TTOTM are available in print and digital form if after all of the above you still insist on getting images.

Rates are as Following:

1 hour of shooting = $150, no minimum. Times negotiated in advance.

Times spent processing images (typical ratio: 1:2.5) included.

Prints (human subject):
4 x 6 = 4.99 each
5 x 7 = 9.99 each
8 x 10 = 19.99 each.
Larger images to be negotiated.

Photo CD or DVD up to 500 images:
800px = 9.99 Great for emailing
1600px = 19.99 Great for full screen slideshows/screensavers
Full Resolution images and signed release for unlimited printing for non commerical use = 29.99

Prints (All other subjects):
4 x 6 = 9.99 each
5 x 7 = 14.99 each
8 x 10 = 29.99 each.
Larger images to be negotiated. (49.99 to 299.99)

Photo CD or DVD up to 500 images:
800px = 19.99 Great for emailing
1600px = 29.99 Great for full screen slideshows/screensavers
Full Resolution images and signed release for unlimited printing for non commerical use = 49.99

Licensing for editorial non commerical use: Free for non profits/artists (photo credit greatly appreciated if possible)

Licensing for one time commerical use:
1.3 to 3.5 MP = 49.99,
3.51 to 6.4 MP = 74.99,
6.4 to 10.1 MP = 99.99
Photos may not be cropped to meet sizing criteria. When contacting please be prepared to describe your project and photo use. Photos are also available without that information, but I'm just nosey.

Sale of digital originals and release of copyright: Open to negotiation.

First Wedding: $25,000 payable in cash or transfereable securities with no guarantee of quantity or quality or that it would be anything more than a random collection of T and A shots of the bridal party and guests.

Second Wedding: $10,000 payable by cash, cashiers check, or major credit card in US funds only unless paying in Euro or British Sterling if it's an outdoor wedding and you don't mind the tops of your guests heads in most of the shots.

Third and Subsequent Weddings: Hell, why not? $200 bucks and dinner with the above caveats.

All images © 2000-2011 Jeff Kirlin

FAQs

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FAQs

Why is it called The Thing of the Moment?

The Thing of the Moment refers to the act of taking photos and putting them online. The Thing of the Moment never refers to the subject, ever. The name came from a friend who has never seen The Thing of the Moment but has seen me taken interest in a wide range of thing and then just as quickly lose interest. Once when I asked her if she wanted to see The Thing of the Moment she replied, "Do I have to?"

Why do you call it a monumental and majestic work of epic proportions?

Have you SEEN this bastard?

Why do you call yourself 'your lowly and humble photographic servant.'

Photographer seemed like a bit of a stretch and dishonest.

Why are there no images of you on here? Were you grossly disfigured saving children from a house fire or grossly disfigured in a house fire as a child yourself? Are you a hunchback?

No. I take lots of self portraits and look and sigh lovingly at them and kissing my computer monitor, but I don't put them on here because The Thing of the Moment is not about me. The War on Terror and the Designated Hitter Rule? Yes. The Thing of the Moment? No.

Do you sell images?

Not as a rule. They are generally to be enjoyed online with accompanying text. Some make great desktop backgrounds. I've been known to give them away for photo credit, send digital copies if given a good reason, or have them ripped off my unscrupulous local publishers. If I charge anything for an image it's usually to discourage someone from asking for free images they don't really want just to be polite or to cover the expense of producing it.

Why don't you sell images?

Because I love all my images equally and if I sold some, I wouldn't understand why all the others didn't sell.

We need a photographer. Anyone. Just a Monkey with a camera. Can I hire you to take photos?

No. If it's fun/interesting/other I might do it for free. It's like Hunter Thompson once said about sex: "It's fun for amateurs but old whores don't giggle much." Besides, I'm terribly lazy and unreliable when paid to do something. Ask my employers. However, if I take an interest in your project, I become obsessed and do it to the exclusion of everything else spending more time on it than you can ever afford to pay any rational person. (I've been known however, to accept tips, gratuities, cash tributes, honoraria, gifts, and/or patronages, faint praise, loose change, what have you.)

I am, by training and profession, a speech language pathologist, and the same way I suggest if you are in a hospital intensive care unit unable to eat or speak that it may not be in your BEST interest to rely on an AMATEUR speech language pathologist, I stongly suggest you consider a professional photographer for your professional photography needs.

Do you do weddings?

God, no! Although I'll photograph your divorce. I want to be the world's greatest Divorce Photographer one day. Besides, you don't want me at your wedding anyway. Ask my ex-wife.