Gordon Ewald (above) talks about the demise of the camera store chain^Former Ewald-Clark camera store owner Gordon Ewald, whose family had the regional chain in Roanoke for 50 years, takes a look at the demise of camera shops as we know them here. Today, Gordon is, happily, a flight instructor. I talked to Gordon today and some of his inside information and observations are fascinating. Read it at moreFRONT, the blog of Valley Business FRONT magazine.
You know, you know that I love digital, and that has certainly taken much of the need for the camera store away. HOWEVER, there have been so many times when I have been saved by Lynchburg Camera--when my roll of backdrop paper ran out in the middle of my shoot, or my flash was broken and needed fixing, or I simply needed some technical advice on a function. These guys that man these shops are such assets too us. It's a shame that they are becoming defunct.
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ReplyDeleteAssets they are and they can only find part-time work (big box stores) in what has become a profession for them.