Comments on: Is Sal Cincotta Right About His Stink With Miller’s Lab

By: ThunderKing

ThunderKing — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:21:00 +0000

and he filed it well after the announcement by Miller’s to bring out the Signature Album line.

By: Geoff Martin

Geoff Martin — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 03:27:00 +0000

I saw him on CL and was underwhelmed. Seems likes a car salesman. A very high end car salesman mind you, but one none the less. It was all about buying his “system” which you had better not dare to alter. It all sounded so cheesy it was almost comical. he kept INSISTING that the people must outsource all their edits to a particular company he was plugging. NO mention he owned the company. They needed to buy albums from him, Buy everything from him. If he mentioned a product chances are very high he owned part of the biz. I am sure this is just another marketing ploy. At least the guy was honest about the fact that he cares much more about selling than photography itself.

By: Feuza@unjerseybride

Feuza@unjerseybride — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:21:00 +0000

I agree 100% and two different brands and markets! also Milllers has been around for so long…. and dont think it was done intentionally or one purpose, I think Sal has nothing to worry about, there is no confusion for the end user which is us photographers.

By: Michael Novoseletsky

Michael Novoseletsky — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:14:00 +0000

Sal is relatively new to the scene. He’s been a speaker at WPPI and toured a few times. He more or less came out of nowhere as of about the last few years.

By: Alexander Swanson

Alexander Swanson — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:00:00 +0000

For a company as large as Millers, I wouldn’t think it would be out of the question that they could have started R&D/Sourcing/Acquiring product stock/etc for their new line more than a year-and-a-half ago. For something as intricate as an album is to manufacture -and in the quantity they will no doubt be producing- it doesn’t get done in a couple week’s time.
I wouldn’t think they saw Sal’s ad in Rangefinder and then said, “Hey, let’s release a new line of albums next week and call ‘em the same thing as that other guy (that a very select few have ever heard of) called his!”

By: Cassandra Mooney

Cassandra Mooney — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:25:00 +0000

sorry Sal–love ya…but signature is very generic. As a matter of fact we have both a signature collection and a signature album. lol

By: Aaron Lee Kafton

Aaron Lee Kafton — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:40:00 +0000

Know that your complaint won’t hold up in court? No problem, just whine about it public and claim that its too expensive to hire the lawyers.

By: Rick Weaver

Rick Weaver — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:23:00 +0000

Well, Sal should have done his OWN Google search to find those merchants who were already using the word “signature”.

Sal’s guilty of the same thing he’s accusing Miller’s of. So to use his own argument, he should quit using “signature” immediately.

By: saynototrolls_123

saynototrolls_123 — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:03:00 +0000

starry, youre like captain obvious. the fonts are completely different. the common theme – both have the name salvatore. so unless you are suggesting that sal’s real name is not salvatore – not sure you are adding any value here. it seems most people are speaking from a point of darkness and missing the bigger picture. if you read sal’s post (which i did) he is not debating the word “signature” its almost comical to read the trolls comments who now appear to be lawyers. enlighten yourself people. this issue effects us all. in fact, he posted it for open debate – asking if it was bad business or nothing to worry about. a select few have propagated the debate out of context and with inaccurate facts.

By: Jozef Povazan

Jozef Povazan — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:20:00 +0000

Quentin, thanks for your opinion on this. This is not about judging this is about expressing my own opinion. And yes it is negative and yes I am not ashamed to say it in public what I really feel. Why I feel this way is simple – looking at his images / retouched or not retouched ones / they do not show me that quality which I would consider to be acceptable if he is in the price range like lets say jerry ghionis, becker or yervant – who btw. uses word Signature on his website with exact same font like Sal !. He is strong business man for sure and yes these days you can get very far if you excel in your business strategy like in this case. The question is for how long will it last before people get bored with the same look in his shots and retouches ;)… Simply visit his FB page and check it for yourself. I based my opinion on the images I have seen – and even thou I had never worked with him his images put him into a certain level in my eyes. And based on this I do not like his photography but have to admit his hard pushing business skills are very strong. It is that simple. JP