Sounds like someone who either can't, or refuses to adapt to the changing marketplace.
The photography business is forever changed than it was 20 years ago. It's not coming back, and complaining won't make it happen. What isn't being said is that the lower end of the market, those who wouldn't pay $1000 for wedding photography, or who don't need a high-end pro to shoot portraiture, have options now. These are people who were never your customer base in the past, are paying people to photograph them. If anything, the photography industry is expanding, just not at the top end. I think this is an incredibly exciting time to be a photographer. I can do things that weren't even possible even 10 years ago. Hell, I made a timelapse video on my vacation with only my K-5, iPhone, and a tripod, synced to music, and anyone in the world can watch it. I was never, ever going to pay anyone to make that, but now it's out there for anyone to appreciate and enjoy. Something else that is important to note is that most photographs are crap, they exist to say "I was here, at this time." Some times it's interesting, mostly banal. But they are photographs that exist that wouldn't have before. As a person interested in my family genealogy, I'd love to see how my ancestors really were, not the few formal family portraits and snapshots. I have maybe 2 dozen pictures of family from before I was born, and that's going back 2 generations. My family's descendents will have much more to choose from. On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 7:23 AM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/dec/13/death-of-photography-camera-phones?CMP=fb_gu > > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
