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<blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 103412" data-attributes="member: 9521"><p>That's a good question. One thing that strikes me about the business of photography is that the money is not in actual photographs, rather it is in teaching others how to make photographs. Look at most successful photographers and you'll see nearly all of them give seminars and/or write books and take students on various photo safaris. There is currently so many people taking digital photographs (note I did not call them "photographers") and more and more people entering the fray that the market for professional photography is getting smaller and smaller. We even see it here on Nikonites. There's been scores of posters who land here and complain about how "newbies" are taking away their wedding jobs and are either doing a poor job of it or are charging ridiculously low prices. So many people are coming to our hobby either thru point-n-shoots or iPad's and cell phones, the potential for a professionals focusing solely on images is getting smaller and smaller by the day.</p><p></p><p>But with every door that closes another is opened. Flickr and other such sites offer the potential to publicise yourself to a world wide audience. Not so much with selling the actual photos but in proving you're a skilled photographer. In this brave new world of a now maturing internet, such a photographer could parley their web presence into a very lucrative career in writing books and hosting seminars. I can't even count the number of emails I get announcing a new seminar or on-site photo shoot, only $99 if you register today! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> And you don't even have to be a good photographer to take advantage of the boom in digital photography. Take Scott Kelby or Martin Evening for instance, they're making a ton of money teaching computer skills, not photographic skills, to new and semi advanced photographers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave_W, post: 103412, member: 9521"] That's a good question. One thing that strikes me about the business of photography is that the money is not in actual photographs, rather it is in teaching others how to make photographs. Look at most successful photographers and you'll see nearly all of them give seminars and/or write books and take students on various photo safaris. There is currently so many people taking digital photographs (note I did not call them "photographers") and more and more people entering the fray that the market for professional photography is getting smaller and smaller. We even see it here on Nikonites. There's been scores of posters who land here and complain about how "newbies" are taking away their wedding jobs and are either doing a poor job of it or are charging ridiculously low prices. So many people are coming to our hobby either thru point-n-shoots or iPad's and cell phones, the potential for a professionals focusing solely on images is getting smaller and smaller by the day. But with every door that closes another is opened. Flickr and other such sites offer the potential to publicise yourself to a world wide audience. Not so much with selling the actual photos but in proving you're a skilled photographer. In this brave new world of a now maturing internet, such a photographer could parley their web presence into a very lucrative career in writing books and hosting seminars. I can't even count the number of emails I get announcing a new seminar or on-site photo shoot, only $99 if you register today! :p And you don't even have to be a good photographer to take advantage of the boom in digital photography. Take Scott Kelby or Martin Evening for instance, they're making a ton of money teaching computer skills, not photographic skills, to new and semi advanced photographers. [/QUOTE]
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