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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 440726" data-attributes="member: 9240">I should have also added this...Access to high quality learning materials for anything is so much easier now than it was even 10 years ago, and infinitely easier than it was in the 20th century, and it often comes at no cost other than one's time.There are things I've learned to do in a matter of hours using only what is available YouTube.&nbsp; In the last year alone I have learned everything from how to replace a household toilet, to how to print, mount and frame an archival, gallery quality photograph, simply by watching videos, and have done so with almost no trial-and-error lessons along the way.&nbsp; &nbsp;So yes, it is easier to &quot;learn photography&quot; from the point of view that access to a &quot;teacher&quot; is almost ridiculously easy.&nbsp; But I would posit that while it's easier to reach the &quot;skilled amateur&quot; level as photographer and just about anything else, the time to progress to a higher level from there has probably remained about the same (though the cost has gone down substantially).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 440726, member: 9240"] I should have also added this... [I]Access to high quality learning materials for [B]anything[/B] is so much easier now than it was even 10 years ago, and infinitely easier than it was in the 20th century, and it often comes at no cost other than one's time.[/I] There are things I've learned to do in a matter of hours using only what is available YouTube. In the last year alone I have learned everything from how to replace a household toilet, to how to print, mount and frame an archival, gallery quality photograph, simply by watching videos, and have done so with [I]almost[/I] no trial-and-error lessons along the way. So yes, it is easier to "learn photography" from the point of view that access to a "teacher" is almost ridiculously easy. But I would posit that while it's easier to reach the "skilled amateur" level as photographer and just about anything else, the time to progress to a higher level from there has probably remained about the same (though the cost has gone down substantially). [/QUOTE]

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