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<blockquote data-quote="Rexer John" data-source="post: 138335" data-attributes="member: 12691">Times are changing for all jobs unfortunately and some jobs are disappearing, many have gone already and old trade skills are being lost forever.Those upload figures are huge but the vast majority of pictures are snapshots.Nothing against snapshots at all, my point is they (snaps) are not taking anything away from the professional photographer.However, the number of amateur photographers have shot up over the years, many of them could go professional.SLR/DSLR&nbsp; are still in the minority, and as we know, they give the most artistic scope.It's a harder time for everyone these days in any given trade, professional photography will be with us for a long time yet.I guess the bottom line is, people have less money to spend, so fewer people will go to a professional if they can do a half decent job themselves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rexer John, post: 138335, member: 12691"] Times are changing for all jobs unfortunately and some jobs are disappearing, many have gone already and old trade skills are being lost forever. Those upload figures are huge but the vast majority of pictures are snapshots. Nothing against snapshots at all, my point is they (snaps) are not taking anything away from the professional photographer. However, the number of amateur photographers have shot up over the years, many of them could go professional. SLR/DSLR are still in the minority, and as we know, they give the most artistic scope. It's a harder time for everyone these days in any given trade, professional photography will be with us for a long time yet. I guess the bottom line is, people have less money to spend, so fewer people will go to a professional if they can do a half decent job themselves. [/QUOTE]

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