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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 198494" data-attributes="member: 1061"><p>Someone needs to revoke Jim Pickerell's writing license. <a href="http://nikonites.com/photography-business/2127-photography-profession.html#axzz2f7DKcvZd" target="_blank">He has whined about this stuff before</a>.</p><p></p><p>The guy does raise some valid concerns, but his entire mode of thinking is based in an era where photography was still an artisan's craft, and digital has changed all that. </p><p></p><p>Photography used to be a lot more mystical. You had to be in an apprenticeship program and learn from a master in order to get the skills. It wasn't a matter of competition back then, because there just wasn't any. People weren't lining up to learn about photography as a career path 20 or even 10 years ago. Now, anyone can buy a digital camera and create decent pictures. Anyone. </p><p></p><p>Competition for photographs has skyrocketed. Advanced, easy-to-use cameras combined with the internet, social media, and technology in general has destroyed the old business model. It doesn't even exist anymore, so there's no sense comparing then and now or talking about the good old days. They're gone forever.</p><p></p><p>This guy is a piece of work. He's always writing about the industry doom and gloom, and how there's no money in photography anymore, but then turns right around and links his book on how to be a pro photographer. Priceless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 198494, member: 1061"] Someone needs to revoke Jim Pickerell's writing license. [URL="http://nikonites.com/photography-business/2127-photography-profession.html#axzz2f7DKcvZd"]He has whined about this stuff before[/URL]. The guy does raise some valid concerns, but his entire mode of thinking is based in an era where photography was still an artisan's craft, and digital has changed all that. Photography used to be a lot more mystical. You had to be in an apprenticeship program and learn from a master in order to get the skills. It wasn't a matter of competition back then, because there just wasn't any. People weren't lining up to learn about photography as a career path 20 or even 10 years ago. Now, anyone can buy a digital camera and create decent pictures. Anyone. Competition for photographs has skyrocketed. Advanced, easy-to-use cameras combined with the internet, social media, and technology in general has destroyed the old business model. It doesn't even exist anymore, so there's no sense comparing then and now or talking about the good old days. They're gone forever. This guy is a piece of work. He's always writing about the industry doom and gloom, and how there's no money in photography anymore, but then turns right around and links his book on how to be a pro photographer. Priceless. [/QUOTE]
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