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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 14476" data-attributes="member: 1061">Jim Pickerell is a stock photographer.At one time, that was a good place to be.&nbsp; But in the age of crowdsourcing and the internet, stock photography has taken a bigger hit than any other aspect of this business.&nbsp; In other words, Jim Pickerell was a stock photographer.&nbsp; His business has been turned into a kiosk operation down at the mall, a mere shadow of its former self.&nbsp; Places like iStockPhoto.com and Shutterstock.com now control a huge portion of that niche of photography.&nbsp; I admire his courage for not signing on with these Wal Marts of the industry, but at the same time I loathe him for jumping on the woe-is-me bandwagon.&nbsp; Adapt or die, Jim.&nbsp; It's a simple concept.&nbsp; The dot-com bubble is burst.&nbsp; Everyone has the internet now, so it's time to move on to the next phase.&nbsp; Welcome to the new age of wireless, cloud computing, social media, and personal branding.&nbsp; We all bemoan the good ol' days when things were much simpler.&nbsp; I'm only 35 and I do it, too.&nbsp; But those times are gone, and if you spend your life looking backwards all the time, you're going to trip and fall flat on your face.&nbsp; There's a Hallmark card in there somewhere...but it's true.&nbsp; And this is why these working pros are failing, and blaming it on everyone but themselves where it belongs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 14476, member: 1061"] Jim Pickerell is a stock photographer. At one time, that was a good place to be. But in the age of crowdsourcing and the internet, stock photography has taken a bigger hit than any other aspect of this business. In other words, Jim Pickerell [I]was[/I] a stock photographer. His business has been turned into a kiosk operation down at the mall, a mere shadow of its former self. Places like iStockPhoto.com and Shutterstock.com now control a huge portion of that niche of photography. I admire his courage for not signing on with these Wal Marts of the industry, but at the same time I loathe him for jumping on the woe-is-me bandwagon. Adapt or die, Jim. It's a simple concept. The dot-com bubble is burst. Everyone has the internet now, so it's time to move on to the next phase. Welcome to the new age of wireless, cloud computing, social media, and personal branding. We all bemoan the good ol' days when things were much simpler. I'm only 35 and I do it, too. But those times are gone, and if you spend your life looking backwards all the time, you're going to trip and fall flat on your face. There's a Hallmark card in there somewhere...but it's true. And this is why these working pros are failing, and blaming it on everyone but themselves where it belongs. [/QUOTE]

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