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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Johnathan Aulabaugh" data-source="post: 34485" data-attributes="member: 7698">While I agree with most of what you have said. Regardless of film or digital, I have seen 2 trends recently that really hurt the business IMO. 1. The worst IMO, photographers selling their work/time for way to cheap. Pro's dropping prices to the point they almost cant make a buck because of the craigslist $50 walmart shoot.2. photographers looking at it from the "If I am cheaper, I will get more shoots" mentality. And while that is in many ways true, it does in fact circle around to the above. I have seen this in almost every aspect of business in the last 7 years, from construction to retail. the only thing I have not noticed it in is the medical field (excluding medical supplies). Photography has become so incredibly competitive that the artist can't make a buck without stepping on someone else's toes, which from an art standpoint is extremely sad. In another profession, I actually got together with several other companies and discussed our pricing structure with them so we were all on the same page. it made us all competitive and able to make money. As a result our company grew significantly. Be nice if there was a way to do something similar for photographers based on genre and location. And before I get flamed for that statement, I do realize there is not a chance in hell of that happening nor a way of converting without stepping on peoples toes among a laundry list of other things that are semi wrong about that statement lol.</blockquote>

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