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Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn
Anyone can take a handful of decent photos with a point and shoot camera for fun, for Facebook and the like. Even cell phone camera photos that capture a unique moment in time like say a tsunami in motion or a celebrity snorting coke can be very compelling and sellabe. But to consistently shoot full planned out photosets that are actually sellable for real money and make a profit on it the way a porn content producer does? That's a whole different story. Skill still comes into play in a big way. There's a reason there's only a small handful of us that can do this job for the bigger, more picky clients.
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While I agree with everything you say, one thing about today's aggregate consumer tastes kind of throws it out the window:
The sites I get the best ratios on (better than 1:200, gay content) are the one's where the camera shakes, shots are out of focus, etc. I'm seeing an average of 1:1000 -- or sometimes worse -- on the perfectly shot studio stuff.
The good news is that what consumers want is constantly cycling and we'll be getting back to the better professional stuff at some point.