Originally Posted by Pseudonymous

Depends on the niche.

Solo. Its lousier photography. However people want hotter girls. Hotter girls don't usually jump at the opportunity when you shoot lousy photography though.

The thing about that though, as a photographer gets more experienced, he will shoot better and he will always refuse to go backwards and even if he tried to go backwards, he most likely couldn't, because it's hard to fake being bad and shoot amateur after you've leaned more and more into shooting better and better stuff

Its human nature to want to get better and better at something and even if it hurts sales, photographers continue to do it. Mainly because alot of time, they care about reputation, and having it seen by many potential future clients, etc. - Nevermind the fact that they aren't usually involved in ownership and could care less about sales as much as reputation

Art - Very high end

Hardcore, theres a market for amateur. But I think theres a bigger market for very well shot. Sometimes an untapped market is better than the bigger market

So yeah, depends on the niche and what market you want to hit.