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Originally Posted by bmb
the photo biz took a dump when the web slowed up, Amazon crashed etc . . . all those guys were shooting for mainstream websites . . you know pics of assholes drinking coffee or what ever for ads and such. now most photography is work for hire and not really licensed anymore, and now that every joe blow has a digi cam and printer it's even harder to sell prints . . . Go to http://www.dpreview.com/ and start stalking the forums, you'll get a good over view of what's going on . .. BTW this is not intended to discourage you in any way . . . Get busy bro . . |
Pretty good summation I'd say. I've seen a lot of photo discussions in the past few years about the glut of 'joe blow' photographers on the scene these days due to the availability of cheap digicams. Potential customers are happy to settle sometimes for mediocre images if it means they can have'em cheap. It can be frustrating at times for those of us who are both experienced and who have formal photography training (college/university).
Personally, I think online isn't really the marketplace I'd want to explore mostly, though. I'm thinking someone would be more apt to buy an image if they saw it nicely framed and presented at a mall kiosk, as opposed to looking at a reduced-size, compressed online image. Hard to say for sure.