I agree, most pro photogs have to value add now, just making photos isn't enough, there is more money in training and seminars for the hungry hoards of amateur photogs with a view to turning pro. All the studios that I know tend to rent their gear and spaces or run workshops more than they actually shoot projects for cash.
On 15 December 2013 12:04, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > Most pro photographers never actually made a living selling their images. > Only a very few have for a very long time. IIRC to be considered a pro you > have to make what 10% or 30% of your income from photography, I don't > remember exactly, but those are the numbers that stick in my mind. Most > made at least part of their income from teaching and seminars. > > > On 12/14/2013 7:50 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >> >> There's some truth in the title in some areas of photography. Like the >> death of stock photos and the myriad of workshops and photo tours being run >> by pro photographers who use to make a living selling their images. >> >> >> I don't see phone cameras as any bigger threat to photography than the >> original Brownie cameras were. >> >> Kenneth Waller >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" >> <postmas...@robertstech.com> >> Subject: The Death of Photography (again) >> >> >>> >>> http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/dec/13/death-of-photography-camera-phones?CMP=fb_gu >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia >>> www.robertstech.com >> >> >> > > > -- > A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the > crazy, crazier. > > - H.L.Mencken > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
