Comments on: A question of talent … http://exposurecompensation.com/2007/11/28/a-question-of-talent/ of photography and photographers Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:11:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: emekonnen http://exposurecompensation.com/2007/11/28/a-question-of-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-260 emekonnen Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:48:57 +0000 http://exposurecompensation.com/?p=166#comment-260 I partially agree with stupidphotographer, the market is down hill and everyone thinks they can photograph like a top class photographer and clients don't seem to see the need for a professional photographer. On the other hand, one thing the average Joe Blog can't have is a creative option like playing with depth of field, light and so forth so upping the skill level and looking for the higher market would help. http://emekonnen.blogspot.com I partially agree with stupidphotographer, the market is down hill and everyone thinks they can photograph like a top class photographer and clients don’t seem to see the need for a professional photographer.

On the other hand, one thing the average Joe Blog can’t have is a creative option like playing with depth of field, light and so forth so upping the skill level and looking for the higher market would help.

http://emekonnen.blogspot.com

]]> By: leec1 http://exposurecompensation.com/2007/11/28/a-question-of-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-259 leec1 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:47:52 +0000 http://exposurecompensation.com/?p=166#comment-259 the more people get fed up and give up the more work for me. the more people get fed up and give up the more work for me.

]]> By: leec1 http://exposurecompensation.com/2007/11/28/a-question-of-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-258 leec1 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:46:02 +0000 http://exposurecompensation.com/?p=166#comment-258 nice nice

]]> By: Miguel Garcia-Guzman http://exposurecompensation.com/2007/11/28/a-question-of-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Miguel Garcia-Guzman Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:31:23 +0000 http://exposurecompensation.com/?p=166#comment-256 By far, there is more demand in the market for photographs now than 10 years ago, before the digital era became mainstream. So, I disagree with the idea that digital has reduced the chances to be successful as a photographer, it has certainly changed the market. Know your talents and skills, develop new ones, and more important find the market that is seeking for work with the highest quality you can produce. Perhaps this market is different from the one you targeted before, perhaps digital has changed the requirements and the offer for that market. Look for a new market, be creative, produce the higher quality demanded by that market , know how to sell your work and you will succeed. Thanks for sharing your views. By far, there is more demand in the market for photographs now than 10 years ago, before the digital era became mainstream. So, I disagree with the idea that digital has reduced the chances to be successful as a photographer, it has certainly changed the market.

Know your talents and skills, develop new ones, and more important find the market that is seeking for work with the highest quality you can produce. Perhaps this market is different from the one you targeted before, perhaps digital has changed the requirements and the offer for that market.

Look for a new market, be creative, produce the higher quality demanded by that market , know how to sell your work and you will succeed.

Thanks for sharing your views.

]]> By: stupidphotographer http://exposurecompensation.com/2007/11/28/a-question-of-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-255 stupidphotographer Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:59:14 +0000 http://exposurecompensation.com/?p=166#comment-255 Used to be a question of talent. Now it's a question of getting lucky. Lucky to get hired from among the hordes of stupid photographers like me roaming the planet, all of them with the latest digi wonder, convinced they are smarter than everyone, ever. Lucky to find stupid gigs with rates that have not yet dropped to a buck per image, or lower. Everyone except me is now a super smart photographer, ready to eat every other stupid photographer's lunch, for pennies on the buck. Heck, even people who used to hire me, now have digi wonders of their own, so stopped hiring stupid photographers altogether because they're suddenly freaking visual geniuses. So yeah, I could have done that, and so could everyone with a phonecam. Used to be a question of talent. Now it’s a question of getting lucky. Lucky to get hired from among the hordes of stupid photographers like me roaming the planet, all of them with the latest digi wonder, convinced they are smarter than everyone, ever. Lucky to find stupid gigs with rates that have not yet dropped to a buck per image, or lower. Everyone except me is now a super smart photographer, ready to eat every other stupid photographer’s lunch, for pennies on the buck. Heck, even people who used to hire me, now have digi wonders of their own, so stopped hiring stupid photographers altogether because they’re suddenly freaking visual geniuses. So yeah, I could have done that, and so could everyone with a phonecam.

]]> By: fotokew http://exposurecompensation.com/2007/11/28/a-question-of-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-254 fotokew Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:27:27 +0000 http://exposurecompensation.com/?p=166#comment-254 amen! amen!

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