Linked-In Group “Photography Industry Professionals” discussing the “future of photography as a profession”
If you are a Linked In member you can see a lively and very insightful discussion about the future of photography and, as you can imagine, there is a lot of talk about how filmmaking and video fit into the picture (pun intended for a change).
You can find the group here (I can’t tell if you can read the discussion without joining the group – please let me know) and this is a direct link to the discussion. I can’t recreate the whole discussion here (that would be stealing) but I will include a few of the more interesting comments for you to ponder.
So, I think that your opinions (dear reader) are probably just as interesting and informed as those of the PIP group at Linked-In. What do you think the future of Photography is going to look like?
Bruce Eisenberg says…
This is a very interesting post Chris and is very much the future I am seeing. there are more and more photographers that know that companies and magazines etc are going to want photographers to be able to do both still and moving images. This saves them money across the board and keeps them relevant in the modern marketplace.
[From Discussion: Photography Industry Professionals | LinkedIn]
Frank DeSantis says…
Ah, change. It doesn’t look too hopeful to me. I see it going the way of the typesetters, the pre-press houses, the printers. Even this new generation of computer graphics will take care of that photographer or client wanting to do the “big budget” shoot.
Why would anybody need a photographer? Very soon the whole world will be cataloged. There will be a picture of everything, for everything. Like Google knows words and websites.
When I look around I see that only web designers have work. And that I think is because people haven’t figured out how to do it on their own. Soon, with enough templates being made and made easier; web designers too will be out of work.
The client who turns me away because “we can do it ourselves” will soon find they are without clients because their clients don’t need them either because they “can do it themselves.”
Anybody remember having to borrow a tool from a neighbor? Who does that anymore? Everyone has their own set of tools. There is no longer a dependence on anything or anyone else.
It looks grim, because less and less people are seeing the importance of craftsmanship. Respect for the artist or professional is becoming non-existent.
We will all need to find new meaning in the word “work” not just photography.
We all need to help each other find that new meaning.
Like Diane says we need to move with it not against it[From Discussion: Photography Industry Professionals | LinkedIn]
There’s a lot more interesting stuff over there – most of it well thought out and well written.
