Professional photography is dead!

9 years 1 month ago #429841 by Jill Pomeroy
This title is what caught my attention on a LinkedIn discussion today linking to this article: http://www.asmp.org/strictlybusiness/2015/03/10-year-old-technology-makes-photographers-obsolete/#.VPoy6_zF-Gd


I think the original posters title was a little bit over the top.  Regardless, it's an interesting article. 


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9 years 1 month ago #429845 by ThatNikonGuy
Your initial thoughts on that title were correct.  Blown out of proportion to get clicks IMO.   


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9 years 1 month ago #429851 by Joslyn
I can't even take this article serious with a headline like that.  :rofl:


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9 years 1 month ago #429862 by Howard T
:blink:  hardly factual statement 


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9 years 1 month ago #429901 by effron
Professional photography is dead!.....long live Professional photography!

Why so serious?
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9 years 1 month ago #429925 by Happy Snapper
Yeah, yeah, death to photography.  Typical doom and gloom story.  I'm sorry but I don't buy this headline for one moment.  What this article is talking about, is essentially the instrument which takes the photo.  It doesn't mean each user is a master at it.  Which means, there will still be amateurs as well as professionals.  

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9 years 1 month ago #430129 by ShadowWalker
Long live the iPhone!  :rofl:



Doubtful forecast 


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9 years 1 month ago #430173 by Raymond II
I'm certainly not one to shun innovation and ideas for the future.  The title is misleading.  If they want to focus on gear getting passed up, plausible.  If you are talking about anything else, not buying it.  There will always be the "Pro", who's experience will trump someone just getting into the industry. 


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9 years 1 month ago #430175 by icepics
I think the title is meant to be tongue-in-cheek since it's what a blogger might have written in 1900. Because apparently the same type situation occurred back then.

Photographers usually had studios with a big wooden view camera - then Kodak came out with box Brownies that 'everybody' could use and made it easy to take your own pictures (by that day's technology). But obviously that didn't put an end to professional photography.

ASMP is a professional photographers organization and don't have ads so they probably don't need clicks. If someone is serious about being a pro photographer there are a lot of good resources on their website.

Sharon
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9 years 1 month ago #430275 by KENT MELTON

ShadowWalker wrote: Long live the iPhone!  :rofl:



Doubtful forecast 



Exactly! 


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9 years 1 month ago - 9 years 1 month ago #430299 by Larsdevour
If I would get $5 for each time I heard this sentence. :lol:




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