oajlu wrote:
as the popularity of dslr grew, is it a bad thing to professional photographers?
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3. lose business opportunity.
for example, my cousin had wedding last year, but she didnt hire wedding photographer. she did hire a film maker to make a video of her wedding. why she didnt want to hire a wedding photographer? because one of my uncle has D3 + 14-24 + 24-70 + 70-200. my uncle is just an rich amateurs who doesnt make living from photography. of course, the result is not as good as professional photographers, but i would say 70% of pros. now, guess what, my friend is asking me to take photos for his coming wedding on august...
I have a number of friends who went down the \'friends shooting wedding route\' as opposed to engaging a professional photographer and overall they were pleased with the results but it\'s becoming more and more common.
In other areas having better access to an event gives some protection to the working professional, and I am thinking of motorsport and sport events when I write this. However, more and more amateurs are applying for freelance media access now, to the point where many of the big circuits in the UK won\'t accept freelance anymore, only agency photographers and those shooting for publications. Even local level motorsport is having to tighten up media access procedures as well, though this is more for safety reasons of having inexperienced shooters trackside.
Jun 11, 2009 at 03:39 AM
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