Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This could not be more true. When I started photography in 1961 (first camera) there were two very serious limits on producing good photographs, firstly the technique required to produce properly exposed in focus shots on the available equipment, and secondly the enormous cost, in post war England at least, of quality cameras the import of which was heavily taxed. It has been always the case that the composition (standing in the right place and pressing the button at the right time, as I was told) is the main thing but now, for a relatively low sum, anybody can buy a piece of equipment which will mostly deal with any technical issues adequately on its own. In my business the great pros are still there but they have been joined by dozens who may not be able to take a picture with a Leica or Nikon F. Some of them do great work but the requirement to be a competent technician is gone 99% of the time. Frank On 26 Jul, 2007, at 16:30, telyt@earthlink.net wrote: > Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> wrote: > >> ... this is what's left: From a newsletter by Ed Greenberg: >> >> July 19, 2007 >> >> UNVARNISHED REALITY >> >> >> Wednesday, July 18, 2007, ought to go down as the date that >> traditional bread and butter, editorial photojournalism manifested to >> anyone who chooses to see, that the profession is on life support. > > A simple clear example of supply and demand. The demand is still > there, > but the supply is much much larger because technology has put an > idiot-proof camera of adequate quality in every pocket. > > There will always be a professional niche for exceptional work - but I > emphasize both 'niche' and 'exceptional'. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com - Microsoft? Exchange solutions from a leading provider - > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information