Competition

At 01:55 PM 5/24/2004 -0700, you wrote:

Hell man we've got enough competion already and it's getting worse, so
please keep your day job, live a long and happy life doing what you're doing
now! Thank you. :-)

ted

I'm wondering, Ted. I've been giving talks to photography students and answering their e-mails with advice since I first got started in photography 30 years ago. I've always encouraged them and said that photography is a wonderful career. I'm getting a lot more requests for talks and advice and it occurs to me that I'm only contributing to the problem! There are many more budding photographers out there than there are jobs for photographers and the jobs are getting more scarce all the time! There are no documentary photography magazines left. The stock photo business is all going the way of royalty-free with magazines wanting all rights forever for almost no pay. Newspapers are giving digital cameras to reporters and saying "Bring back some photos that are good enough."

Maybe I should tell all of these potential photographers that it is the worst possible job for the worst possible pay and encourage them to become teachers or sewer workers instead!!

Leically?

Tina


Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com



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