The Changing Photography Business

Posted on 1/13/2012 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (1)

The photography business has changed dramatically -- and at a very rapid pace. Kodak is near bankruptcy and trying to sell off its photographic patents. Most of the photo labs that used to process film and make prints have long since gone out of business. Locally, Penn Camera Exchange the largest photo equipment supplier in the region is closing 5 out of its 8 stores. Professional photographers aren’t the only ones who are hurting.

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mauricio jordan de souza coelho Posted May 11, 2012
How the amateurs smartphones photographers will deal with model and property release, caption, keyword and categorization of the images?

Flickr is already full of nice content hardly findable. The vast majority barely put a caption or even a correct caption of the images they uploaded. When they do,it is in their own language and in many cases the spelling is awful, which makes hard the job of search engines. Most are confined to the audience that speaks their language.

Correct keyword work? Forget it. It is already a hard task to dedicated professional stock photographers. Categorization work? They have no idea about what is this.

And about the "artistic photos", I do not believe that today is more difficult than was in the days when Athens was the center of the universe, or even during the golden period of art nouveau ... On the contrary, I believe that is increasingly easy for someone to find their own audience. Youtube is a great example. But understanding the demand and do a great network job is not a task for anyone.

So I do believe that the stock photographers (that "small percentage" reponsible for 25% of the industry revenue) and stock photo and footage industry still have many years ahead.

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