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I don't think that Joe tourist will populate the pages of National Geographic either, but by the shear number of Digital Cameras being sold, some of the buyers will turn out to be excellent photographers, and yet not necessarily Professional Photographers. The source for good photographs will be (and is already nearing that point) 10 folds what it is today. There will be a notably reduction in printed books, magazines and printed photographs as a whole. With the internet and Stock agencies getting good photographs from the entire planet via the internet and selling them for peanuts,, good photographs will be cheaply available to publishers wether they will publish in printed form or through the internet and digitally. There will always be a demand for wedding photographers, camera operators for Wal-Mart type of photograhic studios, but nature, landscape, travel, etc, Pro-Photographers opportunities will undoudebly diminish. The point of this post is that I believe the famous Pro-Photographers are more-or-less showing that they are hurting now by giving seminar, lectures, and workshops. They wouldn't have time for those if they were as busy as they were 10 to 15 years ago.
I am not saying that Pro-Photography is done with. I embrace technology and progress.
At one time, the mode of transportation was horses and horses and buggies. They have been replaced with automobiles, trains, airplane, etc, but there are still people using horses and buggies...just not as many.
Regards
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