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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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Why do so many people feel entitled to free photos? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Practical-Ad6198@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Not only have I been a victim of someone editing out my watermark and not paying for the package but I’ve been seeing people ask for Santa photos for cheaper than $20?

Why is this normal ? I don’t understand how someone can want a professional photographer with exspensive equipment and high quality skill to take time out their schedule to not only shoot the photos but edit and proof them. If that’s not worth at least $50 then why not just get creative with that iPhone you dropped $1k on ?

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[–] man-vs-spider@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Considering that a camera phone is good enough for many photo situations, the marginal value of the photos from a photographer is less than what it used to be.

A camera phone photo might look “80%” as good as what a photographer can produce, so it’s hard to convince people that the extra quality is worth a large price.

I would de-emphasise the cameras themselves and focus on the added value of good lighting etc. that is something that is difficult for a layperson to reproduce