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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 10 months 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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[–] rambuttaann@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Unfortunately I think it's just going to get worse as people can just use AI enhanced pics that add various clothes and backgrounds for profile pics, holiday cards, etc etc. Sure they aren't perfect yet but improving all the time. So against this competition, you'd really need to seek out a higher end segment than just talking shots of regular people. Need to focus instead on where the pics are used for higher value things like advertising, although even here there is competition coming from AI. But at least a bit more resistant market at the high end.