DSLR Popularity

[LittleMissMagic]

Had to Google the Kelly Moore bag. That's something else. No further comment...

I will confess that I actually think most of her bags are pretty great. I'm a girly girl and petite at that, and I hate carrying around that giant box of a black DSLR camera bag.

 

[MolonLabe]

Professional photographers need to stop thinking of themselves as artists, and start viewing themselves as hired guns. In this day, the consumer of the photography rules the market, not the photographer. Photographers who insist upon a business plan predicated upon prints will fail.

Yep and Yep.


While not likely I will need hire someone, as I have a few friends who are extremely skilled at photography (one of whom I've mentioned earlier), if I ever need to hire a "professional" it will be simple, I'll look at his/her portfolio and then we will agree upon a price for their time that is agreeable to both of us. Depending on the venue and skill of the photographer, it may be hundreds of dollars per hour. Every RAW image they capture will be mine, free and clear. Depending, I would also expect a certain percentage of images captured to be processed as her/she feels fit. I will also let them know I will be tipping after receiving the images based upon my satisfaction with them.

Incentives. Don't do business without them.

If they don't like it, I'll find someone else.

 

[TotalDreamer]

I think DSLRs are taking over as kind of the standard camera rather than just digital. Especially since so many people blog these days - even people who don't blog are still sharing their lives on the internet where DSLR quality is standard. I feel like viewers are spoiled and when they decide they want to join in blogging that's what they feel they need and go out and buy not realizing how much they don't know.

Camera companies do make DSLRs for the average camera user now that are supposed to be as easy to use as digital point and shoots. Idk if that's the case or if these produce that quality people are looking for.

I really want a DSLR myself, but there's no way I wouldn't at least take an introductory class (or heavily google tutorials). The biggest tip for the average camera is to just turn off flash - it tends to make their photos look crappy because it's used in the wrong setting and for no reason.

 

[ukstitch]

I actually started out back in 2009 as one of those people who bought a DSLR under the belief that it would deliver me better quality pictures (I had a holiday to new york / las vegas / the grand canyon booked so wanted something "better" than the basic point and shoot I had) and then went on to use it in full auto, jpg mode with nothing more than the kit lens.

That "oversized point and shoot" (keeping in mind how I was using it originally) then sparked a real and genuine interest in photography for me. The quality of my pictures and my knowledge of photography in general has increased a huge amount in the 3 1/2 years since I bought that first DSLR and it's now something I thoroughly enjoy doing in my spare time as a hobby.

Now - this definitely isn't going to be the case for everybody that buys a DSLR, but it just goes to show what can happen.