Photography Is Dead and YouTube Is All We Have Left

[@OhhhhhhhBugger]

Correction to title: *The INDUSTRY of photography is not as strong as it used to be. There are 2 ladies across the street from me that shoot weddings and they make bank. Meanwhile, I shoot wildlife, macro, and astro, and make nothing, because I DO do it for myself. But saying, "photography is dead" is about as clikcbaity as it gets.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@OhhhhhhhBugger won't let me edit 😉 You're right though...

[@TheHawaiianc]

Saw title on my recommended and I was going say but in Japan its totally opposite….

[@Lincandoubtyou]

Let's go and start selling that astro photos. Show me how much will you make, if anyone every will like to buy it. What a piece of bullshit... Photography is absolutely dead for most people that would like to enter to this world right now. If you do weddings fine, it will always work but only weddings. Tell me mate who is ready to pay you if you would like to be nature/street photographer? Who is going to pay for your work? When the last time were you browsing the internet with looking for the photography. Nobody is interested in photography anymore. Right now it can be a good hobby which engages physical activity, that's all.

[@metalfingersfilm]

@@Lincandoubtyounever have businesses needed photography videography and marketing more lmao. What are you going on about? Maybe instead of approaching photography as snobby, woe is me artist, approach it with the mindset of a craftsman. Making high quality images with your tool, for people who need that service. It’s literally everywhere.

[@josephcamosy1999]

The old photography is dead, long live the new photography. The career of teaching people how to do photography as a form of self expression, art therapy, just increased by a factor of 1 million or more. If you can combine photography as art therapy with something like IFS and franchise it, you’ll be the next billionaire.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@josephcamosy1999 oooooo, very interesting

[@anta40]

Photography is dead... not. As a hobbyist, I don't care if my photos are known by other person or not. I make images first for my own pleasure. Consider being appreciated as a bonus. And there are younger photographers who still make prints and publish books. What... prints and physical books on digital age? Isn't that legacy practice from the past? :D

[@Bloodrocutioner]

Completely agree with this

[@munarong]

hobbyist might not affected by dying industry but the professionals that make a living out of it are affecting a lot, that's point he is trying to make I would say. I'm also a hobbyist, not exactly non affected because I can't move up to make it a career which I wanted to, there's no jobs available and freelance will have a very rough start where I live. Unless you're rich.

[@ReadIcculus93]

If you take a photo of 1 person and they see it and love it, then you win my good friend. Doesnt matter if anybody else see's it.

[@ReadIcculus93]

@@munarong The industry isnt dying, it took a break because of Covid. I shoot concerts, engagement photos, high school sports for yearbooks, senior portraits, sports portraits (groups and individual shots), street and wildlife for fun. I live in a big city where there's more events than there are photographers, so I'll go to a mid level festival in the summer and maybe see 3 or 4 other photographers (usually from out of state), so its not overly crowded with photographers. Right now, I'm seeing more people wanting me to take photos than ever before. The time is now, not the time was then. "Most photographers never reach their full potential because they sit around and wait for someone else to tell them to go take a photograph." Carpe Diem my friend, never stop working.

[@ReadIcculus93]

@@munarong I do a lot of work with a nikon D7000 and a 400$ 70-200 Tameron f2.8, and a few cheap godox TTL's. you dont need to be rich, just work part time and you could easily afford a cheap set up to shoot any event or portrait you can think of.

[@justineaves1977]

I make art with digital photographs taken from my humble Motorola phone. I'm not a photographer, I'm an artist. I don't intend to make money on my art, nor do I care what anyone thinks about it, it is simply a legacy I will leave behind for someone to enjoy someday and an occupation of my time while I'm still alive. Photography is a very simple way and inexpensive way to enjoy time. That is the gift it offers you.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@justineaves1977 wow... You should write that somewhere...other than here of course!

[@infinitesky-59]

Very well said.

[@crashryanphoto]

We are the last generation who can sit quietly and appreciate a photograph for a long while .... without feeling the need to grab a phone and multitask twenty conversations, check their likes or get easily distracted

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@crashryanphoto I'm sorry, what? I was reading a tweet. 😳😳😉😉😉

[@crashryanphoto]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography Hang on, I’ll get back to you after I post my bagel on Instagram

[@jwopd]

Idk man. I hired a photographer for my wedding.. and my kids baby photos.. and their first year photos.. and annual family photos. I’ve had a camera in my hands for years but still can appreciate others perspective.

[@cultureinvasion]

NEW SUB!! Thanks Bro. I been feeling this since every narcissistic digital social medium offered "filters". Our industry is professional niche. It's the evolution that most won't keep up with. Bless their poor hearts.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@cultureinvasion thank YOU! WOWWWWWW!

[@profilmwork]

I've been saying it. 14 years and I realized I was just doing it whenever I still did, for me.

[@rajshekharkhandeparkar352]

Photography as an industry is dead for the one who thinks it is dead. Yes the margins have reduced and competitive. But genres have changed and we have to keep with the times.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@rajshekharkhandeparkar352 great point!

[@Lincandoubtyou]

Excuse me? What genres? Photography that makes mony right now is doing weddings. End of the story and stop writing nonsens about competitive something. There is no competition in something that no one is interested in. Who cares these days about photography like man, wake up.

[@rajshekharkhandeparkar352]

@@Lincandoubtyou you seem to have pathetic mental state.

[@thefernwehtype]

In Poland, I think until the late 90s, you had to pass the exam with a certificate to call yourself a "photographer". I wish they could bring this back. I've met 7 years ago a wedding photographer (he earned very good money) and he asked me how can I shoot in manual and how do I know Photoshop because he doesn't know anything... He said that the auto mode does a good job. I flipped the table and lost my hopes for being ever recognised... 😬

[@sempergrumpy_]

I started doing wedding and corporate event photography in 2022 and make over 100k/yr doing it April-October. Photography isn't dead IMO, it's just that the money is in the less creative genres.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

That is incredible! Carry on!

[@JordanMarsh0217]

Yeah the money for me has been in Commercial/Contruction/Military. Worked as a D.O.D contractor with the Army for many years doing a lot of crazy video/photo stuff. Currently also making over 100k on salary doing aerial work shooting from a helicopter. I gave up wedding work about 4 years ago, I just didn't have it in me anymore ; ) The job market has definitely changed and it's a tough career path but the work is there, it's just finding that niche.

[@valebliz]

@@JordanMarsh0217 you guys shoot video too or actually make a living with photography?

[@JordanMarsh0217]

@@valebliz I shot high speed/standard video and photo for the Army but just strictly photography now. If I had to do it again I probably would have studied forensics and gone into that photo field, though I have no idea what that job market looks like ; )

[@djmouglie]

I worked for the last couple of years mainly as a photographer and now i work as a part of a larger group of freelance work in different skillsets. Its not dead at all, its just you need to take photos that people are using, and have clients that pay money, and combine it with video work. If you want to run around taking street photography and landscape stuff then fine but i dont know anybody who wants to pay for personal projects like that.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@djmouglie I was referring more to my stock portfolio with Alamy which has taken a financial downfall. I've never made a penny with street photography and can't imagine trying to sell a zine or book which I see others attempt often. I haven't done client based photos in over a decade, by choice, due to having to deal with "clients". Always want more than they agree to.

[@Funkteon]

Photography, i.e. PAID still photography, is dead because the youngest generation who have the attention spans to stop and appreciate a still photo are elder millennials born before 1985... Less than 10% of people born since 1990 would pay for imagery that doesn't move and make noises...

[@camcappe353]

I dont know why people forget but in 90s being accepted to a stock agency was hard. Everyone became a photographer in the 80s with motorized af point and shoots BUT like today few could get paid to take photos. There was a boom with digital where many started making money with photography but now we are back to the days where being a pro equals to having connections with people and in case of wedding photographers having credibility. We are just back to how it once was for a very long time thats all.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@camcappe353 HELL, it was hard in the 2000's too. I had to submit my portfolio to Alamy three times.

[@camcappe353]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography I know right? I remember in 2006 I started uploading to isotck and alamy and I was like nah, too little money and so many people are doing it. I could say the same thing about today.

[@cherylm7321]

Actually, Flickr still has a lot of people interested in photography (much more so than Instagram).

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@cherylm7321 Everything old is new again!

[@maxd8952]

Well, I'll tell ya, I, there's like 5+ local labs that make bank here in my town, both on developing and shooting photos for other people. There's clearly professional photographers taking shots for advertisements, nat geo, and local commissions. So photography has changed... but it's certainly not dead. Though I definitely think there is something to be said about photography being much harder to make a living doing independently outside of youtube! Even if I sort of disagree with the message, I liked the video! Gonna check more of your stuff out finding my 'style' is something I've been struggling with myself lately!

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

You are so correct and your points are so well made. PS... Haven't gotten around to that "style" video yet 👀🙃😝🤣🤣

[@illegalalien6542]

Photography isn't dead, rather it's stuck in a weird place right now.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

Can't see it coming back like it was

[@bflintphotography]

Not sure it's "dead", but sometimes it feels that way. The main thing is that it changes so fast, sometimes faster than photographers can keep up with it. I started out wanting to sell stock nature photography back in the 90s. For a while, it worked. But the publishing/print industry was stronger then. They actually paid for freelance stock. But when the internet and social media entered into the equation, the word "share" became a thing, and publishers found out they could get people to basically donate their work for free. Today, I'm lucky enough to be earning a living by doing product photography and videography, but it's not the type of photography that I'd like to be known for. These days, my nature photography is only for myself and KZbin videos.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@bflintphotography yeah, stock dried up for me and luckily I never had to depend on that money to survive. It was just so I could buy more gear. 😜 Thanks for commenting and I hope you can shoot for yourself as much as you are!

[@davidprentice5442]

What is utterly dead and soulless is youtube.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@davidprentice5442 not if you find the right channels to follow, the interests you like and the people that can enlighten and enrich your life

[@bidenisasnake9932]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography If it weren't for ad blockers, I would not be on here at all.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@bidenisasnake9932 don't even know what that means.

[@cultureinvasion]

@@bidenisasnake9932 Poor Baby... How did you ever survive? Back in my day we watched REAL television... with 2-minute commercial breaks. FOH

[@turkeyleg72]

Chrome extensions that block youtube ads and let you have an ad free experience without having to pay youtube to remove them, you can even find adblockers built in some browsers but i don't use adblockers because i really don't find a need in them i'd rather wait so that i can lower my dopamine

[@NeilArthurs]

Solid message and totally agree, I am dabbling on the platform myself! I very much look forward to following along with you! Cheers

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@NeilArthurs Welcome Neil. Reach out anytime. [e-mail]

[@ManyDoors777]

Photography is my hobby for the last 25 years. Flickr is a great place to see other people’s good photos and just have fun!

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@ManyDoors777 I am an old school Flickr user who kind of went away, to only see now that it's resurging.

[@davidhewett1484]

I have a Flickr account and I really enjoy it.

I have been a wedding photographer for more than ten years and this has been my only source of income for around ten years. I can make a living from it and I can also use the income to invest in new techniques, all this in a country in such a bad economic situation as the one where I live, and all this legally. Photography is not dead, but photography as a source of livelihood is disappearing from more and more areas. Wedding photography is perhaps the last such field, and our wedding experience, which is greater than that of our customers, will keep us in this market for at least this decade. This is also mostly due to the fact that weddings are also changing, albeit slowly, and I am not talking about wedding trends here, but in the life of an engaged couple, the wedding itself is no longer as important and interpretable an event for them as it was a generation ago. Susan Sontag's book wonderfully explored the journey of photography from its beginnings to its golden age. We would badly need a summary of the last two decades written in Sontag's perspective.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

I love this response, thank you.

​@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography To be completely honest, if I were the same age now as when I thought I wanted to be a wedding photographer, it would be much easier for me to learn the photography technique, because the learning curve is now almost smoothed out, and it would be much more difficult from the financial point of view. The customers' needs adapt to the standards provided by the latest technology the fastest, but this also means a much greater financial burden on the service provider's side. 20 years ago, at the dawn of the spread of digital photography, it was our generation that created the new needs, we pushed the boundaries based on which customers chose us. Now I simply don't see the space and opportunity for new market participants to show something that would make wedding photography fashionable again. But maybe I'm just too boomer :)

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography I think the fact that I keep getting booked for wedding photography for next year is to some extent also due to the fact that I have minimized my social media presence. One post a month on my fb page, I haven't updated my website in a long time, I'm sending my mywed page as a portfolio. I can't beat the algorithm so I just ignore it. And this attracts the attention of couples because I am not part of the sea of ​​wedding posts on social media, which is essentially just noise for them.

[@zoneVgroup]

Have you considered using agency? So far I see so many photographers/artist who shoots commercially using agency. Like art partner, art commerce, and etc

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@zoneVgroup I have shot for agencies, large and small. Please understand that while I lament the contraction of the business of Photography, I'm not dependent upon photographic income. I appreciate your tip tjough

[@zoneVgroup]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography gotcha. Usually the agency rep the artist and most of the time they get job through the agency. I don’t know if they actually shoot for the actual agency.

[@JayceAllanGuitar]

I couldn’t agree more. It has become a niche. Kind of like music. It is completely taken for granted. Everyone has a camera on their phone. The entire magic around photos is gone. You used to have to actually know how to use a camera to take good photos. Now the camera does it all for you and if you want the shot to look better you just throw a bunch of photoshop filters on it. I graduated high school in 89. My first year of college was Motion Picture Production. We actually shot our student projects on Super 8 film. Then went into journalism. Again. Shot all our photos on film. Processed our photos in a darkroom with chemicals that dried your hands out. Then in the late 90’s I started a small studio. I shot weddings on medium format with actual studio lights. I had two Yashicamat cameras rigged with pistol grips, flash mounts and eye pieces. I had my wife keep handing me a camera with a fresh roll of film. You had to have your shit together. You couldn’t just shoot continuously hoping to get a good shot. I made a lot of money on weddings. I probably could have done wedding photography full time back then. Now every body and their cousin is a photographer. Digital made it far more accessible and easier. You still have to have an eye for composing the shot but all the technical BS is done for you. But again, your video could as easily be applied to most arts. Unless you do something really off the wall that goes viral you’re just a drop of water in a sea of other artists. AI will kill off what is left. Well done on this video. Ignore the haters. You’ll get a lot of that (welcome to KZbin). Don’t feed the trolls.

[@ucevrim]

Photography is still fun when it’s not your job.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@ucevrim great point. MUCH more fun

[@ReadIcculus93]

It's fun, even when it is your job. Having fun is doing something you love, well.

[@ReadIcculus93]

Photography isn't dead, you're just not looking in the right places. I shoot concerts, events, candids, engagement photos, senior portraits, you name it. There's always a need for high quality, professional photos made by great photographers. The general public doesn't fully understand that, but there are still plenty of people who do. Clout from social media is gone, but if that's all you got into it for, then for you, photography is dead.

[@metalfingersfilm]

Dude, photography & videography is more popular than ever. There’s more money to be made in marketing, photos, and videos than ever before.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

Video yes, stock photography no, Event photography, maybe. But generally, most of the work has dried up.

[@metalfingersfilm]

@ more than ever businesses need photo and video content for marketing. referring to stock photography as the main means of photography is laughable. For what it’s worth, I have a solid following on here, doing photography, and I’ve made 20x out in the real world doing jobs, working events, working for companies. If youtube is a main revenue source for a photographers, they are seriously leaving alot on the table. Much much easier ways to make a buck as a photographer than KZbin

[@cfdmedic78]

As long as I have sight then photography is not dead…

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@cfdmedic78 that is a point.

[@abphoto]

Photography is art an artist can use any camera and make a subject pop. What is dieing is the subject art form composition. Photography is making pictures anybody with a phone camera can take a picture. But its making a picture its still relivant today. So photography will never die.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@abphoto I was mostly speaking professional photography, but you're right.

[@SVFresh2Salty]

I saw the title and thought photography is not dead but watching your video I have to agree with you. Photography like the music industry has changed massively in the last 30 years and to be totally honest digital photography is the cause. It has had the side effect of devaluing someone’s work. But I also got to say there is an awful lot of bad photography out there that people are pushing as good. So many camera and lens reviews and the photos that try to sell those thing is so poor it’s unbelievable.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

Aaaaaand I work in the music industry too. So maybe it's ME?

[@TimLaytonDarkroomDiary]

I make 1830s-style calotype paper negatives and handmade salt prints, and I also do a lot of wet plate negatives and make platinum/palladium prints. Those forms of photography have been dead since the mid-19th century. Here is the good news. I still love making new work via these dead methods and expressing myself through my work, even if no one cares. So, yes, I agree, whatever form of photography you enjoy is about doing it because you enjoy it, and there is absolutely little to no chance anyone will make a real living doing it. But that is not a negative thing at all. In fact, it might even help photographers be real and enjoy the process versus having unrealistic expectations or ideas.

[@luisbustamante9869]

I tried to reply to your comment but unfortunately it seems I've been censored. There's always a first time I suppose.

[@josephcurry4891]

I joined a few FB photo groups to get some inspiration, see what other folks were doing and show some stuff. It wasn't good. All the posts that came up were the toxic ones people arguing or about bad photos. All the good pictures or mediocre pictures got buried. I guess it was a good sign my stuff never got more than a few reactions, it meant it wasn't bad enough to cause a stir.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

I would never take anything from Facebook as anything other than bullshit. Those people are trolls!

[@josephcurry4891]

@ the street photography one was at least funny because it was a few people constantly getting mad at someone posting a holiday picture of a street in Europe or a night shot of a neon sign. It’s a lonely hobby.

[@bigrobotnewstoday1436]

There is work if you are good at advertising. And commercial work you have to make phone calls and sell yourself.

[@PrestigePhotog]

You are so right! That's why many successful photographers are teaching due to the changes and the economy, I have over 44 years as an event and wedding photographer! The industry as a whole is tanking! Young photographers living with their parents have undercut the industry ...how do you compete? You can't ! Over priced cameras will eventually go out of business! A.I will change destroy everything!

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@PrestigePhotog YOU should have done this video!

[@ralphberrett8485]

I have been since 1986 and you just need to adapt, overcome, and improvise. I shot for papers for 30 years, and the NFL for 15 years. I am semi-retired and still shoot. I also need to point out that now is actually a good time to buy high-end DSLR cameras and lenses at cut-rate prices for Pros and people starting their photo career.

[@samt8017]

Businesses are not interested in photo or video. They are interested in what the photos and videos does for them. In your case, find a niche. Then, find a problem that you can fix with photo and you will be fine.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@samt8017 I like that theory. Thank you!

[@samt8017]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography money is no longer in talent or experience, it’s in solving problems.

[@JPKloess]

Isn't Flickr still a thing for photographers who just want to see photos?

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@JPKloess Remember when it was the place, and then it wasn't... and now it seems to be back!

[@tinymocot]

I dare say it’s a “new channel”. But the creator just exudes experience and I’d like to learn more.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@tinymocot I have a tear in my eye over this comment. Thank you so much.

[@bondgabebond4907]

There is combat cam in the military. But you are 99% right. The cellphone killed it, dead, buried. When I worked for newspapers in the USAF, one thing we frowned upon was the grip & grin photos. Now that is all we get on cellphones, only it's grins, grins and more grins, aka selfies and group shots. As a photographer since the 70s and learned the PJ style, I make great and silly photos of family. I do this to be different and bring another side to people, especially young children. Other than that, shooting pix of a fire hydrant is beyond boring, landscape which everyone does. It's the oddball photos I go for like the skyline scarred by clouds of smoke from a huge brush fire in Los Angeles. Most of the time it's getting pix of oddball things like my wife getting here haircut, grandson with icing all over his face, son cooking at his BBQ, wife smoking trees to get rid of bugs, anything by the typical crap most people do today.

[@simplesimon755]

There are some rather passionate comments here. On the surface I would agree with you but I also think it depends on how badly you want success. I was a "pro" photographer for about 15 years. Long story short, I learned that success depends as much if not more on your business and marketing skills as it does on your photography skills. I believe that to be true in every business type. If you are mediocre at your craft but strong at your business skills you will likely do well. In my case, I found that the market's demand for photography was being replaced with a demand for video and I adjusted accordingly. In any case, good luck to you with your channel.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@simplesimon755 thank you for the good wishes and you are correct, marketing is the biggest part of photography anymore. I do art for myself, and I'm hoping that's what other photographers realize is the best avenue. Good luck to you

[@null0byte]

Don’t think I’ve ever been so early following a channel (subscriber #491). Can’t wait to see what you do with your channel! ❤

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@null0byte I just started, and I really appreciated the follow!

[@finite934]

Well shoot. Depressing news when I’m just trying to get into photography 😢. Liked the video because you hit the gen Z sweet spot of under 3 minute attention span. Even 50 yr old me likes videos under 3 mins. Short and concise and no 1 min intro. 😊

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@finite934 "hello and welcome to another video" is something you'll NEVER hear me say!

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@finite934 but yes, get into photography, it's an amazing pastime

[@Fifthimagez]

I don’t think I ever hit a subscribe button so fast in my life dude you got my attention!

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@Fifthimagez now I know you're messing with me, but I appreciate it!! 🤣

[@borderlands6606]

Image making has always been about the medium on which it was seen. It used to be the printed page or sheet, now its the screen or electronic billboard. For domestic consumption and record, the print is probably the most archival medium in an age of fleeting formats and storage platforms.

[@apeturephoto]

I Blame the older generation for gate keeping the craft! If they actually invested in kids being interested in photography instead of giving kids the cold shoulder things might have been different. I’ve shot so many things almost none of the old timers took time to speak let alone give tips on how to grow in the game. Now there nothing left for me to pay forward because there’s nothing left but the grown up kids using Ai instead of a mentor to perfect their craft.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@apeturephoto I'm in the mentoring space. I work with young people in my field to help them improve all the time. I wish photographers did the same

[@apeturephoto]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotographyyou are appreciated because it really isn’t as common as it should be

[@johnhigginson5079]

I'm one of that older generation, working with a whole bunch of assistants over the last 38 years as a pro, I'd like to think I was able to pass on knowledge from the little I learnt in the commercial sector. I'm now back into 'real' photography : printing, collodion, gravure etc, and I'm soon to open up my studio and darkroom here in France as an Artist Retreat for folk who wish to pick my brain and try out these fabulous processes .. we'll see who turns up : )

[@AnathemaAnimus]

I got excited about the Pentax 17 at first and I even pre-ordered it. After coming to your same conclusion - I can buy a much better used camera for much cheaper - I cancelled my order. Now I'm contemplating the upcoming Rollei 35AF - any thoughts on that camera?

[@ianhand5006]

Buy a vintage Rollei 35. The new one will be full of plastic parts, just like the Contax T2. I used to be a camera repair technician.

[@loboptlu]

@@ianhand5006if no one buys the new ones then even the last remnants of photography will die . Why make films if no one buys cameras , companies don’t care about ebay sales , no profit for them. But honestly pentax made a big mistake with that halfframe only , should have done like my old konica autorex with a lever to choose half or full , even midroll.

[@Vince1648]

The only time I ever 'sold' photographs (actually I just gave permission to use them, for free) was when an Indonesian tv program asked me if they could use a handfull of portraits from my trip in rural Indonesia around 2004 that they found on my Pbase account. Honoured as I was i said yes. Only later I found out that the portraits were used for a new intro from a very popular daily tv program (Fokus) that was broadcasting nationwide. I was even more honoured then, knowing that my portraits were seen daily by many millions of tv viewers. Up till today I really wonder how the people I photographed reacted when they suddenly saw their own portrait on tv.😲😄

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@Vince1648 which you should have received a major fee for...

[@Vince1648]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography I probably should have, but I didn't need the money and never aspired to be a pro. On the other hand the people I photographed could have used it. I never took their names/adresses though.

[@careypridgeon]

I was asked to join someone else and start a photography business in the late 80's, but even then it seemed to me there weren't many viable and interesting places to take sucjh a business in the UK so I declined, keeping my photography as a hobby where I took very occasional commissions that weren't really profitable, only done for the fun of it. No weddings, but Mayoral event coverage for my local council when their usual photographer couldn't do it. I've stayed with film and in the hobby realm, not putting my images online because I don't see the point in that. Commercial photography all but died on the large scale by the mid 90's, now only a small number of studios and independents (compared to what existed before) exist. It's much nicer as a hobby than as a career.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@careypridgeon I wish my video could have boiled it down as well as you did in this comment. You understood that I meant the BUSINESS of Photography, not the fact that yes, we can still take pictures. Hope you'll follow my channel!

[@careypridgeon]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography I already have.

[@marcisroaming]

@@careypridgeon thanks Carey!

[@BlobBlobkins]

I'm not a photography guy, but what's the brand of the green shirt? Looks awesome, genuine question lol.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@BlobBlobkins that is an Under Armour shirt. Very thin and light, nice collar and good structure. When I get home I'll look up the actual name in the label of the model

[@BlobBlobkins]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography thanks! I'll check it out

[@BlobBlobkins]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography I would be grateful if you could check, need it for the work :)

[@503mcbee]

I just spent an hour in a photo gallery. All prints from alternative processes. One photo was printed on a translucent paper that has been backed in gold leaf. It was amazing.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@503mcbee I'd love to see that!

[@tsdelaney]

Wow! Well, that was a fresh take on photography! I just subscribed. Thank you!

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@tsdelaneyI am shooting for the joy of it now, not worried about the money in it. Ignore my previous comment here, I thought you had watched the "Cheating" video.

[@danprocaccio]

flickr man, the last true bastion of platform for photogs

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

Yeah, never could get traction on it. More like a storage site for me.

[@ingramdixon6473]

Maybe photography is dead. If all you want is to make a living from it I guess it could be difficult. Myself I get a different satisfaction from photography. Seeing the faces of people light up with joy, when they remember times long forgotten. Seeing the ohh of what some people never knew was captured does it for me. And occasionally I get blessed with some $ from people who want prints. Photography is not dead maybe your joy for it is.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@ingramdixon6473 while your points are beautiful and valid, forgoing the pressure of trying to make a living in photography has returned my joy for photography to me. I'm sorry if you took my video the wrong way.

[@matthewjcherry3]

I can't even fathom your comment or figure out how to respond to it (and many others) without coming off as incredibly insulting. I have young guys today who are thrilled because they are able to make $50k a year from photography. If I had to live on $50k a year, I'd shoot myself... When I started, a halfway decent product photographer in a decent market - the kind of photographer no one has ever heard of, could easily make low to mid six figures. Today, he's right, it's over. You want to find your joy, go right ahead, but digital, along with folks like you, is what killed it. I'm glad I already made my money.

[@dangilmore9724]

Photography is not dead, the market has just changed. A lot has moved to video rather than stills. AI will destroy high end fashion and commercial photography, though, and eventually it will destroy any credibility the news media has left. But "straight/real" photography like documentary/editorial will remain and thrive. I've been at photography for about 40 years and am now making more money now than in previous years. This is mainly because I have located and followed the needs of my customers.

[@ReadIcculus93]

That last statement you made is so true. It's all about catering to the needs of your customer. If all they want video, they'll regret it later when 4k becomes obsolete and all their "High quality video" looks like garbage on computers in 20 years. Photos taken on razors from 2009 looked great on razors from 2009... now with modern compression, those photos all look like crap. Film photography in particular, but especially newer high megapixel sensors on digital cameras have the ability to produce high quality prints that will last forever. Hundreds of years from now, people could still see exactly what the photographer intended them to see. Good luck trying to print a still from a video, let alone a video.

[@ReadIcculus93]

I also think it's hysterical when I go to someone's Instagram and see all their 4k videos look like they were filmed with a potatoe, or their photos are all taken with a 40 megapixel cell phone camera and they can't tell that a 100$ 12 medgapixel nikon d300 can take better photos than their 2000$ cell phone.

[@dangilmore9724]

@@ReadIcculus93 Exactly! The image on a billboard that is 60 feet across is about 1.4 megapixels - the print rate is about 29 pixels per foot.

[@TimDillardPhotography]

Also dude, great hook. I’m in. Subscribed ✅

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@TimDillardPhotography Thanks Multiple Timmy

[@eliseuslb]

Great video. For my experience as well, even the only ones paying good money for a photography job, at weddings, are not paying anymore. They are trying to pay less and less. As a practical real example, I’m using around 20k in photography material, I’m in a website for weddings where I have to pay 3k a year to be in the top choices, and for a full month and 30 messages of couples later I’ve landed 1 job. And all I ask is 500€ So I’m not sure but many people are relying on their phones or on the cousins “professional” camera. The camera industry this days survives because they sell the experience for people to take photos. That’s the idea behind it. It’s not to do jobs anymore. Subscribed your channel great content

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@eliseuslb Uriel, I did not realize that wedding fees had fallen so precipitously. What a nightmare. I don't know how one could even make a living. Thank you for subscribing!

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

We are living in the moment - talk a lot about the past - talk about the future - your guess is as good as mine. We all are transitioning - and Photography is no exception.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp the beauty of cameras is that you don't need to transition. Hold what you have.

[@OneiricstudiosLLC]

Wedding photography? Still a lot of that. I was making 50k a year as a car photographer. I don’t think it’s as dead as you think.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@grayhourproductions but it IS as dead as I think. Have you seen the price sheet of wedding photographers in the last three years? A precipitous drop. Stock photography for the major stock agencies like Alamy and Getty are paying so much less than ever. There are no real jobs a photography certificate or diploma will get you anymore, so photography is for yourself and any audience you can generate online.

[@dingo3718]

I love photography,, I do it for myself and no one else, I don't await anyone's approval or opinion, don't get me wrong the people on KZbin do a fantastic job on making videos about photography,,hats off to them keep them coming, in my opinion photography is what you have captured in the moment,how it made you feel in that moment and savored, It will never be dead to anyone who is and has a passion for it.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@dingo3718 I totally agree. The BUSINESS of photography is virtually dead.

[@calmingchannelbillbistak]

Pinterest can be included on your short list. It is predominantly visual. And interior decorating is still hot.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

Had not thought of that!

[@imaginariumpictures]

Bingo! Exclusively been making my living for 24 years with a camera... some good years, however the writing has been on the wall for the last decade. If "it" can become a one and zero, it will become devalued. Ironic how some suggest we don't live in a black / white or binary world, when in fact that is exactly what we live in.

[@TheNewMexicoMan]

Nothing can replace a well captured image. That saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words" still holds true today. The images of the shooting at the political rally prove Photography is NOT dead. The video captured on that day, failed to capture the action, the emotion and the moments that the still shooters in the Pit captured. A Pulitzer Prize ($15,000), will be awarded to one of them. No doubt it's rare to be able to earn a living as a full time photographer which includes paying for health insurance, saving and investing for retirement, saving for kid's college education, buying a dream house, paying taxes etc.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@TheNewMexicoMan well said NMM!

[@kmal16]

I completely concur with you, I started shooting photography, experimenting with nightime photography, and then went into videography using a camera like the BMPCC 4k and trying to always learn about composition, get the best shots, and I will easily say that photography does something that motion camera cannot do, and that is capture a moment in time, and therefore illuminate that moment with something special. There is a stillness within action, and an action within a still moment. The feel of taking a photo definitely does something to me that a film camera cannot do in my view. Photography comes closer to painting in that regard, and with less equipment. So for me I'm always attempting to emulate photography and painting with video, even though it will never get there, but sometimes if the gods of the canvas have pity, fingers crossed, I might get a still video moment that is beautiful. To me the story lies in the picture produced in photography. That's where it's at.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@kmal16 so well said! Thank you!

[@TheNewMexicoMan]

@@kmal16 Love this. I couldn't have said it better myself.

[@kmal16]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography Thank you so much, what a great video topic which had me thinking about this for several days.

[@Revi200x]

Nice to meet you so nice to see a veteran of the photography world doing the KZbin channel but yeah I started like 6 years ago on photography and now I'm shooting with a cannon 6 and a Rico RG3 so yeah I'm looking at some of my style and I really like it hope I can see some more black & white white style work from your channel good luck🤗🤗🤗

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@Revi200x Wow, thank you. I love black and white and will be doing all kinds of photography on this channel. I SOOOO appreciate the follow!

[@DirtyPlumbus]

Even the Cara app, which is supposed to be supportive of photography and actually allows for high-resolution image uploads, is really dead to photography. 🤷‍♂️

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

It's sad

[@chphotowriter]

"The industry of photography is dead" is a stupid argument. Sure, the "Glory Days," as Andre called them, might be gone, but photography is hardly dead. Why in the world should we bother to watch your channel about a dead industry? I started to feel bad for the people who actually believed this but then I realized that Darwin & Wallace were still right about Natural Selection. For those who have what it takes to make it, they will. For those who don't, they won't. But whining about it won't help a bit. Photographers, this industry is making tremendous strides. It's not like the 70s, 80s, 90s, or even 10 years ago. It's different...just like your car. Hop in the enjoy the luxurious new ride!

[@thevoiceman6192]

It's not dead. The cell phone market khilled the digital camera market because the sensors in the phone are better than what's in the cameras. Now mirrorless has khilled the dslr. Film has made a huge comeback.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@thevoiceman6192 the business of Photography is dead. Camera phone sensors are not better than camera sensors, they're just getting close to the reproduction of images with the help of AI, so I disagree with you a little bit.

[@thevoiceman6192]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography You forgot this was before AI and I still stand by what I said about cell phone camera sensors. Then why are cell phones khilling the digitalcamera market? And if the Business of photography is dead as you say then it's digital technology making it dead.

[@saxon1177]

Most web sites I go to have their small 'cliques' of professional photographers that seem to think that only their pictures are worthy of comment and even if you post a picture that looks as professional as one of theirs, they won't comment on it because you aren't a professional, you're not in "Club Snob." That leaves you with the rest of the crowd that only wants to give your pics a "Like" and nothing more. It' pretty f*cking sad. It's just one big stupid contest to see who can get the most likes. I like photography so I keep doing it.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@saxon1177 what a great comment. I see that snobbery in a lot of photography forums. My channel is for the casual photog that loves cameras and subjects and light and color.

[@saxon1177]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography So, I'm not alone in that thought. Sounds like you have a great channel. It's sad what has become of photography.

[@Autorange888]

I detest contests, it's not what life is all about!

[@ChrisCorkPhotography]

Old ways of marketing yourself for photography is dead, like most industries you have to adapt and embrace. What's really happened is people can't charge as much as they used to but that's because we can do things more quickly. It's all about adapting or dieing. The print trade is exactly the same. Those that moan die, those that adapt survive and even thrive. Use AI to your strengths if it saves time, rather than moaning about it. cut the post processing time, cut the fee and then do more jobs etc

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

Don't happen to be the Chris Cork that went to Radford University in the early 1980s are you???

[@ChrisCorkPhotography]

@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography nope I wasn't born until 1981 😂

[@Robert0Soares]

Fantastic video. I agree with everything you say... I was many, many years ahead with the thought that photography is dead... for children, and for those who don't know what they are saying, you will never understand it. People speak each one with their own reason... without knowing what they are saying... new times... new adaptations... as always... as a profession there are very few people who make a living and live very well just with photography... I'm not talking about content creators, filmmakers, etc. etc. I remember very well the transition from negative to digital... many photographers died there because they didn't have the ability to adapt... now with AI many will die too... I find it very funny that young people want to enter a world that no longer exists... it's funny... it's always been like this and it will always be like this!

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@Robert0Soares I have very similar thoughts and I couldn't agree with you more. I think camera companies will be out of business in 10 years.

[@guyphoto9437]

As far as making a living from photography, unless you shoot weddings, you're going to starve to death. And depending on the wedding market where you live, you still might starve to death. The old saying "what's the difference between a large pizza and a professional photographer." A large pizza can feed a family of four. As a pro, I did it for 40 years as a second job, I had a full-time job and did photography nights and weekends and vacations. I did ok. But now people don't want to hire you to shoot a graduating senior and modeling agencies will accept lousy cell phone photos instead of professionally done images. The whole industry has changed to a point that I would not encourage anyone to go into it, unless they have a full-time job and are doing it professionally on the side, like I did. MWAC's (moms with a camera) really bit into our business because they charged very little. Most of their work was awful, but the low cost attracted people. A few were talented and went on to become respectable photographers, but the damage was done. Digital began the death spiral, and now AI. Now anyone who is computer literate can make a good image. In the day cream rose to the top, that was what separated the amateur from the pro. Now, everyone who wants is a pro, there are no guard rails.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@guyphoto9437 Thanks Guy. You said it better than I ever could have

[@foilfanatic]

More people are taking photos and video right now than any time in history. It is harder to stand apart now. There are many, many more ways to show off your work, but less ways to stand out from the crowd. I guess if art depends entirely on positive feedback, then it may be dead. But was it truly art if that was the goal?

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@foilfanatic this!

[@tpf1952]

I know what you’re saying and I understand. Commercial photography isn’t what it used to be, but it’s not dead. I’ve been making it as professional for 19 years. I can’t say I’m wealthy and I expect my best years in earnings are behind me. That’s partly by circumstance and partly by choice. I’m 71 and have a stronger interest in shooting personal projects. But if you’re young, talented, have a strong work ethic and equal people skills, you can make it as a commercial photographer today. I wish you well in your You Tube enterprise. I just know you will do well. Perhaps this is the path that was always meant for you. Go get ‘em!

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@tpf1952 Hey thanks for that great comment. You have seen so much change since the first camera was placed in your hands. It's a shame what's it's become, so I am happy to shoot for myself and the photographic community here on KZbin. Godspeed TPF! Stay in touch...

[@raybeaumont7670]

I was a pro for just over 50 years. I retired at the right time. Today photography is a hobby - it gets me out of the house and into the darkroom. My chill time is spent on creating Bromoils - just for the fun! Cheers Marc. (spelt the Welsh way)

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

I'm Welsh?? I love it!

[@PhilippeOrlando]

So why is photography dead on Instagram, which I agree, but not dead on KZbin?

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@PhilippeOrlando hey there thanks for reaching out. I believe that the ability to insert your own personality into these videos while showing your photos will attract an audience more so than just individual photos that Instagram is restricting viewership on. Building an audience on youtube, while I'm sure very difficult, seems to be easier than on Instagram.

[@FreedomCompatriots]

Sports Illustrated laid off all of their photographers. Newspapers are a joke. I agree. I just do it for myself.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

Just have fun with it like I do

[@dangilmore9724]

Sports Illustrated destroyed itself with all that "woke" garbage and people stopped reading it.

[@petroleroux2515]

I work fulltime as a real estate photographer shooting photos and video. We have an editing team that constantly thrashes the editing. Too light and flat when the original has ambient light, contrast and shadow. When I said something, I was told "we editing the images to look as if they were taken with a flash. 😮 wtf. Feeling very discouraged but at least getting paid.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@petroleroux2515 I'm glad you're still making a living in photography! Much luck

[@armandoladegas3964]

I love your outro, very funny 👍

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@armandoladegas3964 Thanks Armando, I don't want anyone to take me too seriously!

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@armandoladegas3964 not a fan of Bruce Gilden

[@armandoladegas3964]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography Same here, I find most of his work tasteless and exploitative, yet, I may be lacking some context, who knows.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@armandoladegas3964 not lacking ANY context. It's cheap, it's not art, and the worst part is that he thinks he's entitled to do that.

[@mjdegrey4843]

The art in photography is not dead. Making money at it is a different question altogether. I have only ever taken pictures because I like taking pictures. Simple as. As to the Pentax 17, I have just bought a Minolta X300S, and a Pentax P30n, for less than fifty quid. The Pentax 17 is way overpriced.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

Compleeeetely

[@mynameisnotcory]

Make photography work yourself! The kids like film all the sudden, and i’m good at shooting it, not the best niche but i got a gig to shoot JUST film at a wedding and i’m psyched!

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@mynameisnotcory Lorrrrrrd, I couldn't IMAGINE shooting a film wedding again. It was so frightening to not know what you were going to get until the prints came back. Pleeeeeeease tell me you'll have a little pocketable digicam to shoot surreptitiously and make LOOK like film if it all goes tits up...

[@mynameisnotcory]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography oh im gonna bring some digital gear too 😆

[@naturalismundi4359]

Agreed. I switched to video for nature, as the equipment advanced in such away (out of still cameras) that you can construct a video with a boat load of experience, but not requiring $20,000 worth of equipment. The still picture market also has never been worse. I am a artist, who also painted illustrations and fine art. The only thing that exists now is fine painting, and the only reason that exists is because of a single aspect: You create one thing. It has value. It exists as the only thing that has value, and all the rest of the copies do not. Photography is not dead however. The commercial market is over saturated with people who feel they are great photographers when they are not, and people whose do not appreciate or need a level of photography that a good photographer can provide. Yet it will survive as a hobby for many. Pro photographers? It is a snapshot world now.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@naturalismundi4359 well said

[@Autorange888]

Photography is the art of the 19th century. I also do fine art, that has been virtually destroyed by the rotten morals of modern art theorists, who now do their utmost best to also destroy photography, even though they have nothing to replace it with than Philips lamps. I enjoy using vintage cameras and films up to 8 X 10", I experimented with alternative processes. People who use a phone to take snapshots are amazed when they happen to see the cameras I use, some ask whether they can take a picture of it. I don't partake in contests, whether it's painting or photography, I don't think contests is not what life is all about. Success with your creative endeavours.

[@thisisframes]

I don’t agree. The interest in photography is rapidly growing again. Numbers of visitors and buyers have been going up for the last 5 years continuously at all the major photography fairs. Camera (and film!) sales are going up again. More and more young people are discovering photography again, being tired of their mobile phone devices. I would say that exactly the opposite is happening.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

I was talking fairly specifically about the business of Photography has gotten to the point where it is almost dead. The interest in photography on the other hand does seem to be on the uptick and that's a great thing. I hope it's just not a trend like vinyl records and new/old turntables

[@kenjonesstudio]

Absolutely agree man. Instagram is utterly crap now, impossible to get any traction. That's why I've set up my youtube channel recently too 👊👍

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

Thanks Kenjo! 😉

[@philly3015]

I do photography for my self I do it for my moments

[@GerhardBothaWFF]

Every person on earth can use the camera on their phone - just about. So social media is flooded with great images, many of which are sheer dumb luck shots. A great photo is much more than iso noise, sharpness, and the rule of thirds. So the opportunity for photographers with a good camera and lens is much reduced as a result. It’s not dead, but it is demanding. You have to find the niche, the technique, the art, and the marketing. I just do it as a hobby

[@appleninja4ever]

I tend to disagree on this point. I see many amazing photo galleries of amazing prints of people and places around the world. These are incredibly and professionally edited and high level of technical skill to print these large amazing prints. I see photography in galleries. I see incredible photography in high-end magazines from around the world. National Geographic, if you are so blessed and talented has amazing photographers and photos of people and places around the world. The fashion and highly-paid photo industry has amazing photos of people. Event photography of trade shows and conferences around the world is a very big industry. Industrial, astrophotography, architecture, crime scene, photojournalism, underwater, scientific, sports (huge area), aerial, meteorological, and of course let us not forget the age-old pornography industry is thriving with photography (yes you can make money here). The world will never cease with photographs as people love the recordings of everyday events.

[@GungKrisna12]

Is it due to smartphones?

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@GungKrisna12 When there are a billion pictures snapped every day and the camera phone technology gets better every day, it's inevitable that stand alone cameras are becoming obsolete...

[@GungKrisna12]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography and then, extinct?

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@GungKrisna12 not with the collection of them the I have! As long as batteries continue to charge, there will always be cameras!

[@marcusnz232]

I think it depends where you live too. Here in NZ the entire population is only about 5 million. Imagine how little paid photography work there is to go around…!

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@marcusnz232 the smaller the pool, the poorer the lifeguard

[@unyieldingflames4729]

7.9 billion people on this planet.. its not dead

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@unyieldingflames4729 the business of it is.

[@serverboyuk]

So programming is dead as I can't land myself on a programmer job and AI is taking over. I can do this all say😂 Reading the comments it seems dead is for those who can't make a living out of it, and otherwise. So it's a personal biz issue, not an industry phenomenon. Industry keeps changing

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@serverboyuk yes, the business is dead for phtogs. The art is diluted by volume.

[@tanjamanglory]

Straightforward, nice. good luck .

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@tanjamanglory thank you

[@Lincandoubtyou]

Finally someone said that. Photography is dead. That was my hobby when I was 15, and now everyone is photographer. Photography is not an art anymore. Niche which is dying.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

I couldnt agree more.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

This was so well said, thanks!

[@natedagreat90]

For you maybe

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@natedagreat90 yes. My opinion. Smh

[@TheWutangclan1995]

The industry is but the community ain’t.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

I completely agree with that statement. That's why I am getting more involved with the community and distancing myself from the industry. Thank you for your comment!

[@blazerbarrel2]

Not dead , just changed .

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

A little of both

[@metalfingersfilm]

You didn’t even say why it’s dying lol. Just that it is, and despite never having a career in the industry, to just trust your word lol. 😮

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

I'm fairly certain I made the points I wanted to make, I've worked in the industry my whole life, which I illustrated, and it's harder now than ever before.

[@metalfingersfilm]

@ what points did you make that point towards it? I watched the video twice & can’t seem to get it still.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@metalfingersfilm if you believe that photography is as alive as ever, good for you. You should read some of the comments and see that there is both agreement and disagreement on it. You choose to disagree and that's fine.

[@metalfingersfilm]

@@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography good luck with the Google Adsense!

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@metalfingersfilm the what?

[@nelsonclub7722]

Been in the game 35yrs - never been busier or more profitable

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

So happy for you!

[@spirg]

the phones are a big culprit for this, people dont know what they dont know , you do a shoot, 200 images, per say, then you go to work monday and show your co workers a few images, on your phone, and thats the problem, even though YOU know the difference, theres no WOW factor, because sub consciously , youre doing what they THINK, they can do. I now print , then laminate, some images that id like to sell , in an 8x10 form factor , where you the client can HOLD , a potential purchase, I know, nothing new , but gotta start pulling away from displaying images on phone....

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

I'd love to see your stuff!

[@andrefelixstudio2833]

I’ve been a professional photographer for over 40 years the glory days are gone and I am World famous!, I agree

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@andrefelixstudio2833 yeah Andre, it's sad really. I made good passive income with my stock, but no longer.

[@BirdnoseRangel33]

Okay, so I disagree. Photography is not dead, rather it's accessible to people who oversaturate the public space with their pocket camera photos. It is easier than ever to get your photo on the fridge. But I still see amazing photos that I know I'm not skilled enough to achieve, yet. Those photos belong on the walls and in our minds.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@BirdnoseRangel33 You are so correct! I do mean the INDUSTRY of photography is dead...

[@1208aa]

I do corporate events and make over 6 figures….currently booked out till 2025. This dude is dead wrong.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@1208aa how am I dead wrong when you are the exception to the rule? Don't be selfish just because you're doing well. GENERALLY... the business is dead. But I'm so happy you are doing well, just have some perspective.

[@Visual_Notes]

Yes, photography is dead, unfortunately. If every image you can imagine can be produced artificially, not only the meaning of images but also the general interest in images has died. If the basic agreement of photography, the authenticity of light, the assumption that the reflected light from objects in the world has been projected onto a light-sensitive surface in order to fix its traces, no longer applies, then images only have illustrative or decorative significance. Light is no longer needed. This means that the photographic process as we knew it has been irretrievably destroyed. We are only just experiencing the beginning of an era in which images and films will probably be produced almost exclusively artificially in the future, and these products will largely satisfy our needs for entertainment, aesthetic enjoyment and amazement. Better than reality - that will soon be the case. But in the end, when everything is possible, nothing matters.

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@Visual_Notes that's why images are for yourself. KZbin, and maybe flickr, are the best avenues to get your work seen by other photographers. I don't even know why that's important, but it gives some sort of validation!

[@theuktoday4233]

Its over, Photography is dead, is no more!. It has ceased to be! 'Its expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'Its a stuffed its Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace

[@MarcAnthonyStreetPhotography]

@@theuktoday4233 nice eulogy!

[@St33v33]

It's just resting after a long squark