Now the professional photographers are competing with people who (happen to take photos) didn't even plan on making money with them. It's like, why paying a plumbing company to fix my broken toilet if my neighbor who owns a wrench can also do it (for the same price)Huh
What does it matter if a plumbing company or your neighbors fixes your pipe? The end result is that same?
Sorry for resurrecting such an old thread, but I happen to be one of the "hotshot" photographers you are all mocking. My photo is the dog with the wig.
I put a lot of thought and effort into that shot, and the many that followed. That image has made a fairly large sum of money for me. It has been on multiple book covers, used in various ad campaigns and sold as a large print for charity.
Was I or am I a professional photographer? No. Not everyone starts out as a professional. But it really doesn't matter. I, like everyone else, has the right to shoot how and what they want and do whatever they choose with those images.
I don't really know what I am trying to say here other than I have become more and more disheartened by the photography community lately. There is no support, there is only trash talking and "leave it to the pros" attitudes.
If Getty is not your thing, great....but does it really do any good to trash talk other peoples work, or is it just a way to make yourself feel better in an ever changing industry where the size of your lens or being a "pro" no longer matter.
Anyway....I just had to vent.
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