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I read somewhere that the photo industry (not hardware, everything else) has been hit pretty hard by the digital developments. I listed what i think was listed as the reasons for this. Anybody know if this is true? Looked around the web but didn't find much.
First, it's become almost impossible to stop rampant photo abuse. To easy to copy.
Second, due to digital photo processing many tasks that used to need professionals can be done easly by amateurs.
Third, the cost of taking pictures has dropped a lot since you don't need to buy and develope large amounts of high quality film, which lowers the "starting capital" allowing part time amateurs to do low cost jobs.

anybody know what the situation is?
just mure intrest, nothing else
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as Ansel Adams said

"I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching -- there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster."

And I've said it before and I'll say it again, digital is the best and worst thing to ever happen to photography.

So yeah, it's easier to be a photographer now that everyone and their moms are calling themselves Pro.
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I work in the commercial photo industry every day, so I hope I can shed a little light on the subject.

Copyright infringement has been around and been a problem within photography since the technology first came about to allow photographs to be reproduced. Digital has made it easier in ways, but laws and countermeasures have generally kept up. It's a problem, but not hugely more so than in the past.

Regarding your second point, that's really not true. Yeah, it's easier to fake some things now than it was with film, but high end work still requires a lot of knowledge and resources. Take a look at the images here: http://www.statononline.com Normal catalog photography, but this stuff requires a crew of a photographer plus two assistants, digital tech, prop stylist, hair stylist, producer, and clothing stylist. There's a lot more behind most commercial photography than most people suspect.

As for your third point, the cost of film was negligible compared to the overall cost of starting and running a business. Look at the cost of lighting equipment and high-res digital backs, for example. Sure, amateurs can take over more of the low-end work in the industry, but it remains low-end work. They're not impacting the mid- and high-end parts of the industry as much.