Diopter

Here is a scary example of the "professional" tools in the hands of an inexperienced user:
http://artol.info/a/scrapbook/110721/stolen-cameras-in-santa-teresa-c-r.html
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I agree. There is no such thing like "professional" equipment.
Experienced and knowledgable photographer makes decision about kind of tool used. If $100 P&S is enough, using a $10,000 set-up is...

Older news - but well done summary.
At the same time manufacturers of the cameras and lenses steeply drive prices of the equipment which has no chance to pay back.
Also the photography departments...

Older news - but well done summary.
At the same time manufacturers of the cameras and lenses increase prices of the equipment which has no chance to pay back.
Also the photography departments of...

So ...
It would be naive to expect a responsibly priced 12mm prime E-lens this year.

It is about 20 years history of the warnings and protests against taking over the small-town papers by huge, sometimes international corporations.
By the way: many older and well known press...

you got them! or: they got you?
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Remnants of the Newsweek:
https://www.facebook.com/thedailybeast
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Photographers may be “dead weight” right now but the “photo opportunity” may become a widely sellable item.
Paying photography license for photographing places and events has plenty...

"archival photos" and their accessibility are base of image-selling business.
Image tagging, keywording and captioning is becoming a high demand skill.
As far a the news photography: obviously a...

Real cost of increasing market domination by the stock photography giants had been estimated 10-15 years ago.
Independent photo agencies such as Magnum or VII are also on last...

I find your style quite entertaining. Not offending at all. Simply, your post is showing a poorly informed person. While the electronics for 20 years being available only for B2B purchases are...

Of course the wedding is the best and typical example. You invest an enormous amount of money and emotions into the ritual event and there is no surprise you expect from a photographer ...

"Aesthettics" is nothing about the subject - to me. Using pleasant cliches of the composition are one of  the importantcommercial skills. To me, the Yahoo CEO's way of thinking is a logical...

"Someone" is  GeraldW I apologize ... (-)

The cliché "professional photographer" created and still is upholding the photographic industry. It sells. "Commercial photographer" is a more adequate and easier to define entity, but most good...

You need an Internet magnate to finally get the message ...

It does not have to. Increasingly the "child pornography" is a false flag used to intimidate people on various occasions. Here is example of a crappy politician from...

Exactly ... He is building his own sense of the neighborhood from the little, available pieces. Cool idea and very well implemented at the formal level. The section "Challenges" at the DPR is very...

Repeat after me: - being at your home is completely legal - pleasure of  looking through your windows is included into property fees - observing your neighbors and reporting is your patriotic...