nitroman

@landscaper1 - their costs are not greater proportionately that the contributor costs. Probably FAR less. This is why so many stock photographers have gone out of business.

I don't understand how agencies can change existing contract agreements at a whim?

I withdrew my images from Getty for similar reasons. They screw over thier contributors too.

Once again they cut the hand that feeds them. It's time contributors took their content out of agencies, and set up their own cooperative libraries. Who votes for this?

Yep - Mirrorless is just another way for Canon to milk us all for money with little image quality difference.

Lets hope they reduce the prices of lenses and cameras too as i still believe they are too expensive for the low profits that the majority of professional photographers are making these days. Maybe...

Not sure there are any local camera shops these days. Of course every industry has its overheads but camera equipment is vastly overpriced. If prices were reduced, it's likely they would sell more...

In many respects, with prices everywhere else dropping, i can't see why photographic equipment is still so darned expensive. Photographers are hit hard and poorer than they have ever been, and yet...

Sadly i think more likely 20% will be forced to leave the photo biz and there is absolutely no guarantee of any vaccine.

Sad but true ... and I'm one of those professionals.

You're crazy ! I suggest you do a u turn as it was already almost impossible to earn a good living in photography, and that was before the corona virus happened.

That'll give Hasselblad a run for its money lol

Even more expensive inks ! Every time i clean my Epson print heads i weep ...

It's happended to me ... newspapers embed Instagram images in their features but i don't even get notified, let alone paid. Term of IG agreement. Same for YouTube.

Pointless - but if you can make an affordable 5x4 digital back like a Polaroid Back, then we'd be talking.

Boom maybe ... until the next lock down three months later. This will keep happening until we find a cure or a vaccine.

No mention of other countries either - just USA.

Totally devastated my planned Spring promos, the prospect of getting future work, plans already in piepleine and ultimately profit. Collossal hit for an industry that was already insanely...

Good on Lomography for keeping all sorts of film formats alive. Thank you !

Oh i see ... i do now understand the terminology. I just tend to 'cull' an image before i spend time editing. If it's sub-standard, it won't get edited in the first place.