HarveyG

Had a quiet cackle when I saw this “What the Duck” dated 2006. It was the 3rd cartoon Aaron Johnson ever created. Should tell you this issue has been around a long time, not just in the DSLR age, but also in the film days.

Many real Pro’s I speak to and commentators at photo forums online complain about the “I have a full-time job” but “I’m an aspirant tog” amateur taking away Pro’s business, and rightly so; Naturally it is wrong if they present themselves as a “Professional Photographer” simply because they just bought a kit DSLR for $1000-00 with two crappy kit lenses but it LOOKS good. Me, I’d rather see better photographs on the web and in *groan* Facebook…so let ‘em learn but NOT at the expense of paying clients who expect a level of professionalism not just with the photographs but with the entire experience. Customers will also have to educate themselves as to quality, or pay the school fees, to the detriment of the rest of the Industry who are then tainted with the same tar brush. Suffices to say any industry has this problem – people with full time income generating jobs trying to get into other markets… [Note: I still do not palm myself off as a "Pro Photographer", despite having shot events, commissions since the late 70's, and product and wildlife since the early 80's up till today.]

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