Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, I agree with your analysis. It is the same with all disruptive technologies that suddenly appear in any industry - the mantra is "Change or Perish". In the photographic industry, just see the difference in the way Kodak and Fuji handled digital, being very similar companies in having the same dominant product, film, for decades. One fell flat on its face, having grown fat, lazy and complacent on the seemingly permanent and endless cash flow, while the other has managed rather well. The same will be true at an individual level - there will appear new business models that will be profitable, but might require an entire reworking of how skills are to be applied and charged for. Those who manage to adapt will prosper, and those who do not will wilt. Creative destruction, if you. Individuals will suffer, but the industry as a whole will flourish. I truly believe that with technological advances being what they are nowadays, that change IS the only constant. Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad On 13-Apr-2013, at 1:59 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I am sorry to sound cynical, but this web site is just bla bla. The > reality is that technology and customer demand has changed radically > during the past 15 years in photography and other forms of intellectual > property such as music and film, and soon physical objects with the advent > of low-cost 3D scanning and printing. It is part of my job as an economist > with an IP agency to follow these trends. So for one I can opine on > something I know something about. > > The reality is that "charging enough to cover" this and that is totally > irrelevant. When our communications department is putting together the > annual report or some other document meant for external distribution, they > would not dream of hiring a photographer who "charges to cover". The go on > iStockphoto and buy whatever images they need. For an annual report, you > do not need great art. You need photographs that are good enough, and > those can be had for a couple of bucks. No amount of whining will change > that. > > Similar changes have occurred in the music business, are occurring in the > movie business, and with the advent of 3D scanning and printing, are about > to hit the manufacturing business. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 11, 2013, at 3:39 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> PESO: >> >> Too true! >> >> http://www.fotoseeds.com/create-sustainably/ >> >> Tina >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information