{"id":20670,"date":"2019-11-30T15:38:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T15:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=20670"},"modified":"2019-11-30T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T15:48:00","slug":"is-photography-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=20670","title":{"rendered":"Is Photography Dying???!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Real Reasons Why Camera Market Is Shrinking\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vu1UagrnW4g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I spoke to the Southern Appalachian Nature Photographers club on Tuesday night of this week, We had a good crown of great folks, I&#8217;m guessing the average age was 70.  A big discussion came up about what is happening to photography today.  When I got home I found this video on Youtube, take a few minutes t watch out and then let&#8217;s talk about this!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Popularity and quality of smart phone cameras has killed point and shoot camera sales and affected serious cameras sales as well<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s review his main points:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2.  Because cameras have gotten so advanced there is less reason to upgrade,  it is a series of vanishing returns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3.  Declining interest in photography.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4.  Increased number of camera users vs photographers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5.  Social media has replaced print, publications are dying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6.  Photography has moved away from art and story telling to<br \/>all about me, me, me, my daily life, where I go, what I eat, my friends and pets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7.  Photography has become stagnant. While all other forms of art change from decade to decade, photography has essentially remained the same, same subjects, same techniques.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8.  (my thought) Why not change Candid street photography, to, Relational photography, meet people, find out about them and then with their permission, photograph them! Develop personal relationships with your subjects???!!!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can our smartphone \/ snapshots world be returned to a craft?<br \/>Yes, but it\u2019s up to us!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get out there and shoot, practice, practice, practice apply ;  <strong>Shutter Therapy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Encourage young people to join in on our fun!!!!!!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-29-at-10.41.32-PM.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20680\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-29-at-10.41.32-PM.png\" 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