The result is that more and more of us are spending time taking photos and uploading images online and sharing them with the world. Coupled with the budget DSLR available on every high street, it's increasingly common to meet people who consider themselves to be a photography enthusiast
With so many people learning to use their cameras to new and higher standards, you have to ask yourself if this will mean that the existence of the professional photographer still has a place in this world. To understand the answer to this question, is to understand how much further a professional photographer can take images than a mere enthusiast.
London photographer Andrew Simpson (<<< PLEASE USE THOSE FOUR WORDS AS ANCHOR TEXT FOR LINK) explains that the skillset required is far more than just knowing how to point and shoot:
"The affordability of the digital camera caused by eliminating the overhead of film processing has meant that to charge for work as a photographer, you have to be really good at what you do. I'm always pushing what I offer do in terms of quality and and I'm continuously looking to try new styles and techniques wherever possible.
I also match my expertise with the camera with post production work using the latest image editing software and plugins. "Airbrushing" as it's often called is how I take my work to the next level and create publication standard images".
An unexpected part of being a professional photographer is that to survive in a crowded marketplace, I find that I need to wear different hats which I never expected in order to keep my costs down and I'm responsible for doing all my own marketing, web design and accounts."
View more of Andrew Simpson's photography at www.simpsonshoots.com
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