Not only have I been a victim of someone editing out my watermark and not paying for the package but I’ve been seeing people ask for Santa photos for cheaper than $20?
Why is this normal ? I don’t understand how someone can want a professional photographer with exspensive equipment and high quality skill to take time out their schedule to not only shoot the photos but edit and proof them. If that’s not worth at least $50 then why not just get creative with that iPhone you dropped $1k on ?
Photography as much as writing (I do both) suffer from the same problem: Everyone thinks he could do it. But only because you are able to hold a pen you do not become a gifted author and because you can press a shutter release button you still aren’t a photographer. That’s the misunderstanding people fall victim of and which diminishes the appreciation of our work. It might be sickening but I fear it is something we will have to live with.