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         \u003Ca title=\u0022View user profile.\u0022 href=\u0022\/u\/user-217443\u0022 rel=\u0022ugc\u0022 class=\u0022username\u0022\u003ETom Reichner\u003C\/a\u003E\n          \u003Ca href=\u0022#comment-788652\u0022 class=\u0022date\u0022 title=\u0022Sep 02, 2025\u0022 data-livestamp=\u00221756847092\u0022\u003ESeptember 2, 2025  - 5:04 pm\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted comment__parent\u0022\u003E\n            \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fstoppers.com\/originals\/why-learning-photography-internet-now-harder-ever-709046#comment-788638\u0022 class=\u0022parent-author\u0022 title=\u0022In response to Ed Kunzelman\u0022\u003E \u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-reply svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 0 512 512\u0022\u003E\u003Cpath d=\u0022M205 34.8c11.5 5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n Ed Kunzelman\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENot really sure about that.  But I see no problem with it either way.  Emotions are just as important as thoughts, and thoughts are just as important as emotions.  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data-comment-timestamp=\u00221756838210\u0022 data-tooltip=\u0022New Comment\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n          \u003Ca title=\u0022View user profile.\u0022 href=\u0022\/u\/kunzelman\u0022 rel=\u0022ugc\u0022 class=\u0022username\u0022\u003EEd Kunzelman\u003C\/a\u003E\n          \u003Ca href=\u0022#comment-788640\u0022 class=\u0022date\u0022 title=\u0022Sep 02, 2025\u0022 data-livestamp=\u00221756837271\u0022\u003ESeptember 2, 2025  - 2:21 pm\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted comment__parent\u0022\u003E\n            \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fstoppers.com\/originals\/why-learning-photography-internet-now-harder-ever-709046#comment-788630\u0022 class=\u0022parent-author\u0022 title=\u0022In response to Tom Reichner\u0022\u003E \u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-reply svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 0 512 512\u0022\u003E\u003Cpath d=\u0022M205 34.8c11.5 5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n Tom Reichner\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \u003Cspan class=\u0022edited\u0022 data-tooltip=\u0022This comment was edited on Sep 02, 2025\u0022\u003E[Edited]\u003C\/span\u003E\n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe initiative to make changes in our lives or create anything starts with a thought, but it\u0027s given power to actually happen from feelings. In other words, you might analyze the prospects of a certain bird appearing in a certain place at a certain time. But the actuality of that happening often depends on how strongly you feel in your heart that it will happen. It\u0027s sometimes called visualization. There\u0027s a strong correlation between how strongly you believe, feel and foresee that something will happen, and the actual result. It\u0027s a biblical principle if you\u0027re into that sort of stuff. All of that is to say that gut feelings are probably the biggest driver of the art we create.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022links-wrapper clearfix\u0022\u003E\n      \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-updown field--type-voting-api-field field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022votingapi-widgets updown read_only\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022updown-buttons-container\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022updown-button\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca class=\u0022updown-up tipped-updown\u0022 href=\u0022#\u0022 data-vote-value=\u00221\u0022 data-vote-count=\u00222\u0022 data-tipped-options=\u0022ajax: {data: {vote_value: \u00271\u0027, entity_type: \u0027comment\u0027, entity_id: 788640}}\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-thumbs-up svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 0 512 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class=\u0022comment__submitted\u0022\u003E\n          \u003Cmark class=\u0022hidden new\u0022 data-comment-timestamp=\u00221756748771\u0022 data-tooltip=\u0022New Comment\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n          \u003Ca title=\u0022View user profile.\u0022 href=\u0022\/u\/user-217443\u0022 rel=\u0022ugc\u0022 class=\u0022username\u0022\u003ETom Reichner\u003C\/a\u003E\n          \u003Ca href=\u0022#comment-788543\u0022 class=\u0022date\u0022 title=\u0022Sep 01, 2025\u0022 data-livestamp=\u00221756748771\u0022\u003ESeptember 1, 2025  - 1:46 pm\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted comment__parent\u0022\u003E\n            \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fstoppers.com\/originals\/why-learning-photography-internet-now-harder-ever-709046#comment-788538\u0022 class=\u0022parent-author\u0022 title=\u0022In response to Ed Kunzelman\u0022\u003E \u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-reply svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 0 512 512\u0022\u003E\u003Cpath d=\u0022M205 34.8c11.5 5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n Ed Kunzelman\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEd asked me:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Wait a minute, Tom. You vilified YouTube content in earlier posts as shallow, watered-down material, produced by greedy creators, and falsely promoted with click-bait titles. Now you\u0027re telling me that the only effective way that you\u0027ve learned photography is from watching YouTube tutorials. How can you lambast the structure of an entire industry when it\u0027s given you the education in photography that you have?\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMaking good use of something and then hating parts of it and lambasting it are not mutually exclusive.   Many people who are married think that their husband or wife is the best thing that ever happened to them, and have feelings of strong attraction for them, but alternate between those feelings and feelings of frustration and anger and disappointment and regret.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI do not believe that I ever said that ALL YouTube is shallow and watered down.  And I never said that ALL YouTube content is useful and helpful and wonderful.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt is okay for me to see 12 different YouTube videos about photography and despise 6 of them, feel indifferent about 3 or 4 of them, and highly value 2 or 3 of them.  And that is pretty much my experience over the course of years of watching photography-specific videos there.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo it is entirely consistent with these experiences of mine to say that YouTube content sucks and is clickbaitish and shallow, and to also say, in the same breath, that YouTube content has been extremely valuable to me and greatly enriched my life over the years.  There is no inconsistency there, because each statement is true.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E_______________ _______________ _______________\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003Ean aside:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYou said that I told you that the only way I have effectively learned photography is from watching YouTube tutorials.  That is not the case.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe only way I effectively learn how to operate camera meny systems is by being shown, not by being told.  YouTube tutorials are one way in which I have been shown how to navigate and use camera menus.  Another way is people showing me in person. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere are many more aspects to \u0022learning photography\u0022 than learning how to operate the camera.  Most of these other things I have learned via personal experience, via lots of trial, error, and success, over the years.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, YouTube tutorials are most certainly not the only way I have learned photography.  At some brief points in my life (moments when no one was around to show me in person) they have been the only way I had to learn how to use a camera menu.  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5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n Tom Reichner\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAh... trial, error, frustration, practice, persistence, success, pride, passion, experience... the path to true craftsmanship. 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5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n Ed Kunzelman\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEd wrote:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022 I\u0027m more of a push-this-button-and-see-what-happens sort of guy.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOh my, I can\u0027t do that!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMany, many times I have inadvertently pushed a button on one of my cameras and it changes everything, and I can\u0027t even take a photo because pushing the shutter button no longer releases the shutter, and so the camera is useless and I can not take any more photos until I get home and get online and watch a video on \u0022how to set (model name) back to default settings\u0022.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis happened to me TWICE two weeks ago.  I drove an hour and a half all the way up to Washington Pass to photograph Pikas and Hoary Marmots.  And after just an hour of shooting, my camera went all weird on me.  Kept showing me what looked like video on the rear LCD.  Couldn\u0027t take a pic by pressing the shutter button.  Couldn\u0027t view my images on the LCD because what I normally press for playback was doing something else.  Had to call it a day and come home.  A wasted $24 in gasoline.  Damn!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo I got home that day and used YouTube to figure out how to set back to default.  But then I had to re-set a bunch of things like image quality, white balance, burst rate, ISO, etc.  Took me 5 minutes just to get the settings back to where I want them.  What a freaking waste of 5 minutes.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThen it happened again a couple days later.  This time I had somehow switched the camera from still photo mode to video mode.  And of course I have no idea what button does that or what to do to get it back to stills, so again my day was ruined and I had to come home early.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI absolutely hate and despise technology!  But yes of course I also love what technology enables me to do.  But I want technology to just do its thing without me having to learn about it or how to use it.  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primary camera? \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI understand your frustration though. I\u0027m sure every photographer on the planet has experienced unexplained equipment malfunction. I was doing a headshot for someone a couple months ago (something I rarely do anymore) at my home, so I had set up the camera, lights and backdrop the night before exactly as I wanted them for the shoot. All I had to do was turn the power switch on for each piece of gear when the client arrived, and it would work perfectly. Except when he got there, I turned one of the two flash units on but it wouldn\u0027t work. Nothing. Battery level showed full but wouldn\u0027t flash. Powered it off and on a couple times. Still nothing. I imagined every curse word I could think of but did no good. Worked around the problem with one flash and reflector but I was really pissed, but had to appear outwardly like nothing in the world was wrong. And to top it all off after the customer left, I turned on the temperamental flash later that day and it worked fine. 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Comment\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n          \u003Ca title=\u0022View user profile.\u0022 href=\u0022\/u\/user-217443\u0022 rel=\u0022ugc\u0022 class=\u0022username\u0022\u003ETom Reichner\u003C\/a\u003E\n          \u003Ca href=\u0022#comment-788557\u0022 class=\u0022date\u0022 title=\u0022Sep 01, 2025\u0022 data-livestamp=\u00221756752934\u0022\u003ESeptember 1, 2025  - 2:55 pm\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted comment__parent\u0022\u003E\n            \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fstoppers.com\/originals\/why-learning-photography-internet-now-harder-ever-709046#comment-788556\u0022 class=\u0022parent-author\u0022 title=\u0022In response to Ed Kunzelman\u0022\u003E \u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-reply svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 0 512 512\u0022\u003E\u003Cpath d=\u0022M205 34.8c11.5 5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n Ed Kunzelman\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEd asked:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Don\u0027t you have an older backup camera with you for those times on the road when something inexplicably happens to your primary camera?\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI am already using that older backup camera body, because my 5D4 is so busted up it doesn\u0027t function anymore.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI have several old DSLRs that use the same EF lens mount.  BUT .....\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe dials on my 50D are all locked up, I can literally not turn them any more, they are frozen in place, so the camera is not functional.  It has been this way since 2018.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy 1D Mark 4 has some kind of software issue, in which it glitches out constantly.  I can sometimes get a few frames out of it before the glitch occurs.  But more often, I can\u0027t get it to take even one frame.   It has been this way since 2021.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy old 7D just doesn\u0027t even turn on anymore.  I can put a newly charged battery into it, turn it on, and ..... nothing.  Just nothing at all.  It has been like this for at least 6 years, possibly longer, I do not remember exactly,\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy old 5D classic also has motherboard glitch issues, to the point where it can not take even a single photo.  It has been this way since 2013.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll of these cameras are so old, so thoroughly used up, that they are not worth the cost of repair.  Not even close.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy main camera, the 5D Mark 4, stopped working about 6 weeks ago.  I had no money to pay for repairs, so I just sat on it (figuratively) until recently.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis past week, someone hired me to paint a room for them and caulk some trim, so there will be a little income from that .... and then a friend asked me to do the stone masonry on their fireplace, because their builder is running behind schedule, so there will be a bit more income from that job.  And an artist is having some products made from one of her paintings, which is based on one of my photos, so I have gotten some royalty income from that during the past 3 weeks.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, because I know there will be a little money coming in over the next few weeks, on Thursday I took my camera down to Ron, my repair guy.  He will be replacing the LCD screen and the mode dial in the 5D Mark 4, and then I will have my main camera back and working, and the old 6D that I am using now will be put back on backup duty.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022links-wrapper clearfix\u0022\u003E\n      \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-updown field--type-voting-api-field field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022votingapi-widgets updown read_only\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022updown-buttons-container\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022updown-button\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca class=\u0022updown-up tipped-updown\u0022 href=\u0022#\u0022 data-vote-value=\u00221\u0022 data-vote-count=\u00221\u0022 data-tipped-options=\u0022ajax: {data: {vote_value: \u00271\u0027, entity_type: \u0027comment\u0027, entity_id: 788557}}\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-thumbs-up 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failures. Of course, I could be tempted say: \u0022Why not ditch Canon and buy something reliable, like a Nikon?\u0022 But, no, that would sound kind of snarky so I won\u0027t say it. But really, does it ever make you wonder about swapping brands, assuming of course, the jobs keep rolling in? I have my first Olympus digital cameras from 2003 that still work fine, and my Nikon D800 has worked flawlessly for 12 years. I do have a Canon inkjet printer, but that\u0027s the only Canon product that I own. I\u0027m really happy with it, but it\u0027s only a little over a year old.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022links-wrapper clearfix\u0022\u003E\n      \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-updown field--type-voting-api-field field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022votingapi-widgets updown read_only\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022updown-buttons-container\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022updown-button\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca class=\u0022updown-up no-votes\u0022 href=\u0022#\u0022 data-vote-value=\u00221\u0022 data-vote-count=\u00220\u0022 data-tipped-options=\u0022ajax: {data: {vote_value: \u00271\u0027, entity_type: \u0027comment\u0027, entity_id: 788568}}\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-thumbs-up svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 0 512 512\u0022\u003E\u003Cpath d=\u0022M313.4 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5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n Ed Kunzelman\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \u003Cspan class=\u0022edited\u0022 data-tooltip=\u0022This comment was edited on Sep 01, 2025\u0022\u003E[Edited]\u003C\/span\u003E\n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOh, it is not the manufacturer\u0027s fault.  The way I use my cameras is why they all fail.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI drop them on rocks, drop them on roads (both asphalt and gravel), they get rained on for hours, they \u0022live\u0022 in extremely dusty conditions, they get used at the beach a lot, with me laying down on the sand and the cameras right there just an inch off the sandy surface, and sometimes getting pushed down into the sand when a little lower POV will give a better shot, and then handled with my hands when my hands have sand stuck all over them, they\u0027ve gotten pancake syrup drizzled on them (a long story involving an attempt to bait a Williamson\u0027s Sapsucker), fallen from the back seat of my car onto the floor I don\u0027t know how many times, had stuff piled up on them that inadvertently pushed buttons that stayed pushed in for who knows how long, had batteries \u0022explode\u0022 inside them, etc., etc., etc.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI have no doubt that cameras from any manufacturer would fail under these same conditions.       If any manufacturer would ever make an indestructible camera, that cost no more than regular cameras, then I would of course be all over that!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhy do you think that Nikon cameras might last longer for me, given the way I use and (fail to) care for my gear?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022links-wrapper clearfix\u0022\u003E\n      \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-updown field--type-voting-api-field field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022votingapi-widgets updown read_only\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022updown-buttons-container\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022updown-button\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca class=\u0022updown-up tipped-updown\u0022 href=\u0022#\u0022 data-vote-value=\u00221\u0022 data-vote-count=\u00221\u0022 data-tipped-options=\u0022ajax: {data: {vote_value: \u00271\u0027, entity_type: \u0027comment\u0027, 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reason to believe Nikon or any other brand would be better. 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\u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted\u0022\u003E\n          \u003Cmark class=\u0022hidden new\u0022 data-comment-timestamp=\u00221756862173\u0022 data-tooltip=\u0022New Comment\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n          \u003Ca title=\u0022View user profile.\u0022 href=\u0022\/u\/yzhensiang\u0022 rel=\u0022ugc\u0022 class=\u0022username\u0022\u003EZhen Siang Yang\u003C\/a\u003E\n          \u003Ca href=\u0022#comment-788663\u0022 class=\u0022date\u0022 title=\u0022Sep 02, 2025\u0022 data-livestamp=\u00221756862173\u0022\u003ESeptember 2, 2025  - 9:16 pm\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted comment__parent\u0022\u003E\n            \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fstoppers.com\/originals\/why-learning-photography-internet-now-harder-ever-709046#comment-788526\u0022 class=\u0022parent-author\u0022 title=\u0022In response to Tom Reichner\u0022\u003E \u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-reply svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 0 512 512\u0022\u003E\u003Cpath d=\u0022M205 34.8c11.5 5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n Tom Reichner\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI do relate to you Tom, I suck at learning through words. 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data-livestamp=\u00221756740828\u0022\u003ESeptember 1, 2025  - 11:33 am\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted comment__parent\u0022\u003E\n            \n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll good points !   But to me, much of it is advertising masquerading as (questionable) advice?  Overpriced gear reccommended for basic photo or video creation.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne recent example I watched;  \u0022Buy a Lumix GH7 to Start Your YouTube Channel\u0022  ( affiliate link below)\u003Cbr\u003E\nConsequently, no longer subscribing to that creator.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022links-wrapper clearfix\u0022\u003E\n      \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-updown field--type-voting-api-field field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022votingapi-widgets updown read_only\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022updown-buttons-container\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022updown-button\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca class=\u0022updown-up tipped-updown\u0022 href=\u0022#\u0022 data-vote-value=\u00221\u0022 data-vote-count=\u00222\u0022 data-tipped-options=\u0022ajax: {data: {vote_value: \u00271\u0027, entity_type: \u0027comment\u0027, entity_id: 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\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n\n\n        \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted\u0022\u003E\n          \u003Cmark class=\u0022hidden new\u0022 data-comment-timestamp=\u00221756746324\u0022 data-tooltip=\u0022New Comment\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n          \u003Ca title=\u0022View user profile.\u0022 href=\u0022\/u\/user-217443\u0022 rel=\u0022ugc\u0022 class=\u0022username\u0022\u003ETom Reichner\u003C\/a\u003E\n          \u003Ca href=\u0022#comment-788537\u0022 class=\u0022date\u0022 title=\u0022Sep 01, 2025\u0022 data-livestamp=\u00221756746324\u0022\u003ESeptember 1, 2025  - 1:05 pm\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted comment__parent\u0022\u003E\n            \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fstoppers.com\/originals\/why-learning-photography-internet-now-harder-ever-709046#comment-788525\u0022 class=\u0022parent-author\u0022 title=\u0022In response to tck\u0022\u003E \u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-reply svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 0 512 512\u0022\u003E\u003Cpath d=\u0022M205 34.8c11.5 5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n tck\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYeah, that is a pretty asinine title for a video.  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5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n Tom Reichner\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYes but you\u0027re not interested in starting your own YouTube channel. If it were a video with the title \u0022Buy this Canon 600XYZ lens to start your bird photography\u0022 you\u0027d probably watch it. And maybe even jump into the discussion with your opinion. 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163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n Ed Kunzelman\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \u003Cspan class=\u0022edited\u0022 data-tooltip=\u0022This comment was edited on Sep 01, 2025\u0022\u003E[Edited]\u003C\/span\u003E\n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEd asked me,\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022 If it were a video with the title \u0022Buy this Canon 600XYZ lens to start your bird photography\u0022 you\u0027d probably watch it. And maybe even jump into the discussion with your opinion. Wouldn\u0027t you?\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI probably wouldn\u0027t watch it, but I may jump into the discussion with my opinions.  Just like I jump into the comments here on Fstoppers all the time, but often do not even read the article that I am commenting on.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEDIT:  Why wouldn\u0027t I watch a video with the title \u0022Buy this Canon 600XYZ lens to start your bird photography\u0022?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause I am not very interested in videos that are geared toward beginners who are just starting in something that I have already been doing for years and years.  I don\u0027t usually watch videos that show me how to do things that I already know how to do.  And I generally dislike how-to videos that are geared toward new or intermediate wildlife and bird photographers.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHence, channels such as Simon d\u0027Entremont\u0027s channel are ones I barely ever watch.  Simon is a really good guy, and he presents content in a really good, easy-to-understand way, but I just can\u0027t learn anything from his videos because he only talks about the things that I have already known for years and years.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022links-wrapper clearfix\u0022\u003E\n      \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-updown field--type-voting-api-field field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022votingapi-widgets updown read_only\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022updown-buttons-container\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022updown-button\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca class=\u0022updown-up no-votes\u0022 href=\u0022#\u0022 data-vote-value=\u00221\u0022 data-vote-count=\u00220\u0022 data-tipped-options=\u0022ajax: {data: {vote_value: \u00271\u0027, entity_type: \u0027comment\u0027, entity_id: 788549}}\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan  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field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETotally get what you meant, but if we can look past the clickbait, there might be some value to be learned. Curiously, how did that youtuber use a new camera (whatever that would be, doesn\u0027t have to be what was mentioned) to start a youtube channel. Unless of course the entire video is just explaining how great Lumix GH7 is then he probably should have titled it differently.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022links-wrapper clearfix\u0022\u003E\n      \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-updown field--type-voting-api-field field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022votingapi-widgets updown read_only\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022updown-buttons-container\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022updown-button\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca class=\u0022updown-up no-votes\u0022 href=\u0022#\u0022 data-vote-value=\u00221\u0022 data-vote-count=\u00220\u0022 data-tipped-options=\u0022ajax: {data: {vote_value: \u00271\u0027, entity_type: \u0027comment\u0027, entity_id: 788664}}\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-thumbs-up svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 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class=\u0022comment__submitted\u0022\u003E\n          \u003Cmark class=\u0022hidden new\u0022 data-comment-timestamp=\u00221756748999\u0022 data-tooltip=\u0022New Comment\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n          \u003Ca title=\u0022View user profile.\u0022 href=\u0022\/u\/user-143183\u0022 rel=\u0022ugc\u0022 class=\u0022username\u0022\u003EAndrew Jarman\u003C\/a\u003E\n          \u003Ca href=\u0022#comment-788545\u0022 class=\u0022date\u0022 title=\u0022Sep 01, 2025\u0022 data-livestamp=\u00221756748999\u0022\u003ESeptember 1, 2025  - 1:49 pm\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted comment__parent\u0022\u003E\n            \n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYouTube 10 years ago had very useful content (videos are still likely all out there) by those creators that we call \u201cinfluencers\u201d now. I\u2019m in my 50s and appreciated a lot of great videos back then to help further my understanding of not only creative shooting techniques, but also technical\/gear reviews. For some of those, the gear didn\u2019t matter as much and they put the focus on more technical details (while, for sure highlighting pros and cons of particular body or lens). I rarely watch YouTube now as it has become this decades version of infomercials, and the focus has switched to what I call the \u201c200% club\u201d of superzooming\/pixel peeping to the extreme, to the point of one recent video showing the difference between a $8500cdn camera\/lens combo to a new $16kcdn combo. Or, another famous YouTuber recently deriding m4\/3 system as basically useless (or that\u2019s how I heard it in the \u201cpodcast\u201d). So, I agree with this article that it\u2019s more difficult because there\u2019s a lot more noise out there to filter through compared to 10-12 years ago. However, I also think AI will continue to evolve and possibly make the learning easier (at least to a point). The creative side, and becoming better at it will always be dependent on the person, and the time and energy one puts in to it.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022links-wrapper clearfix\u0022\u003E\n      \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-updown field--type-voting-api-field field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022votingapi-widgets updown read_only\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022updown-buttons-container\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022updown-button\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca class=\u0022updown-up tipped-updown\u0022 href=\u0022#\u0022 data-vote-value=\u00221\u0022 data-vote-count=\u00223\u0022 data-tipped-options=\u0022ajax: {data: {vote_value: \u00271\u0027, entity_type: \u0027comment\u0027, entity_id: 788545}}\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-thumbs-up svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 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title=\u0022In response to Andrew Jarman\u0022\u003E \u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-reply svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 0 512 512\u0022\u003E\u003Cpath d=\u0022M205 34.8c11.5 5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n Andrew Jarman\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI do agree with you. I was subscribed to a newsletter by a photographer and he send out a list of great youtube videos that were produced a decade ago and they were golden. Also recalling back when I started learning a decade ago, i binge watch every youtube video just to get a sense of how photography is like. And I have to say they were very valuable. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn AI, I am not sure if I will rely on that completely because there is also no way to verify what the output is correct. 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I\u2019ve been in technology industry for over 30 years and watching it go through shifts and phases has been interesting (and as photographers, we\u2019ve all seen this shift). YouTube and social media didn\u2019t really exist 20 years ago (and took another 10 to get to the influencers and ambassadors we see now). I used to do 3D modelling for example in Google Earth (which required thousands of photos), which over the course of 5 years was replaced by drones and overhead shots that could automatically build 3D (as it is in Google Maps now). It was a brief period of time to earn money in photography, which was replaced. AI is getting increasingly better with each new model, as well as next generation agentic AI. Maybe I\u2019m just getting older, but with the exception of maybe one or two YouTubers that do gear reviews (when it\u2019s a product I\u2019m interested in), I\u2019m just back to exploring things for myself\u2026and even if I watch the usually too-long videos, I quickly skip through it for highlights (and to miss the in-video ads for Squarespace). I find forums, discussions with other photographers and well thought out articles to be far more useful now.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022links-wrapper clearfix\u0022\u003E\n      \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-updown field--type-voting-api-field field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022votingapi-widgets updown read_only\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022updown-buttons-container\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022updown-button\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca class=\u0022updown-up tipped-updown\u0022 href=\u0022#\u0022 data-vote-value=\u00221\u0022 data-vote-count=\u00221\u0022 data-tipped-options=\u0022ajax: {data: {vote_value: \u00271\u0027, entity_type: \u0027comment\u0027, entity_id: 788702}}\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-thumbs-up svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 0 512 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\u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted\u0022\u003E\n          \u003Cmark class=\u0022hidden new\u0022 data-comment-timestamp=\u00221756954172\u0022 data-tooltip=\u0022New Comment\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n          \u003Ca title=\u0022View user profile.\u0022 href=\u0022\/u\/yzhensiang\u0022 rel=\u0022ugc\u0022 class=\u0022username\u0022\u003EZhen Siang Yang\u003C\/a\u003E\n          \u003Ca href=\u0022#comment-788732\u0022 class=\u0022date\u0022 title=\u0022Sep 03, 2025\u0022 data-livestamp=\u00221756954172\u0022\u003ESeptember 3, 2025  - 10:49 pm\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted comment__parent\u0022\u003E\n            \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fstoppers.com\/originals\/why-learning-photography-internet-now-harder-ever-709046#comment-788702\u0022 class=\u0022parent-author\u0022 title=\u0022In response to Andrew Jarman\u0022\u003E \u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-reply svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 0 512 512\u0022\u003E\u003Cpath d=\u0022M205 34.8c11.5 5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n Andrew Jarman\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYes, I can say that we are actually in the best time for photography. We have easy access to gears that can produce flawless images, editing softwares that are so capable, and knowledge everywhere. Its just sadly to filter through these noises will require some effort if we don\u0027t wish to surf around the surface. 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field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWell stated. I learned photography through the early 2000\u0027s to now. I\u0027m still learning. The learning never stops, but I can add my voice to say it has indeed become much harder to learn not just photography but anything online any more. Even a lot of PAID content is just as low quality as the free content now days. It\u0027s like you said, content creators are just chasing trends and gaming the algorithm to gain fame and recognition with out producing anything of substance. Even just trying to get regular questions answered is like pulling teeth with search engines. It got to a point where you had to type \u0022reddit\u0022 at the end of a search query to get any kind of relevant answer for something. Even google admits that they know their search engine sucks without reddit. Now here in the past couple of years even that seems to be much less effective than it used to be. It\u0027s almost like those that control the content on the internet are trying to keep us dumb.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u0027ve seen so much of the low quality content on YouTube that I can detect it withing the first 10-20 seconds of starting a video. If hear  \u0022WHAT\u0027S UP GUYS!\u0022 or \u0022IT\u0027S YA BOI!\u0022 Then I immediately know that video is going to be a colossal waste of time and I\u0027m skipping it.  If I see a video where the intro is way longer than it should be I know it\u0027s going to be more worthless content. If The content creator spends more than 2 minutes beating around the bush with nonsense subjects or details that are completely unnecessary and unrelated to the subject of the video. I know it\u0027s going to be trash. 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field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI think its going to be tougher from here made worse with our fast pace lifestyle because creating the high value content takes a lot of time which leads to more creators actually spend time making fancy transitions and colour grades than actually delivering a point. And delivering a point is also not easy when one is not that knowledgeable. Hence, the beating around the bush just to hit the video length meeting criteria for algorithms. 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field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile this is more of an issue with cinematography and video post production, one area where users can find trouble with developing a thorough education in an area, is that there are very few channels focused heavily on education, instead many are focused on tutorials and ancillary content related to their own progression in the field.\u003Cbr\u003E\nFor example, a user will find a channel that does great tutorials and conveys knowledge from beginner level to intermediate level while showing some of it in short films they make, then suddenly they jump to advanced stuff where they are using multiple ARRI ALEXA Mini LF cameras and are filming an outdoor scene with 40 different lights and modifiers and using 20K worth of plugins and other applications as part of their workflow, in addition to high end asset packs where the companies making them don\u0027t list their prices and instead expect you to contact them for a quote for their mega scans, and while it is interesting to see how they handled a complex scene as part of paid work, it is no longer educational for users following along; it is entertainment along the lines of someone demonstrating how they conduct an experiment on the international space station, or how an engineer services part of a nuclear reactor, it is cool and interesting, for just about everyone on earth, but not really educational  due to the gap in knowledge for the viewer.\u003Cbr\u003E\nThis is sadly the nature of \u0022free\u0022 content since it is not their main work, and typically those content creators can\u0027t really balance doing free educational content that is far from the content they are doing professionally. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOverall, there is no perfect solution, and users who want to develop a more complete education, will have to switch channels ad those transition points are reached.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWith photography, it is more adaptable since much of the 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field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI would say take contents in the net now with a grain of salt. Treat it more like an entertainment and think deeper than what the video has shown us. If the video has picked our interest in a specific area, it might have done its job as an entertainment source. 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comment js-comment by-anonymous\u0022\u003E\n  \n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__content\u0022\u003E\n            \u003Cheader class=\u0022comment__meta\u0022\u003E\n        \u003Cspan class=\u0022avatar-wrapper\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field--name-user-picture\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg class=\u0022avatar-img\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 data-gridzyignore=\u00221\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/cdn.fstoppers.com\/default_images\/no-avatar_1.jpg\u0022 width=\u002270\u0022 height=\u002270\u0022 alt=\u0022user-465985 avatar\u0022 \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\n\n        \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted\u0022\u003E\n          \u003Cmark class=\u0022hidden new\u0022 data-comment-timestamp=\u00221756783780\u0022 data-tooltip=\u0022New Comment\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n          \u003Cspan rel=\u0022ugc\u0022 class=\u0022username no-user\u0022\u003Euser-465985\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003Ca href=\u0022#comment-788594\u0022 class=\u0022date\u0022 title=\u0022Sep 01, 2025\u0022 data-livestamp=\u00221756783780\u0022\u003ESeptember 1, 2025  - 11:29 pm\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted comment__parent\u0022\u003E\n            \n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe dirty secret of online photography education is that the first generation of successful influencers were camera store salesman, hobbyists pretending to be pros, and genuine pros that came from the lowest parts of the industry. They were the people that had failed to achieve any serious success in commercial photography and sadly had a chip-on-their-should against photographers that had gone through school and had upper level commercial assisting experience. They taught low end methods that used to be called \u0022guerrilla style\u0022 that were easy for beginners to learn from magazines and books at the library. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s a dirty secret because the internet gave them the ability to pretend to be something that they were not and so every wannabe could build a website and pretend to be a \u0022pro.\u0022 In the early days of digital (late 90s to mid-2000s) they made no money and had no influence so the legit shooters continued to think that they were a joke. However, the situation began to change drastically with the rise of big social media companies like Youtube that could monetize hobbyist content and bring it to a large audience with no fact-checking required. Camera companies quickly figured out that the following for content creators was enormous so they gave them endorsements. Social media became embedded into daily life and it became possible to leverage the networks created by multiple outlets like Facebook, Flickr, Instagram etc. It didn\u0027t take long until the \u0022fake pros\u0022 had corporate sponsorship and began to replace the real thing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhy does this matter? They lied from the beginning and told newbies how to get into an industry that they didn\u0027t know how to get into themselves. They claimed that nobody needed to go to school and could just buy some gear and have a career. Meanwhile, they hypocritically sold pay-per-view content (DVDs, Patreon etc) and charged thousands of dollars to attend workshops. Yesterday\u0027s fake pros were today\u0027s real pros teaching newbies how to shoot photography at the level of a fake pro. Unfortunately, an entire generation got suckered into believing that they were investing in a career when really they had simply become the new version of the same old hobbyist industry. They all now lived in a media bubble controlled by corporations The influencers, social media platforms and camera companies profit from endless product cycles that hobbyists binge-on while falsely that the path leads to a career. The whole thing has been a con from top-to-bottom and egos are now so entangled with consumer spending and online viewing habits that most hobbyists can\u0027t change without experiencing serious mental health problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETruthfully, commercial photography doesn\u0027t really exist anymore like it did in the film era so there is no going back to the days before online photo education. If photographers don\u0027t like what they\u0027re seeing now then they should know that it\u0027s not going to get any better and will only get worse. The best photography schools in the industry, like Brooks Institute, are out of business and they are no longer financially viable enterprises. It\u0027s almost impossible to work full-time assisting for a successful commercial photographer because most of the remaining jobs are now lower production side-gigs. Content creators have completely taken over all of the photography industry and there is no need for dedicated commercial photographers anymore. The content creators will continue to sell camera gear, provide education and they will get the few remaining commercial side-gigs. It doesn\u0027t matter if they are good or not at photography anymore because they just need to be able to draw social media audiences in order to be financially successful.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf there\u0027s anybody remaining that\u0027s read this far then they are probably thinking that my post sounds like some kind of \u0022get off my lawn\u0022 rant coming from an old guy that has been beaten by the new generation. The people that believe that are delusional and they are going to fail. Meanwhile, my photography has never been better because I am very pragmatic when it comes to making business decisions. From my perspective, the online photography educators have destroyed the entire generation of photographers that was supposed to be my competition and handed me a monopoly over a small corner of a new industry. The current generation shoots in predictable ways that are formulaic and easy to beat. They waste their time chasing \u0022likes\u0022 and are hopeless trapped in a social media bubble that is now out-dated legacy tech while ignoring the photography opportunities that are new in the art market and on the blockchain.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022links-wrapper clearfix\u0022\u003E\n      \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-updown field--type-voting-api-field field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022votingapi-widgets updown read_only\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022updown-buttons-container\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022updown-button\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca class=\u0022updown-up tipped-updown\u0022 href=\u0022#\u0022 data-vote-value=\u00221\u0022 data-vote-count=\u00222\u0022 data-tipped-options=\u0022ajax: {data: {vote_value: \u00271\u0027, entity_type: \u0027comment\u0027, entity_id: 788594}}\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan  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\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022indented\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv data-comment-user-id=\u0022217443\u0022 id=\u0022comment-788628\u0022 class=\u0022js-ajax-comments-id-788628 comment js-comment\u0022\u003E\n  \n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__content\u0022\u003E\n            \u003Cheader class=\u0022comment__meta\u0022\u003E\n        \u003Cspan class=\u0022avatar-wrapper\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022user-avatar\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-user-picture\u0022\u003E\n              \u003Ca href=\u0022\/u\/user-217443\u0022 rel=\u0022ugc\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg class=\u0022avatar-img\u0022 data-gridzyignore=\u00221\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/cdn.fstoppers.com\/styles\/square_small\/s3\/avatars\/2019\/10\/instagram_-_1_92.jpg?itok=dXKNOeIu\u0022 width=\u0022100\u0022 height=\u0022100\u0022 alt=\u0022User picture for Tom Reichner\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n\u003C\/a\u003E\n          \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n\n\n        \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted\u0022\u003E\n          \u003Cmark class=\u0022hidden new\u0022 data-comment-timestamp=\u00221756828932\u0022 data-tooltip=\u0022New Comment\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n          \u003Ca title=\u0022View user profile.\u0022 href=\u0022\/u\/user-217443\u0022 rel=\u0022ugc\u0022 class=\u0022username\u0022\u003ETom Reichner\u003C\/a\u003E\n          \u003Ca href=\u0022#comment-788628\u0022 class=\u0022date\u0022 title=\u0022Sep 02, 2025\u0022 data-livestamp=\u00221756828932\u0022\u003ESeptember 2, 2025  - 12:02 pm\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted comment__parent\u0022\u003E\n            \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fstoppers.com\/originals\/why-learning-photography-internet-now-harder-ever-709046#comment-788594\u0022 class=\u0022parent-author\u0022 title=\u0022In response to user-465985\u0022\u003E \u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-reply svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 0 512 512\u0022\u003E\u003Cpath d=\u0022M205 34.8c11.5 5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n user-465985\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt is kind of lame that you write such a strongly opinionated post, in which you put down so many people, and you won\u0027t even put your name to it.  You just post anonymously with \u0022DELETED ACCOUNT\u0022 as your username.  Man up.  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class=\u0022comment__submitted\u0022\u003E\n          \u003Cmark class=\u0022hidden new\u0022 data-comment-timestamp=\u00221756806260\u0022 data-tooltip=\u0022New Comment\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n          \u003Ca title=\u0022View user profile.\u0022 href=\u0022\/u\/user-302447\u0022 rel=\u0022ugc\u0022 class=\u0022username\u0022\u003EJenny Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\n          \u003Ca href=\u0022#comment-788603\u0022 class=\u0022date\u0022 title=\u0022Sep 02, 2025\u0022 data-livestamp=\u00221756806260\u0022\u003ESeptember 2, 2025  - 5:44 am\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted comment__parent\u0022\u003E\n            \n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmazing article! I have noticed that everyone and their dog are photographers now simply because they have watched a bunch of reels and Tiktok videos on how to do stuff. Don\u0027t get me wrong, I\u0027m all for accessability and people learning new things, but it also seems like it\u0027s not even about art but more about being trendy and taking trendy shots instead. Everything is done for the likes and clicks with no actual wish to learn for the artistic purpose, if that makes sense. Again, I love the accessability of technology, I love the fact that AI can colorize a bunch of old family photos in a few seconds and I\u0027ll need to do some minor Photoglory tweaks; it saves time and effort greatly. But at the same time this accessability led to oversaturation of low-quality content, lots of AI-type images and just low-effort attempts in general. This is what makes me sad about the future of photography the most.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022links-wrapper clearfix\u0022\u003E\n      \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-updown field--type-voting-api-field field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022votingapi-widgets updown read_only\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022updown-buttons-container\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022updown-button\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca class=\u0022updown-up tipped-updown\u0022 href=\u0022#\u0022 data-vote-value=\u00221\u0022 data-vote-count=\u00222\u0022 data-tipped-options=\u0022ajax: {data: {vote_value: \u00271\u0027, entity_type: \u0027comment\u0027, entity_id: 788603}}\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-thumbs-up svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 0 512 512\u0022\u003E\u003Cpath d=\u0022M313.4 32.9c26 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\u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted\u0022\u003E\n          \u003Cmark class=\u0022hidden new\u0022 data-comment-timestamp=\u00221756864804\u0022 data-tooltip=\u0022New Comment\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n          \u003Ca title=\u0022View user profile.\u0022 href=\u0022\/u\/yzhensiang\u0022 rel=\u0022ugc\u0022 class=\u0022username\u0022\u003EZhen Siang Yang\u003C\/a\u003E\n          \u003Ca href=\u0022#comment-788669\u0022 class=\u0022date\u0022 title=\u0022Sep 02, 2025\u0022 data-livestamp=\u00221756864804\u0022\u003ESeptember 2, 2025  - 10:00 pm\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted comment__parent\u0022\u003E\n            \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fstoppers.com\/originals\/why-learning-photography-internet-now-harder-ever-709046#comment-788603\u0022 class=\u0022parent-author\u0022 title=\u0022In response to Jenny Rich\u0022\u003E \u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-reply svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 0 512 512\u0022\u003E\u003Cpath d=\u0022M205 34.8c11.5 5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n Jenny Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOh yes, its simply isn\u0027t sustainable to produce high quality content at such a volume. And if the creators don\u0027t keep their viewers entertain enough, their viewers will just leave. 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class=\u0022js-ajax-comments-id-788614 comment js-comment\u0022\u003E\n  \n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__content\u0022\u003E\n            \u003Cheader class=\u0022comment__meta\u0022\u003E\n        \u003Cspan class=\u0022avatar-wrapper\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022user-avatar\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-user-picture\u0022\u003E\n              \u003Ca href=\u0022\/u\/roteague\u0022 rel=\u0022ugc\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg class=\u0022avatar-img\u0022 data-gridzyignore=\u00221\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/cdn.fstoppers.com\/styles\/square_small\/s3\/avatars\/2017\/09\/profile_2.jpg?itok=GcfLHiJd\u0022 width=\u0022100\u0022 height=\u0022100\u0022 alt=\u0022User picture for Robert Teague\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n\u003C\/a\u003E\n          \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n\n\n        \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted\u0022\u003E\n          \u003Cmark class=\u0022hidden new\u0022 data-comment-timestamp=\u00221756816274\u0022 data-tooltip=\u0022New Comment\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n          \u003Ca title=\u0022View user profile.\u0022 href=\u0022\/u\/roteague\u0022 rel=\u0022ugc\u0022 class=\u0022username\u0022\u003ERobert Teague\u003C\/a\u003E\n          \u003Ca href=\u0022#comment-788614\u0022 class=\u0022date\u0022 title=\u0022Sep 02, 2025\u0022 data-livestamp=\u00221756816274\u0022\u003ESeptember 2, 2025  - 8:31 am\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted comment__parent\u0022\u003E\n            \n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPhotography has always been difficult to make a living from. In my early days, it was magazines and everyone aspired to be \u0022published\u0022; now, it\u0027s having a popular YouTube channel. I get it, everyone wants to make a comfortable living, drive a nice car and have more gear than they know what to do with. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe world changes and so has YouTube. I\u0027ve unsubscribed from so many photography channels; that I\u0027m close to the point of unsubscribing from YouTube altogether. I\u0027ve been doing photography that I\u0027m not interested in videos on composition or technique. I enjoy watching a photographer in the field - often in areas that are different from where I live, South Texas. But, I just watched another one of my favorites, in an effort to garner a bigger audience, start \u0022dumbing\u0022 down his channel and focusing on \u0022basics\u0022. Ok, it\u0027s his channel so he can do what he likes and I just unsubscribe (I recently bought one of his books, so I do like his work). But, I can\u0027t help but think, I\u0027m not the only one who is doing this. So many photographers chasing the same \u0022beginner\u0022 crowd.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGear channels don\u0027t interest me as they seem to go from one brand to another and seek to encourage controversy. I started with 35mm film, then moved to 4x5 (which I used for decades) and now mirrorless; Nikon Z8 and Fuji GFX 100s. I\u0027m not interested in the latest from Sony\/Canon\/Panasonic, etc.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy friends, upon seeing my prints, often ask \u0022Why don\u0027t you put these online and sell them?\u0022 I have them online, but don\u0027t sell prints (I used to do gallery sales years ago). I\u0027m not interested. 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512\u0022\u003E\u003Cpath d=\u0022M205 34.8c11.5 5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n Robert Teague\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWell, my suspicion will be that the \u0022beginner\u0022 crowd is the most curious bunch and also the most in terms of volume in a pyramid. Hence, feeding into their stats. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI am also with you on camera gears, frankly I am no longer that attracted to latest camera launch as I can do whatever I want to do with my setup.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn terms of my work, I have a lot of strong work that I do not publish anywhere because they were created for myself in the first place. Though I do debate with myself, what use will they be if the world will not be seeing it? Will I be the next Vivian Maier with stash of hard disk being found decades later? Lol. 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data-comment-timestamp=\u00221756837975\u0022 data-tooltip=\u0022New Comment\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n          \u003Ca title=\u0022View user profile.\u0022 href=\u0022\/u\/user-120682\u0022 rel=\u0022ugc\u0022 class=\u0022username\u0022\u003ECarlos Hugo Vaca\u003C\/a\u003E\n          \u003Ca href=\u0022#comment-788641\u0022 class=\u0022date\u0022 title=\u0022Sep 02, 2025\u0022 data-livestamp=\u00221756837975\u0022\u003ESeptember 2, 2025  - 2:32 pm\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted comment__parent\u0022\u003E\n            \n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELet\u0027s be honest, very few really good photographers will have time to share their knowledge. They usually have a busy schedule. On the other hand, many of those who call themselves \u0022photographers\u0022 have a lot of theory and little experience. For them, it\u0027s easy to take a girl into the woods, put on an f1.2 lens and an octoboz next to her, and that\u0027s enough! Photography isn\u0027t just about soft light or creamy bokeh. Photography is about the beauty of the whole picture, and that\u0027s something you\u0027ll hardly find for free on YouTube from a good photographer, and I think that\u0027s okay because good things cost a fortune. There are far more \u0022influencers\u0022 than photographers these days. The other day I saw a Nikon ambassador and I was very sorry that even the CEOs of Fuji, Nikon, and Canon have fallen into this level of \u0022influence\u0022...lots of meaningless photos, no framing, no context...just bokeh. 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field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWell, businesses will market where they see money, and unfortunately \u0022influencers\u0022 is the easiest and probably cheapest way to bring them direct sales. Its sad and frustrating but we can only do this much when the entire world is moving into this direction. 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field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI couldn\u0027t agree more. I\u0027m currently working for a company to do photography educational shorts. I try to make it bit-sized while also providing depth when watched in a series. But the challenge is that depth requires a longer duration to properly explain a certain points, and the audience in short video platforms certainly swipe away faster when a video is going to take some time to get into the main points.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022links-wrapper clearfix\u0022\u003E\n      \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-updown field--type-voting-api-field field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022votingapi-widgets updown read_only\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022updown-buttons-container\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022updown-button\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca class=\u0022updown-up tipped-updown\u0022 href=\u0022#\u0022 data-vote-value=\u00221\u0022 data-vote-count=\u00222\u0022 data-tipped-options=\u0022ajax: {data: {vote_value: \u00271\u0027, entity_type: \u0027comment\u0027, entity_id: 789051}}\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan  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class=\u0022parent-author\u0022 title=\u0022In response to CY Khai\u0022\u003E \u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-reply svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 0 512 512\u0022\u003E\u003Cpath d=\u0022M205 34.8c11.5 5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n CY Khai\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYes that\u0027s the nature of content consumption now. And with so many contents available, we are slowly shifting towards consuming and not applying which feeds to the ego of many with the \u0022I know it all attitude\u0022. 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Comment\u0022\u003E\u003C\/mark\u003E\n          \u003Ca title=\u0022View user profile.\u0022 href=\u0022\/u\/user-342394\u0022 rel=\u0022ugc\u0022 class=\u0022username\u0022\u003ENaruto Uzumaki\u003C\/a\u003E\n          \u003Ca href=\u0022#comment-789396\u0022 class=\u0022date\u0022 title=\u0022Sep 11, 2025\u0022 data-livestamp=\u00221757649382\u0022\u003ESeptember 11, 2025  - 11:56 pm\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment__submitted comment__parent\u0022\u003E\n            \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fstoppers.com\/originals\/why-learning-photography-internet-now-harder-ever-709046#comment-789051\u0022 class=\u0022parent-author\u0022 title=\u0022In response to CY Khai\u0022\u003E \u003Cspan  class=\u0022icon-reply svg-icon\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewBox=\u00220 0 512 512\u0022\u003E\u003Cpath d=\u0022M205 34.8c11.5 5.1 19 16.6 19 29.2l0 64 112 0c97.2 0 176 78.8 176 176c0 113.3-81.5 163.9-100.2 174.1c-2.5 1.4-5.3 1.9-8.1 1.9c-10.9 0-19.7-8.9-19.7-19.7c0-7.5 4.3-14.4 9.8-19.5c9.4-8.8 22.2-26.4 22.2-56.7c0-53-43-96-96-96l-96 0 0 64c0 12.6-7.4 24.1-19 29.2s-25 3-34.4-5.4l-160-144C3.9 225.7 0 217.1 0 208s3.9-17.7 10.6-23.8l160-144c9.4-8.5 22.9-10.6 34.4-5.4z\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n CY Khai\u003C\/a\u003E\n            \n                                  \u003C\/div\u003E\n                              \u003C\/header\u003E\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022content\u0022\u003E\n                \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt is difficult to hold attention for extended educational content. Usually what will make people skip a video, is if it starts to get into what can be colloquially described as \u0022textbook format\u0022 where a chapter will be unnecessarily verbose to turn 2-4 pages of content into 15-20 page chapter (which usually brings up bad memories of poorly made school textbooks that people are often forced to buy). \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe overall strong desire from many viewers, is something that is difficult to do, and that is content that is long form but succinct in how it is delivered.\u003Cbr\u003E\nIn most cases, the content doesn\u0027t even need to be flashy if the content can be succinct and dense. For example a longer video that will introduce users to the basics of constant current. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xGwnAH_qvto\u0022 rel=\u0022nofollow ugc\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xGwnAH_qvto\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond that, for most online education, a standard factory\/ Prussian educational model doesn\u0027t work, and instead there is often desire for self-directed learning where the core knowledge is given and for more of deep theory content is made available but not forced. 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