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State of the commercial photo industry

State of the commercial photo industry

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State of the commercial photo industry

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- There are a lot of tricky questions that go into the photographic process, everything from camera choice to exposure options. But one of the trickiest questions of all, for some people, is how do you survive as a photographer? How do you make money at it? David McNeese is somebody who does make money at it, enough that we're standing in his lovely photographic studio here in Central Oklahoma. David, you've done a fantastic job of building up a photo business, but, - Thank you. - the business is changing. - Well, yes, it's changing every day. It changes faster and faster every day, every week, every month. It's a lot different now than it was when I got into it. - A lot of people, on blogs and all over, lament that there's no way to make a living as a photographer anymore. There's no work out there. They say that the work is all gone. You're still finding work. - Right, the work is there. - But? - But it's harder…

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