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More and more people are learning photography. Do you think it will threaten the photographer's career?

I think it is a good thing that more and more people study photography. If the career of a photographer can be so easily threatened, it can only prove that he is not a qualified photographer.

There are two kinds of photographers, one is commercial photographer and the other is artistic photographer. Commercial photographers are mainly responsible for photographing goods, and they serve businesses. In fact, this photographer is equivalent to a designer. They need to set the style of the product, and will consider the shooting mode, lighting mode and composition of the product.

But also to design unique styles for products according to market trends. Although they use cameras, cameras are just pens for their expression. They are thinking about things in the general direction of market, color and style, not just photography technology.

They are not so much photographers as planners, which cannot be learned simply by studying photography. So I don't think ordinary learners can threaten them at all.

There is also an art photographer. Few people can become art photographers. It is not a person who knows a little about photography that can become an art photographer. A photographer at best.

The difference between art photographers and ordinary photographers is that they have to think about the world or have personal ideas about something. Their subjective feelings should be added to the photographic works to form strong photographic works with personal characteristics.

Their camera is just one of their pens. They are actually a group of artists who paint with cameras. They are also the leaders and pioneers of styles, and many photography styles we see now are created by artists. Most people are still in the stage of following imitation.

This group of artists all have super high aesthetics. If you want to surpass them, you can't simply learn photography. You must have absolute talent and artistic understanding.

I think the real threat is those photographers who have poor personal ability and have been content with the status quo.