Project Proposal

For my project I would like to research the affects of social media on Digital Photography. More so the negative and positive affects it has on Professional Digital Photographers.

For example one negative affect can be the ease of use for people who are not professional photographers. They can take a picture, edit it on a phone application and post it up. People may praise them for the work they are doing and inquire about getting photos taken unaware that the person has no knowledge of post production. And in turn if the person does accept to take pictures of said person the quality of work would not be the same for someone who is a professional. This also takes away from those who do it professionally because they are losing business.

A positive can be how easy it is to market your work. There are many different platforms you can use to share your work and get customers. Technically, someone doesn't even have to pay to have their work advertised anymore. Social Media does it for you. People share your work and spread the word out for you. And I think that is a beautiful thing.

This is the direction I want to head in for my project but I might fine tune it and get more in depth with the topic.