Even the week before this one we discussed crowdsourcing and how it was changing things, everything from logos to wedding photographs taking a hit in one way or the other. In many cases this is a sad thing... people that built their lives around a profession suddenly getting pushed out of it by some high schooler that got a really nice camera for Christmas. On the other hand, if people are able to produce something for free and post it for a dollar and customers are happy with that over things selling for over $100... then maybe the product wasn't worth over $100 in the first place.
Good stock photos are important to have if someone is doing a project with them or does photo manipulation work. The quality has to be good, the size has to be good, and the image has to be what you want. Before this would require going to a professional photographer and looking through their portfolio and hoping you find something you want, and then paying through the nose for it. Frankly, in the age of digital photography I don't think there's a reason to do that. After the initial purchase price of the camera and computer and software someone needs, they aren't putting any more money into making their portfolio. From there they're just trying to afford food and bills. Now though, even stock photos are like art. Someone will pay hundreds or thousands for an amazing painting or print, and some peoples' work gets left in their closet for years because it's not wanted. Stock photos can be amazing and worth big money, or they can be mediocre, and if someone was selling mediocre work before where now other people can pay a dollar and get better, maybe the person trying to charge a huge amount should end up going bankrupt, or find a new angle.
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