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RE: Change the frame, change the game
Photo inflation is a nice way to put it! I have been selling stock photos for a while, and a picture that used to get downloaded quite frequently now has to compete with an ocean of photos. Like you say the barrier to doing photography is much lower. Having said that however, the guys that are true professionals, definitely seems to capture images with more soul that are closer to the expression that a picture can say more than a thousand words. Then there are commercial photos and artistic photos and they of course can differ a lot. Doing stock photography it is clear that the more commercial the image is the better.
As I said to @thatkidisblack above, the plus side of this is that it increases the value of the high-end producers too - however that is going to be at more of a practical level. Perhaps it is kind of like ticket prices to a music gig. These days the music industry is flooded, but most can't play live - those that do rake it in.