Tourist sites see decline in paid photography as smartphones take over

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• Zagarolo 2 days ago

  Accept the reality of updating and update yourself.You are wasting your time and our ears complaining about a split egg.it has come to stay and the earlier you find another ways or means the better

  Accept the reality of updating and update yourself.You are wasting your time and our ears complaining about a split egg.it has come to stay and the earlier you find another ways or means the better

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• Nana Addo 2 days ago

  Smartphone photography isn’t going away. The solution lies in adaptation, smart regulation, and value creation, not restriction. When photographers are supported by policy and empowered with new skills, they can thrive alon ...
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  Smartphone photography isn’t going away. The solution lies in adaptation, smart regulation, and value creation, not restriction. When photographers are supported by policy and empowered with new skills, they can thrive alongside modern technology.

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• Nana Addo 2 days ago

  Collaboration With Tourism Authorities
  Tourism boards can:
  • Hire local photographers for official destination marketing
  • Feature their work in brochures, websites, and social media
  • Include photography services i ...
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  Collaboration With Tourism Authorities
  Tourism boards can:
  • Hire local photographers for official destination marketing
  • Feature their work in brochures, websites, and social media
  • Include photography services in guided tour packages
  This creates steady income beyond walk-up tourists.

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• ORAL K3K3 2 days ago

  Unfiltered theoretical Nkwasiasem from a half baked clown! The times they are a changin so you've gotta adapt or stfu!

  Unfiltered theoretical Nkwasiasem from a half baked clown! The times they are a changin so you've gotta adapt or stfu!

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• John Mahama 1 day ago

  If a Ghanaman had come up with WhatsApp, I swear it would never have been free. How could anyone try to ban taking photos with smartphones or force tourists to pay photographers for pictures at a waterfall? Times have changed ...
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  If a Ghanaman had come up with WhatsApp, I swear it would never have been free. How could anyone try to ban taking photos with smartphones or force tourists to pay photographers for pictures at a waterfall? Times have changed oooooo ton! Gone are the days when we had to book calls at the Post Office in order to speak to relatives abroad. Air Mail Envelopes and queuing for Daily Graphic are things of the past.

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• Name 22 hours ago

  It is a world-wide phenomenom.
  
  Even in Europe, it is really hard to find a photographer's shop these days, because every single household has their own digital cameras or smart phones, all of which have built in cameras.
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  It is a world-wide phenomenom.
  
  Even in Europe, it is really hard to find a photographer's shop these days, because every single household has their own digital cameras or smart phones, all of which have built in cameras.
  
  Even for passport photographs, user-operated automatic photo machines are available at all offices that are capable of taking bio-metric fotos.
  
  The only instance where people would seek a professional photo studio is when job application photo are needed, because companies required very high quality not badly lit photos.

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