Ex-newspaper photographer helps amateurs undercut the pros

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After taking a buyout from The Baltimore Sun, David Hobby started teaching amateurs cheap, effective lighting techniques. Steven Weiss writes, “Undercutting professionals by arming hordes of well-trained amateurs, just as the media companies have slashed photography budgets across the board, Hobby has helped changed the face of the photography business.” Hobby says there will still be jobs for professional photographers: “You’ll have fewer rock stars, and a much larger middle class.”