- There will be an increased number of new photographers to the industry and the market for assignments will become even more competitive.

- More working professionals that have been in the game for a long time will get undercut by the amateurs.

- Photographers will venture outside of just pressing the shutter on their cameras and get into workshops, writing and teaching the business aspects of photography.

- Photographers are not really becoming photographers but rather digital artists.

- More photographers have to play the role of the one-man-show: take pictures, shoot video and edit, and write.

- Those who stick to their own visionary style of photography and market with innovation and new ideas will quickly be snatched up by marketers who are hungry for something not ordinary.

- More people will commission photographers to take pictures to be used for their Myspace, Facebook and personal homepage.

- Product photography will be more in demand as online companies realize they need great photography to turn online shoppers into buyers.