i get your point, but how about freelance who are charging at a no so cheap price too?

anyway, these days there are many people like this, not just DSLR, but whatever hobby they have, or they just learn something little and think they know everything, and thought 'hei, i can earn easy money!'

i know someone who just learn a few lessons of make up from a freelance make up teacher, then decided to open her own small make up shop, including helping people to make up during wedding and such lol

Well...with everything, do research, don't blindly go and hire people without knowing what they can provide. This makes it harder for aspiring photographers to get in (which can be seen as both a positive and negative).

Off topic, what's the keeper rate for everyone here?

BTW, Jegga, what happened to that thread in kopitiam abt you?