{"id":273764,"date":"2025-12-18T10:48:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/?p=273764"},"modified":"2025-12-18T10:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:48:08","slug":"your-voice-matters-help-us-shape-the-future-of-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/your-voice-matters-help-us-shape-the-future-of-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Your voice matters &#8211; Help us shape the future of photography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;re sharing this for our friends over at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\"  href=\"https:\/\/bio.link\/thinktankphoto\">thinkTankPhoto<\/a>, makers of some of the industry&#8217;s best camera bags. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.research.net\/r\/ThinkTankPhoto_SOPI2026\">The 2026 State of the Photography Industry survey is now open.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><span class=\"responsive-image wp-image-273767\" style=\"width:1200px\"><span class=\"space\" style=\"width:1200px; padding-top:71.67%\"><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"860\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Email-Header-Announcement-2-1.png?resize=1200%2C860&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Your voice matters - Help us shape the future of photography\" class=\"wp-image-273767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Email-Header-Announcement-2-1.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Email-Header-Announcement-2-1.png?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Email-Header-Announcement-2-1.png?resize=600%2C430&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Email-Header-Announcement-2-1.png?resize=768%2C550&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Email-Header-Announcement-2-1.png?resize=717%2C514&amp;ssl=1 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This annual survey brings together real experiences from photographers working in every corner of the industry. 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