/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

This thread is a shitstorm and I don't know why i'm doing this but it'll bother me if I don't

How cosplay photography is an excellent parallel to economists idea of a free market:
• The aggregate photography community has a supply curve that represents the lowest price (P) they're willing to charge based on how much business they get and their experience, we'll call the X axis "Quality".
• Individual cosplayers have their own demand curve, showing what they're willing to pay for quality
• Cosplayers have all the information through social media to connect themselves with the right photographer for their quality/price standards

• Cosplayers that pay shitty photographers too much for bad photos are eating the cost. They're not hurting anyone but themselves, and these mistakes flatten out in the long run.
• Photographers that do photos for free either are in equilibrium and aren't good enough to get customers, or are cutting themselves short at their own cost.
• Cosplayers that lower or raise their standards represent a horizontal shift of the demand curve

It's a perfect free market, with no intervention from government bodies or authorities.