The OnlyFans Era Changed Photography (And Most Photographers Aren’t Ready)

Let’s be honest.

OnlyFans didn’t break photography. It exposed it.

Suddenly everyone’s a creator. Everyone needs content. Everyone’s monetizing their image. And photographers are either adapting—or quietly disappearing.

The wild part? Most of these shoots aren’t chaotic. They’re calculated. Planned. Business-driven.

The problem isn’t the work.

It’s photographers who don’t know how to separate access from intimacy.

If you don’t have boundaries, this era will eat you alive. If you don’t treat it like real work, clients won’t either. And if you’re sloppy with professionalism, word travels faster than your best edit.

The camera remembers everything.

Next post, I’ll talk about the line most photographers don’t even realize they’re crossing.