But bottom line TO ME on this section of the forum is it use to attract the better artists, paid pros or the do it for the art crowd, but now it seems those people seem less involved.
I think there are a lot of less of those people, period. We're living in an Instagram, flared back light in every shot, iPhone selfie world that rarely recognizes the skill shooters like you have, much less appreciates it.
Your client list may be stable or even growing. I expect the same is true for Chris. But the crew that's coming up behind you have neither skill nor the vision and their client list is growing.
IMO