Has Digital Technology Affected Photography?

A lot of photographers are asking the question has digital technology affected professional Photography? My opinion would by yes it has affected photography, because any one can now go out and buy a high quality SLR camera and be able to talke a photography without having any or little knowlage about photography or the camera. This is then affecting professional digital Photographers as anyone can now produce high quality pictures without having the knowlage or experience they have. The more people that are able to take photos on a high tec camera the more compotion the professionals have. Making them have to work even harder to produce amasing images.
Any one can now buy then download to their computers 'Photoshop' which is a professional softwear, and be able to teach them selfs different techniques that can be produced on there. This then beguins to effect the professionals that work with photoshop everyday, as the theniques they use can be acessed to eaisly and produced.
Some people are now asking the question 'Is there any skill left in Photography?'. As i am a student studing the subject  i would say yes there is a lot of skill left. Everyone thinks Photography is really easy as to them its only taking photos, when really its the complete opposite. All photographers put a lot of time and effort in to their work to produce high quality  images. A lot of the time is spent planning the photoshoot, so it makes the final image exactly what the Photographer wants it to be like. Every photographer does a few test shoots then goes back and analyses the photos taken to find out how they can improve them, so they can go on to produce the perfect final images with nothing going wrong during the shoot. If you use film to produce photos you have to have the knowlage or how to use the camera perfectly to be able to produce decent images, you cant just go back and look at what youve done on the screen like digital, you have to have the confidence, experience and knowlage behind you to know exactly what settings is right to be confident that you have produced a decent image. Developing the photos takes a lot of skill as you have to know how to use a darkroom. Therefore i dont think Photography is as simple as what people think.