Can I paradoxiacally interpret "there is little room for"? [closed]

I am wondering about the nuance of "there is little room for" in the following context.

Some photographers might feel like there is little room for creativity in high-volume photography. However, many photographers choose to use this niche to create a steady income while simultaneously working on other more creative pursuits.

While I am aware that "there is little room for" basically means "there is almost no room for", in this context, I actually felt that it might paradoxically mean that some photographers (who have no experience in the high-volume photoshoot yet) think they could still be a bit creative, and the latter sentence is denying it saying many rather focus on making money in the niche separting it from crative pursuits.

Am I thinking too much to think like the above? haha.

Solution 1:

There is the word "little" and the phrase "a little", and they make different contrasts. "Little" means "a small amount as opposed to a large amount". For "a small amount as opposed to none", we have "a little". To paraphrase Fowler in Modern English Usage, "little" means some but not at all much, and "a little" means not at all much but some. (Fowler was explaining the difference between "few" and "a few", which is similar.)