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Originally Posted by bm bradley
the thing to do is shoot what you 'enjoy/have passion for/understanding of' in the real world. it's commonly assumed that it takes 10,000 hours to get good at something... I've been shooting since 1995 or so... I have probably 5-6K hours with my eye on the camera... so I'm starting to get good...
what do you enjoy shooting? that's the real question isn't it? would you want a job shooting kids on a pony at the park just so you could call yourself a ''professional photographer'?
my thing is people.... that's what I love to shoot.... headshots/editorial/nudes etc... I probably couldn't shoot a nice pic of a tree if you held a gun to my head... shot this on sat for k
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I have an eye and enjoyment for (of all things) food photography. I am getting things 'right' by largely guessing at the moment. I know I could do a great deal more if I wasn't guessing and doing it with intent. I started a food blog just to get myself taking such photos regularly. I shoot nearly everything I cook and then when I go out I find food markets. For example, I am in Philly at the moment visiting family so I went to Reading Terminal Market and took shots of the food for sale.
I also enjoy shooting people but more on a candid basis than planned but planned is fun too. I did once want to be a journalist and I am sure it fills a photo journalism void in my brain.
I am much less interested in landscape sort of stuff.