Finding Your Niche Doesn’t Just Happen
In the initial stages of my photography journey, I captured most images during the church service. That was when I learned the skill so it was right I applied it and the church had one old rusty Canon camera. I purchased a Yongnuo 50mm, even before I purchased a camera.
Now, I call myself a photographer, what do I shoot? I did what I always did, I “tasted.” By this I mean I tried out different niches in the field. I’ve lost most of the images I shot when I first began. I started with street photography.
Then… I don’t know what this is… Food photography? LMAO.
What I call tasting can be called experimentation. I was simply trying things out because I had a camera at this point. I was shooting with a Nikon D7100.
As time went on, I started shooting on the hill of Omanjor, still experimenting and playing with the exposure triangle during sunrise. I captured an image which I settled on in my mind and thought, this was it — My first ever silhouette.
After this shot, I never looked back… I kept shooting photos in the sunset and sunrise. I could never get tired. These were some of the images I continued to shoot after I got the shot above.
Yes, finding your niche takes time. When I first held the camera, I was so convinced that I was going to be a fashion photographer. Nothing else.
But that’s not what I became in the end. Taste what’s available to you before you settle on anything.
Experiment, taste, and find what allows you to create freely in your zone and even outside of it.
How did you come to find your niche? I would appreciate it if you could share your stories in the comments below.
