The Way To Become An Authority As A Photographer
You will not be the best at anything if and when you do everything. Find your niche by tasting and be the best at that. If you just started as a photographer and you’re reading this article, go out there and shoot until you find the very thing you want to live for. Shoot, taste, if you don’t like it, change, and change is important. It’s natural to experiment.
How I Found My Niche
Before I was a photographer before and owned my first camera, all I wanted to become was to be a lifestyle photographer; a niche I knew nothing about. So, I tasted it, the meal wasn’t delicious, I moved the plate, and tasted another. I tried documentary photography. It wasn’t as tasty as I thought. I shot food. Well, who hates food? I love food too but the aromas from shooting them, no, I couldn’t stand it. I tried shooting long exposures, but it didn’t sit well with me until I sat down to think of creating my photographs. I noticed I had a fertile imagination and I wanted to capture just that and I chose this path of capturing my vision. I’ve shot weddings too, tasty but not satisfying. I tasted a lot and fast. You should do that too.
It all comes down to tasting and how fast you can do that. You don’t become an authority by not specializing.
Pick one niche, master your craft in that alone and see yourself excel. Excellence is found in narrowing down, not diversifying.
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Specialize. Become an authority.
