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This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.
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The tricky part about photography is that is looks so easy. It's not. Even if you've learned all the technical skills, there is an infinite amount of things to photograph and even more ways to do it.
Developing your vision, the way you see the things around you, isn't something you learn in a month, or even a year. It takes practice, experience.
But there are things you can do. Look at the work of other photographers. Collect images. Make moodboards. What do you like? Why? Try out different styles. There are also plenty of books/YouTube videos on composition, colour, poses, etc... Take inspiration from other art forms, paintings, movies...
Remember that the work you see from successful photographers is only the tip of a mountain. You don't see the beginners work, the failures, the mediocre images, that came before.
They too, take 500 shots in a day, to select only 1 really good image. Sometimes none.
Remember, also, that even though some people are born with a natural talent, to become really good at something, in the end it's really a matter of putting the work and time in.
Don't give up! Good luck!