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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

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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Is having more than one niche ok? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by -junji-@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I find that i cannot decide on a niche i wanna focus on for my business and i ended up with doing events and portrait photography the issue is my website is very broad when it comes to what i shoot for example id put under community events Festivals, Charity Functions, Local markets etc. and i feel like that could easily be exploited but at the same i just cant decide on one single thing to specialise in and all the youtubers ive watched emphasize the importance of having one single niche to focus on im 17 and did photogrpahy since 12 but took like a 3 year break in between and i feel like i havent shot enough in every nnche

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[–] snapper1971@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

You're seventeen, you have a load of time to find your niche.

When I was seventeen I was working as a wedding photographers assistant, getting experience in the field. There was portraits, too, but I wanted to do either music, things or war correspondence. Being allergic to flesh wounds and bullets and bombs, I decided to do music. I worked for small town bands, took their pictures, got some in local papers. I worked with larger bands and then moved to studio and advertising things. I'm still studio based but now the things I shoot are old, rare and ancient fabrics, with a healthy dose of artefacts. It's been a long career since I started and the worst thing you can do is rush it.