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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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Photography in the UK and growing my audience (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by YourBroOllie@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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So I've been doing photography for about 6 years now, in the beginning I was just enjoying it, taking photos of everything. Then as I learned more I got happier and happier with my results and saw a lot of growth in my photography. Over the past few years however, I feel like I've plateaued. A lot of images that I make I don't really seem to get a kick out of, my likes on Instagram (while never huge) seem to be going down and recently I've made a few prints of a photo I was really happy with which I've tried selling on Etsy, all of which remain to be unsold.

I think a factor in my head is that I just live in a boring place, I'm in a small town in the south of the UK, so going to lake district etc is usually out of the question. I have taken a few ventures down to the New Forest recently but I've yet to get my film scans back so hopefully they turn out good. I just feel like most places around me are so boring that it's so hard to make images that wow people.

Does anyone from the UK have any advice on making good images when you're far from any amazing scenery? Also any advice on growing my audience would be amazing, because as much as I love doing it for my own pleasure, I still want my work to be seen by more people.

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[–] No_Shake3769@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The only solution other than traveling to amazing locations would be shooting intimate and small scenes. So forget your wide angle and try to isolate subjects with a telephoto.

These will be even harder to “sell” though, because of the more abstract nature. But you can do this just for your own sake, so you're at least shooting something.

I know how unispiring it can be when I'm stuck in my hometown and not traveling. It feels like there's not even a point in going out with your camera…