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period has expired. Use as much of your time as possible to play. Then do Whatever you choose, make sure those correctly sized images dominate

more free trials on the other software programs. Make sure to take notes. your site and your secondary love takes a smaller portion. If you love one
field as much as the next make it 50/50, but do not portray yourself as a food

photographer or an architectural photographer even if you are good at it, if
you don’t love the work.
Your Website...
A field in photography that you are not passionate about will probably come
Your online presence is essential to build a portfolio
back to bite you financially and hurt your reputation at the same time.
of work and show people what you can do. You’ll be
Everything l shot regarding families and children was a passionate endeavor
good at certain types of photography and rubbish at
that finally deserted me.
others.

When you no longer have a good positive feeling for
I can’t shoot landscapes for toffee, but then again it doesn’t appeal to me
something, or feel full of regret for taking on a certain
either. So find your passion for your chosen niche. If you love a certain style
type of work, get out. Not only will you lose face if you
or area of photography that you don’t appear to be good at, or your
don’t leave, and attract a lot of negative comments, you
competition is way better but you still really want it, then don’t stop learning
will eventually lose your passion for photography as a
new ways to shoot the type of work you want.
business.

Shoot more, even if there is no money in it to start with. As long as it has
Once you are ready to build your site, you may decide to choose a domain
the potential to be a money earner that’s all that matters. I didn’t get into
name that’s your actual name. If you have a special niche or an idea for a
wedding photography for the money, nor portraiture. l did it because l loved
domain name that you think is catchy, or could bring in a lot of traffic, then go
it, and when l no longer loved the work l stopped. I didn’t want the social
for that. Some people know immediately what domain name they want,
media presence needed for this type of work, and l no longer wanted to mix
whilst others will agonize over it for days to weeks. I knew someone years
with large groups of people... l was slowly heading towards a quieter life.
ago that continued to work without a domain name whilst building his site,

Make sure that if you choose social photography, you love being around and only when he was ready to go live with it, did he eventually come up with
people. If you prefer peace and quiet, then choose a different niche. something that worked for him. Don’t feel rushed... it will come to you.