How long did it take for you to find your niche?

9 years 10 months ago - 9 years 10 months ago #377709 by JeremyS
I am still at the stage in my photography of finding my exact niche. I am currently giving almost every type of photography a try, just to see what I like and what I'm good at. I haven't got too many types of photography left to go but I've been at it for about 8 months. How long did it take for all of you to find your niche, or to find where you are really comfortable in photography?


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9 years 10 months ago #377719 by KCook
Wut niche?!?!  There are various flavors of photography that I know I am not comfortable with.  But I have never sought a niche, and do not expect to ever be limited to any niche.

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9 years 10 months ago #377728 by Joves
Well I have been shooting for over 40 years now, and still do not have one. I think I have shot about everything, and most likely may get around to doing it all again. I am with Kelly in that it limits you if you even think that way. 


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9 years 10 months ago #377734 by Stealthy Ninja

KCook wrote: Wut niche?!?!


Precisely. 
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9 years 10 months ago #377746 by The Man
Work in progress, but really it wasn't till the last couple years I have really started to focus on sports and action photography.  So for me it was about 3 years.  


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9 years 10 months ago #377766 by Scott Klubeck
Still searching for that niche!  Do you REALLY every find it? 


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9 years 10 months ago #377772 by garyrhook
You might consider worrying less about your niche (aside from shooting what you enjoy) and focus on finding your voice. That's far more important, IMO.


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9 years 10 months ago #377781 by ShutterPal
Niche, voice, or creative eye (or other metaphors).  To me, they all are close cousins in meaning.  Bottle line have I found something I enjoy photographing more than other things and have mastered?  Nope, still on that journey. 


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9 years 10 months ago #377832 by Vahrenkamp
I wouldn't say I have an exact niche that I focus on, but after 15 years or so, I had a good idea of what I really enjoyed photographing the most.  


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9 years 9 months ago #377875 by Ryan Obryan

KCook wrote: Wut niche?!?!  There are various flavors of photography that I know I am not comfortable with.  But I have never sought a niche, and do not expect to ever be limited to any niche.

contrarian



I'm going to jump on this boat :agree:


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9 years 9 months ago #377929 by Don Fischer
I think I have one. Dogs. I can go out and just get the right spot by what seems accident. I also learned to guess what might happen and am ready for it, I can read a dog. I really like doing old homesteads but I don't seek them out like I do dogs. I don't think being good at taking picture's means you take good picture's. Really do think there needs to be some kind of personal involvement in the subject to get really good shots. Take any subject you want and your gonna find people that take useable photo's of the subject and people that take great photo's, that is before the editing process. I believe you need to identify with the subject. How good of photo's are you gonna do of some subject you don't really care about?


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9 years 9 months ago #377930 by Leilanee
I figured mine out right away... there wasn't really much experimenting with other things, I just thought portraits were more interesting and noticed that I'm not really good at anything else lol.

Fun fact:  It's pronounced "neesh", not "nitch"


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9 years 9 months ago #378001 by Alan Nunez
I am a little bit of mercenary in this respect in that my niche is the one that pays and I enjoy at the time. I hope to have more time to just shoot for fun rather then just being about the $$$$$$$$$$$$


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9 years 9 months ago #378002 by Alan Nunez

Leilanee wrote: I figured mine out right away... there wasn't really much experimenting with other things, I just thought portraits were more interesting and noticed that I'm not really good at anything else lol.

Fun fact:  It's pronounced "neesh", not "nitch"


+1 on the pronunciation 


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9 years 9 months ago #378004 by Scotty

Leilanee wrote: I figured mine out right away... there wasn't really much experimenting with other things, I just thought portraits were more interesting and noticed that I'm not really good at anything else lol.

Fun fact:  It's pronounced "neesh", not "nitch"


dictionary.reference.com/browse/niche?s=t

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and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.

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