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My Photography Plan

While reflecting on the current state of my photography, I have come up with a new photography plan.  My end goal is quite high – to become a well known photographer.  From that goal I am currently quite distant, however in small steps I believe I can achieve this.

Therefore I have decided to name goals in different areas.

Skills – How to improve my skills as a photographer.

Equipment – What new gadgets to purchase.

Sales – How to make more money from photography so I can purchase said gadgets.

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Changing how I approach the business of photography

As many of you know, though I currently do not make much money with photography what I do make is split between real estate photography and stock photography.  For quite some time I have been deliberating what the next step I want to take is – and I have finally come to a conclusion.  In short, I think it is time to stop monkeying around and become a real photographer.

As far as this blog is concerned, nothing much will change.  If anything, I hope that you’ll notice over the next year that the quality of my pictures increases.  You may also notice that many posts will contain fewer pictures – but of a higher quality.

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I sure hope Nelya doesn’t read this

Sometimes, when I am not working or photographing or playing with the kids, I think about where I would eventually like to get to in terms of photography in general.  In general I like macro photography and would like to stay within the macro realm.  I will of course continue to shoot other things, but certainly as I grow I intend to improve this area first.  However, eventually I would like to spin off a bit, so here is my plan in general.  Note that this is more of a “what other things I would like to do” kind of plan rather than a general photography plan.  If I want to become better, I need to spend my efforts on improving my technique rather than purchasing additional things (my wife will like that part).  However, there are of course other – rather expensive – things I hope to get into in the future.

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I sure hope Nelya doesn’t read this

Sometimes, when I am not working or photographing or playing with the kids, I think about where I would eventually like to get to in terms of photography in general.  In general I like macro photography and would like to stay within the macro realm.  I will of course continue to shoot other things, but certainly as I grow I intend to improve this area first.  However, eventually I would like to spin off a bit, so here is my plan in general.  Note that this is more of a “what other things I would like to do” kind of plan rather than a general photography plan.  If I want to become better, I need to spend my efforts on improving my technique rather than purchasing additional things (my wife will like that part).  However, there are of course other – rather expensive – things I hope to get into in the future.

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Future trends with this blog and my photography

I am still new at blogging but I am very happy with the direction this blog has been taking.  Therefore I thought I would discuss some future directions I intend to take with it.  I also have some questions for the regular readers, because I want to make sure that you still find the content interesting. 

I started this blog a few months ago in order to improve my photography skills and learn things from other photographers.  With each post I often have to spend extra time researching things (though I admit I am sometimes lazy with bug Ids), which has added to my knowledge across the board.  Recently I have been thinking about what direction I want my photography to take.  Currently, I take primarily three types of pictures – macros (mostly insects), travel, and my kids.  On this blog the first category has certainly received the majority of the attention.  In a few cases I have also discussed real estate photography, which I am doing more and more.

Lately I have been pondering what additional equipment I should buy – and I still face a huge decision on where I should invest more – in additional macro equipment or in better lighting.  I can now say that I have made up my mind here, which will affect future directions on this blog. Continue Reading…