Big Fish, Little Pond: When Brigitte and I started our Photography business we had big dreams of Safaris in Africa, and Expeditions to the great unknown. We bought all the right equipment, and started making the right contacts. We were well accepted in NANPA (North American Nature Photographers Association), and on our way. We met with many of the top professionals in the business who gave us lots of great advice. I believe it was Kathy Adams Clark who gave us the best advice. She said something along this line: Competing with world class photographers on the world's stage is exhausting, expensive, and only a fraction of a percent of people make a dent. The smarter person will develop a niche, or become the best in their perspective area of expertise. Millions of people will photograph Yellowstone, and Yosemite; is that where you truly want to compete? What new do you have to offer that hasn't been done a thousand times?
So we reevaluated and changed our approach we have found a few areas that we seem to be pretty good at.
Now our goal is to fine tune, practice, focus, and see if we can become sucessful at what we love.
There are scenic places all over our region, here is a local shot I like:
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