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.
Shoot other stuff. Learn macro, or product, or general still life.
If you want to shoot beautiful countryside, you either have to live near it, or be okay with travelling a lot.
I’m privileged to live in the Peak District, where beautiful countryside abounds, but if it’s dark by the time I finish work for 4 months of the year, that’s doesn’t help me much. So I shoot macro, because the weather and natural light doesn’t matter for that much. I also shoot product.
There’s stuff to shoot all around you, just look for it.