Being a self taught photographer, how difficult was it to carve out a niche in this highly skilled and competitive profession?
I think it is notoriously difficult to break into the landscape photography profession, especially more so in today’s industry where digital has brought about a huge surge in high quality readily available images. But from my point of view, I never made a conscious attempt to break into the business side of things; it just happened. I kept taking photographs and visiting new locations, built my own personal website, and found that magazines started approaching me. Over time, the business side of my photography grew to a point that I was able to reduce my day job to 3 days per week. Then in 2008 I decided to move to the Southwest of England, which meant leaving my day job completely and focusing on landscape photography full time. I have been fortunate in that I have never needed to go out there and find business; virtually all the projects I have been involved with have arisen from businesses approaching me. For me the key thing is to keep capturing high quality imagery while at the sa
