So you want a career in Photography and you are wondering what aspect / area you…

31 Aug 2014 admin In G+ Posts

So you want a career in Photography and you are wondering what aspect / area you should specialize in… here is one metric to look at:

This is a screenshot from 500px's new Groups area – there are clear winners in what people are most interested in… Sorted by Most Popular and all groups…

Watching the growth over the past few days has been very interesting as it clearly shows Landscape photography as the biggest winner – but as you dive deeper there is clearly more people competing in the same space…

http://500px.com/groups

Comments: 5

  1. Paul Brocklehurst 31 Aug 2014 Reply

    it also doesn't take into account the profitability of different subjects.  There may be lots of photos of flowers on 500px but that doesn't mean its something you can (easily) make money photographing.

  2. Patrick Smith 31 Aug 2014 Reply

    Yes, profitibility is somewhat inversely proportional to this list. Believe me, I know!

  3. Gigi Embrechts 31 Aug 2014 Reply

    Run from trends. If you know it is a trend you are to late. Go down a road less traveled. Like me, I am doing Dirt Photography. Never heard of it? That's what I mean.

  4. Brent Burzycki 31 Aug 2014 Reply

    Niche is the new trend….

  5. Haruo Chikamori 2 Sep 2014 Reply

    Gigi, Dirt Photography sounds like fun.  🙂

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