So April is looking pretty busy so far.

This weekend I have another lighting workshop and then one April 5th… Astronomicon!!!

I found a few new studios and meetup groups in my area that does open studio nights and special events. So I’m going to try to make it to an open studio night and then later in the month they have a “Vintage Hollywood Lighting” Open shoot day that looks really cool.

Found a couple of new meetup groups as well to join, but I wish there was a bit more in my area as far as photography clubs – all the stuff I’ve found is like 45 minutes away. Almost feels like a gap in the market up here…

Going down to Cleveland one of the weekends in April, so might be able to practice some street shots.

I also need to get some shots for “Action/motion/blur” for my photo club, so I’ll be playing around with that.

One thing I did notice when searching facebook for photo meetups in the area – a lady posted on my cities facebook page, just one the city page – nothing on a photography specific page, and she was looking for a photographer to take family portraits. Within an hour there were 70 replies from people offering their services. That’s market saturation right there.

I had been reconsidering my stance on finding a “niche” in my photography and marketing it more as a business – but I can’t see the juice being worth the squeeze, least for family and weddings. I’ll keep exploring and keep on loving my hobby though.